Final Assessment
We will discuss the parameters of a tri-fold mailers so that they understand that dimensions are important. Once the brochures are complete students will send them to the Board of Education, and possibly go to a Board of Education meeting to present them. I may also have students use their products to apply for possible grants for better food in the cafeteria. Students will be graded on each part of their tri-fold brochure separately, and will be graded using a rubric.
Teacher Resources
Davis, Carole A, Patricia Britten, and Esther F. Myers. "Past, Present, and Future of the Food Guide Pyramid." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 101, no. 8 (2001): 881-885. An easy to read brief history of the food guidelines and graphics in the United States.
Davis, Carole, Etta Saltos, and "Dietary Recommendations and How They Have Changed Over Time." USDA/ERS AIB, no. 750 33-50. Another good article about food guidelines and how they have changed.
Gunderson, Gordon W. The National School Lunch Program: Background and
Development. Nova Science Pulblishers, Inc. New York: 2003. A good resource for background information on the school lunch program.
Healthy School Lunches. Nutritional Requirements. http://www.healthyschoollunches.org (accessed August 15, 2008) A great website showing how meals funded by the federal government and what the nutrition requirements are.
Lautenschlager, Julie L. Food Fight! The Battle Over the American Lunch in School and the Workplace. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006. A good resource about how school lunch has changed over the years.
Levine, Susan. School Lunch Politics: The Surprising History of America's Favorite Welfare Program. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2008. A great history of the lunch program.
Pollan, Michael. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. New York: The Penguin Press, 2008. A very easy to read book about nutritionism and how our view of food has changed from making cultural and traditional choices to worrying about specific nutrients in food.
Willett, Walter C. Eat, Drink, and be Healthy. New York: Free Press, 2005. A book containing a new, updated pyramid including the latest research about nutrition. It has great information about how your body uses all of the different types of food and compares specific foods.
Student Resources
5-3-1 for Healthy Kids. http://www.ctsfsa.org/531/about/about_us.htm (accessed August 15, 2008)
Adbusters. http://www.adbusters.org/gallery/spoofads (accessed August 15, 2008) Great spoof ads on popular products that students will be familiar with - great examples of print ads.
Cityseed. http://www.cityseed.org/ (accessed August 15, 2008) A website about the farmer's markets in New Haven.
Farm to School. What is Farm to School? http://www.farmtoschool.org/aboutus.php (accessed August 15, 2008) A website explaining the farm to school program.
Greek Mediterranean Diet. http://www.seve.gr/sevedetrop/defaulten.htm (accessed August 15, 2008)
Harvard School of Public Health. Healthy Eating Pyramid. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/pyramid/ (accessed August 15, 2008) A great website with information about their most updated food pyramid, which is very similar to Willett's food pyramid.
Health Canada. Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php (accessed August 15, 2008) Canada's food pyramid website.
Knowlden, Brandon. Obesity is Suicide. http://www.diseaseproof.com/archives/obesity-is-obesity-suicide.html (accessed August 15, 2008) Great print ads designed about overeating - very shocking.
Korean Nutrition Society. Recommended Dietary Allowances for Koreans 7 th Revision. Seoul, Korea:Jung-Ang Publishing: 2000.
National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Historical Food Guides Background and Development. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/history/(accessed August 15, 2008) A fantastic resource showing food pyramids from 1894 to the present. It is where most of the US food graphics in this unit can be obtained.
National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Dietary Guidelines. http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=3&tax_subject=256&topic_id=1348&level3_id=5729 (accessed August 15, 2008) A great website showing information about previous food pyramids, specifically the 1992 pyramid.
Painter, James, Jee-Hyun Rah, and Yeon-Kyung Lee. "Comparison of International Food Guide Pictorial Representations." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 102, no. 4 (2002): 483-489. Gives color graphics of food guides from a variety of different countries. Great for students to compare to our guides.
Tufte, Edward, R. Envisioning Information. Cheshire: Graphics Press. 1990. A great book about representing information visually.
United States Department of Agriculture. DoD Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. http://www.fns.usda.gov/FDD/programs/dod/default.htm (accessed August 15, 2008) Information about the program and applications to apply.
United States Department of Agriculture. My Pyramid. http://www.mypyramid.gov (accessed August 15, 2008) The information about the current U. S. food pyramid with a program to create your own customized, personal food pyramid.
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