Starter 25: How do you characterize your relationship with food?
Freewrite for 20 minutes on as many of the following questions as you feel. Please feel free to go in another direction if you choose.
- What does the experience of eating mean to you?
- What do you eat?
- What are the influences that shape what you eat?
- What sorts of food have you grown up on?
- What is the food culture like in your family?
- What are your favorite foods and why?
- What kind of eater are you?
- What do you know about where your food comes from, and how does this affect what you eat?
Small Group Discussion:
Why study food in Humanities? Make a list of the potential connections that you see between food and Humanities class.
What do you hope to learn more about it through this unit?
First reading: Hatchet
1. As you read, annotate regarding Brian's changing relationship with his food. When you finish, write a paragraph that synthesizes your thoughts and observations.
2. Compare/contrast Brian's relationship with food (while in the wilderness) with your own.