Industrial+Farming+Module+(MB)

(Include brochure information on pages following this chart.) |||||| Students will be given a presentation aimed to teach them about the United States industrial farming system. Environmentalists, animal rights activists, farmers and public health advocates are concerned about the many negative effects of our industrial food industry. The students will be taught how and why an industrial farming system developed in the U.S. as well as the many negative aspects of our industrial farming system.
 * Eco-ED Module Title: **Industrial Agriculture
 * **Module Leader(s): **(name) || Matai Blacklock ||||  ||
 * **Short Description: **

In combination with the presentation the students will be shown The Meatrix, clips from the popular documentary Food Inc. and another short animated clip that all illustrate problems with our industrial farming system.

At the end of the presentation the students will be asked questions in a game like fashion to help see what they retained. The students will be motivated to pay attention during the presentation by knowing that this game will take place at the end of the presentation and that prizes will be awarded for correct answers. ||
 * **EcoEd Concept(s): **(list) |||| Unsustainable Industrial Farming || Environmental + Health Effects of Industrial Farming ||
 * **EcoEd Literacy Goal(s): ** |||||| Educate the students about our current industrialized food system and the problems / benefits that are associated with it.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Illustrate how the various negative effects on our health and environment due to our industrial food system.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Understand how the industrial farming system takes advantage of its workers.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Understand key business practices that “agri-businesses” use. <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Vertical Integration. Contract Growing, Externalized Cost)

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Become aware of the horrendous living condition for animals in factory farms. || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(circle) |||||| <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">6-8 <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Currently the module is best suited for 6-8 but it could be revised for lower age groups. || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(list) |||||| <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At the end of the module students will be able to:
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Intended Grade(s): **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Module Objectives: **

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Identify what led to the rise of industrial farming.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Explain why industrial farmers choose to practice industrial farming methods.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Explain how agri-businesses use a vertical integration business model.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Illustrate how large “agri-businesses” are making it hard for farmers that use sustainable farming to stay in business.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Understand how some farmers are forced to practice industrial farming methods in order to survive. (Contract Growing)

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Explain how the industrial farming system produces cheap food only due to the fact that the cost is externalized.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Explain how industrial farming has led to many environmental problems as well as health problems in both humans and animals.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Have a basic concept of what they can do to help fix our industrial farming system. || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(list) || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Projector <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Screen <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Speakers |||| <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prizes for the game at the end
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Materials needed: **

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Worksheets for the game //(Attachment 1)// || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Introduction  |||| //<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brief Introduction + handout Meatrix handouts // || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Power Point + Film Clips  |||| //<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Go through the slide show presentation showing movie clips as they come up. // || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Closing Game   |||| <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Closing game. || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">While this is going on the worksheets should be handed out. It isn’t mandatory that the students fill out the worksheets, but the students should be told that at the end of the presentation we will play a game where the same questions on the worksheet will be asked. Some sort of prize should be available for answering question correctly. This will motivate the students to pay attention during the presentation and help them retain the information.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Timeline: ** || //<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">10 minutes //
 * ^  || //<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">30-40minutes //
 * ^  || //<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">10-15 minutes //
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Activity Description: **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Provide enough detail so that someone else could run the workshop. Include worksheets on pages following this chart.) |||||| <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1) Introduction: Have all of the college students introduce themselves and say what their major is. Then have all of the students introduce themselves and say one thing that they know about how we get our food. Ask the students if any of them get their food from a “local” source. Make sure that they understand that a supermarket isn’t a local source… a local source means grown locally.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2) Presentation + Short Clips: Start the powerpoint, making sure to remind kids to fill out their worksheets to help them in the game at the end and ask questions at any time if they have any.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">First the kids will watch the three Meatrix episodes. At the end of these clips the kids should be asked what they thought about the animation and if they knew about the issues that it presents beforehand. (//Attachment 2// is an outline of what the Meatrix videos discuss) After this short question and answer period continue on with the slides.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The person presenting should move slowly through each slide, connecting important topics back to the Meatrix and the other film clips that are hyperlinked in the powerpoint. (see attachment 3 to view where the hyperlinks are hidden)

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Make sure the kids understand some of the complex terms that they probably aren’t familiar with such as: vertical integration, contract growing, agribusiness, externalized cost and genetically modified. The powerpoint slides explain these terms but the presenter should stop and ask the students if they understand the terms to increase their retention of these complicated ideas.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">After the information slides have been finished, it’s time for another question and answer period. Ask the students if they have any questions and have them each say something new that they learned about our industrial farming system.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3) Final Game: Split the students up into teams of four or less. Take turns asking each team a question from the handout. If they answer the question correctly they get a prize, if they answer it incorrectly the next team has a chance to answer it.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The game can be varied and made more complex. Depending on the number of students and what you make the prizes different types of games may be suitable.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For entertainment purposes the game could be made more complex, perhaps modeling it after a jeopardy game. The goal of the game is to test the students retention and reinforce what they learned.

