Friday, April 28

YOU MAKE ME PROUD, OSPREYS!!!!!!!

TO-DO:

1.  Turn in DP update/Reflection.  Once you have everything on your DP, you can just submit the link to me.

2.  Turn in the written portion of your philosophy project.

3.  Please fill out this Course Evaluation for 11th grade Humanities.

4.  Have you turned in my books?  If you have not, please make arrangements to do so during LINK.

5.  Room Flip?

6.  Check Infinite Campus and make sure you and I are on the same page in terms of where you are with your work/grade.

7.  Rejoice, debrief, eat! (I don't care if you make crumbs today.....)

Tuesday, April 25th

Humanities Exhibition Schedule

Working Student Schedule for ASE


Due Friday, April 28th:  "Your Life on Earth" Project Reflection and DP update


Rehearsals begin tomorrow.  Please give me a digital file of your art pieces or a link to your film by the beginning of class tomorrow.  Please title the file "Your Name Visual" as in "Sterling Gates Visual."  If you are submitting a You Tube link to a film, submit it on a Google Doc with the same title format.

Monday, April 24th

The countdown begins!

Starter:  What is the title of your project?
AND:  If you haven't already done this survey, please do it now!


Due Friday, April 28th:  "Your Life on Earth" Project Reflection and DP update

Let's flip this room!

Rehearsals begin Wednesday.  Please give me a digital file of your art pieces or a link to your film by the beginning of class Wednesday.  Please title the file "Your Name Visual" as in "Sterling Gates Visual."  If you are submitting a You Tube link to a film, submit it on a Google Doc with the same title format.

I will get you guys the completed schedule by tomorrow.  Let me know today if you have special scheduling needs.

Friday, April 21

STARTER: WHERE YOU AT????  Please fill out this brief Google survey letting me know where you are with your project for exhibition.  
6 DAYS UNTIL EXHIBITION!!!!!!!

Due TODAY:  Food Ethic Assignment

TURN IN THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA!!!! And check the board to see if I am missing any other books from you.

PHILOSOPHY PROJECT:  Project revisions due at the beginning of class Wednesday in order to rehearse for exhibition!  Once you have turned in your food ethic assignment, your focus should be on refining your project and getting ready for exhibition.

HONORS:
You have until next weekend to finish Essay #2.  Please turn in Cat's Cradle reflection/synthesis NOW!

EXHIBITION PREP:  If you are in a good place with your work, let's start turning this exhibition out!!!!  We can start cleaning and hanging sheets today.  If you have furniture and fixtures you could offer up to our coffeehouse, please sign up on the board and/or indicate as much in the survey.  If you want to take a leadership role for exhibition prep, volunteer to me today!

Wednesday, April 19

GROUP PROJECT BRAINSTORM:  Thanks for your using your creative teenage brains to help Steve and I have ideas:)
In your groups, make a copy of the document and generate ideas and answers to the questions.

WORK TIME

• Food Ethic
• Project
• Honors work
• If you are done, and you would like to start organizing around exhibition, please check in with me.

Tuesday, April 18

What is the ethic implied in this video?


Chipotle's Food Philosophy:  Genuine Ethics or Good Marketing?

Where do we see evidence of food ethics in local businesses?  Do these ethics impact your choices (or your parents' choices)?  What happens when consumers demand ethics of their food vendors?


WORK TIME:
Food Ethic Assignment (due Friday!)

Project Work (Exhibition is 9 days away!)

Honors:  Cat's Cradle reflection/synthesis
Essay #2 due next Sunday night

Monday, April 17

TURN IN PART 3/Fresh Written Response!

Honors: Seminar 6th hour today

What is a “food ethic”? What is your food ethic?

Ethic:

a :  a set of moral principles :  a theory or system of moral values <the present-day materialistic ethic> <an old-fashioned work ethic> —often used in plural but singular or plural in construction <an elaborate ethics> <Christian ethics>

b plural but sing or plural in constr :  the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group <professional ethics>

c :  a guiding philosophy

d :  a consciousness of moral importance <forge a conservation ethic>

Instructions (click here for detailed version of Parts 1 and 2)

1. TOGETHER: Watch the following videos as a class and discuss the ethics contained therein.  
1. America’s Eating Habits
2. One Million Gardens  (Who is Vandana Shiva?)
2. TOGETHER: Discuss Part 4 of the book:  How does Michael Pollan’s experimentation with the DIY food ethic expand our understanding of the modern American omnivore’s dilemma?
3. Read and annotate Wendell Berry, “The Pleasures of Eating.” (Who is Wendell Berry?).  Identify elements of his food ethic in Part 1 of the assignment.
4. Write--analytically or creatively--a brief expression of your own personal food ethic for Part 2.
5. Turn in both Parts 1 and 2 by Friday, April 21st.

