Module 29: Food Production- Social Studies 2 - Course Guide
Module Overview:
In this module, students will learn to explain food production and consumption long ago and today, including the roles of farmers, make observations about food production and consumption long ago and today, including the roles of processors and distributors, and summarize the effects of weather, land, and water on our food.
Module Materials:
- Pencils
- Crayons or colored pencils
- Notebook
- Scissors
- Glue
- Highlighter
- Markers
- Blank paper
Module Objectives:
| Lesson # | Lesson Title | Objective(s) |
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| 1 | America’s Farmers: Long Ago and Today |
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| 2 | Getting Food: Long Ago and Today |
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| 3 | Nature and Food: Long Ago and Today |
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Module Key Words:
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farmer consumption producer food food manufacturing distributor factory farm Dust Bowl drought flood natural disaster |
Module Assignments:
| Lesson # | Lesson Title | Page # | Assignment Title |
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| 1 | America’s Farmers: Long Ago and Today | 6 | A Picture of Farming Assignment |
| 2 | Getting Food: Long Ago and Today | 6 | The Life of Potato Chips Assignment |
| 3 | Nature and Food: Long Ago and Today | 7 | Growing Weather Assignment |
Learning Coach Notes:
| Lesson # | Lesson Title | Notes |
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| 1 | America’s Farmers: Long Ago and Today | After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain the role of farmers, food production, and consumption from long ago and today. |
| 2 | Getting Food: Long Ago and Today | After completing this lesson, ask your student to compare how food processing and consumption are different from what it was in the past. |
| 3 | Nature and Food: Long Ago and Today | After completing this lesson, ask your student to compare how weather, land, and water affected food in the past and how it affects it today. |
Module Guiding Questions:
When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.
| Lesson Title | Question |
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| America’s Farmers: Long Ago and Today |
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| Getting Food: Long Ago and Today |
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| Nature and Food: Long Ago and Today |
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Module Video Questions:
When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.
| Lesson Title | Video | Question |
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Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:
Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:
- What is the main idea?
- What are three things new you learned?
- How does this book relate to what you are learning about?
| # | Book | Author | Lexile Level |
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Module Outing:
Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.
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