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Once the game has concluded hand out the take home sheets to the students (Attachment 3) and go around the room having each student say something that they will do to help reduce our dependence on industrial farming. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Parent/Guardian Follow Up: **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Can be an email or take home sheet. If it is an email include text here. If it is a take home sheet include on pages following this chart.) |||||| //<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pages included in attachments. // ||


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Table of Contents __**

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Attachment 1) …….. Student Worksheet

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Attachment 2) …….. Meatrix Outline (for teacher use only)

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Attachment 3) …….. Student / Parent Take Home Sheets //<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Available on the wiki under “ //**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Worksheets to take home (Tom/Matai)” **

<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Attachment 4) …….. Powerpoint Slide Show // Available on the wiki under “ //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Industrial Agriculture (Matai)” **


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Attachment 1) __**<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Student Worksheet

1) Where does the meat that most Americans eat come from?
 * __Meatrix1:__**

2) Why were factory farms created?

3) What are some problems associated with factory farms?

5) Where do most dairy products that Americans consume come from?
 * __Meatrix 2:__**

6) Why do cows need to be given constant dosages of antibiotics? How is this dangerous?

7) What is RBGH? Why do factory farms give it to cows?

8) Why shouldn’t we feed baby cows’ milk replacer that is made in part with cows’ blood?

9) What are some of the problems associated with how factories process meat?
 * __Meatrix 2.5:__**

10) How do meat packing factories treat their workers? Do they value them?

11) Why would someone choose to work in a meat packing factory?

12) Why did The U.S. begin using an industrial farming system?
 * __Powerpoint Questions:__**

13) What allowed industrial farmers to develop an industrial farming system?

14) What is the word for a large industrial farming business?

15) What does it mean if a company uses a vertical integration business model?

16) How do large industrial farming corporations exploit (take advantage of) small family farms?

17) What allows for consumers (shoppers) to buy industrially farmed food so cheaply?

18) What is the goal of the industrial farming system?

19) What are the main problems with crop growing Industrial Farms? (Name at least 2)

20) What are the main problems with a livestock factory farm? (Name at least 2)

21) What problems does routine antibiotic use cause?

22) How do industrial farms pollute? (Name at least 1 way)

23) How does industrial farming contribute to global warming?

24) Name three symptoms that industrial farming practices can cause in humans?

25) What are some steps you can take to help stop factory farming?

Traditional Family farms are a myth Most eggs meat and milk come from factory farms Factory farms were created to maximize profits at great cost to both humans and animals Cruel conditions cause fights and disease among animals constant dosages of antibiotics added to feed to keep animals alive Overuse of antibiotics causes super resistant strains of germs to be created 12 million lbs of excrement pollutes the air and ground water near factory farms Leads to illnesses Factory farms mistreat their workers and close down family farms.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Attachment 2) __**<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meatrix Outline (for teacher use only)
 * The Meatrix 1:** [|http://www.themeatrix.com/#]

Focuses on pig farms

People are starting to buy healthier more sustainable animal products. Industrial Dairy Factory – most milk and cheese Cows live in unhealthy conditions. Often get sick even with constant antibiotics RBGH = artificial growth hormone given to cows to make them grow faster (Canada and the EU banned RBGH) Baby cows are fed milk replacer made in part by cows blood (mad cow disease) Support local family farms to help stop factory farming
 * The Meatrix 2:** dairy farms

Factory meat processing plants Bad working conditions – most dangerous job in the nation Factories are more concerned with speed than safe working conditions or sanitary food handling conditions Profit is the most important thing for the industry
 * The Meatrix 2.5:**

__Ask the students questions such as:__ Why have factory farms been created? Is the economy one of growth and expansion at any environmental cost? Does factory farming lead to sustainable practices? What problems do you see with factory farming affected the ecosystem? What kind of pollution will be caused? What kind of benefits will this new technology bring to a community? Has the old world view that the earth and all things on it exist for the sole benefit of humans changed? Has western civilization been created on the premise of unlimited exploitation of the earth?