Friday, April 14

Film Screening:  Fresh (2009)

Written Response:  
Synthesize Fresh and content of Part 3 of The Omnivore's Dilemma
1.  Write about a page (2-3 paragraphs), preferably typed.
2.  You should refer to evidence from both the film and the book in your response.
3. Answer one or more the following prompts in your response.  Feel free to mix!  (If you have a different angle you want to take, chat with me about it.)

a. Compare and contrast the paradigms (worldviews/ideological perspectives) behind the industrial system and sustainable systems.  How does each show a different "ethic," that is to say, a different kind of thinking about the human relationship with our food and the human relationship with the Earth?  USE EVIDENCE FROM BOOK AND FILM!!

b. Is the local sustainable movement elitist?  Is it reasonable to think that we can figure out to feed "the many" on sustainable agricultural?  What would have to happen for this to occur?  What policy changes would we need?  How would the paradigm need to change?  What we need to be willing to give up?  Is it even desirable? USE EVIDENCE FROM BOOK AND FILM

c.  Do you agree with the perspective of the book and movie in regards to the local sustainable food chain being more desirable than the industrial one?

• If so, explain why and what changes you would like to see.  Include a discussion of how consumers can impact change at the policy level.  
• If you don't agree, explain why you think the industrial chain is necessary or superior.  Refer to specifics in from the book and movie that you disagree with or find unrealistic. EVIDENCE!!!

HONORS

Seminar Monday:  AM students go to Chem 3rd hour, to me 6th hour

EVERYONE: Finish The Omnivore's Dilemma (Part 4 for Monday!

Thursday, April 13

What is a "muckraker"?  (Michael Pollan is a contemporary one, nowadays known as an investigative journalist.)

A Century Ago's Muckraking Journalism and the Food Industry:
Throwback to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906)
Historical Context
Excerpt from The Jungle

What impact can muckraking journalism have on social issues and problems? What are other examples of effective muckraking?


What is the FDA?  Why does it exist?  Should it exist?
Does the food industry have too many regulations?  Not enough?  What are some examples?

Watch clip from Food, Inc.  (51:00-58:00)

DISCUSSION/JOURNAL 4.13:  
What is your reaction to this information?  Do you think the federal government should play a role in the food industry?  How important are regulations on food?  What happens if labor and food safety laws are lax or deregulated?  Whose interests are served by this?


WORK TIME 
Keep reading (Part 3 by tomorrow, Part 4 by Monday)
Project work

Last half-hour:  Start Fresh

Wednesday, April 12

Guest starter:  Thanks, Judy!!!

Today:  Get as much read of Part 3 that you can.  We will have less time in class to read tomorrow, so please use your time efficiently today.  If you are finished with Part 3, continue to Part 4 or work on your philosophy project.

Monday, April 10

Mini-quiz, Part 2 of The Omnivore's Dilemma

Discussion:
From Part 1 quiz:  What is Pollan's main claim?  What push back is there?

From Part 2 quiz:  Is it worth the extra cost to buy organic?

Watch this video:  Whole Foods CEO interview

JOURNAL 4.10:   To what degree do you see America’s relationship with food evolving?  Is the Whole Foods CEO expressing a greater societal shift in thinking or is it just specific to their niche market?  What do you see in your own generation?


Work Time:

• Read Parts 3-4 of the book (due Friday)
• Philosophy Project Work?

Reminder:

Bring pencils and a calculator for SAT tomorrow!

Friday, April 7

Quiz, Part 1 "The Industrial Meal"

For Monday, finish Part 2 of The Omnivore's Dilemma (Chapters 10 and 11)

• There will be a small quiz to synthesize what you have read.  Think about the similarities and differences between the industrial food chain described in Part 1 and the industrial organic food chain described in Part 2.  As you read, weigh whether you think it is worth the extra cost to eat organic from the supermarket.

Thursday, April 6

Starter (NO WRITING REQUIRED): Watch "The Meatrix" (parody about industrial farming)
Talk:  What is our reaction to this?  Is factory farming worth the trade-offs?  Would we want to give up the things we listed yesterday (plus plentiful cheap meat) in order to have a different agricultural paradigm?


Quiz Tomorrow!!!

Today:  Finish Part 1 (The Industrial Meal) and review the study questions.  Get your questions answered.  If you have finished the assigned section, study!!!!

Wednesday, April 5

Starter 4.5: With a partner, make a brief list of ADVANTAGES of the food system in the United States.  What do we love and celebrate it?


Today....

• Conferences
• Read (Quiz Part 1 on Friday)
• Project Work

Tuesday, April 4th

Welcome back, mis pollitos!!!!

Starter 4.4: Initial thoughts about food...
How do you characterize your relationship with your food sources?
AND/OR
How do see America's relationship with food?


April Plans
Check out a book!