Activity 1: Homework Assignments
Choose ONE – This is a ong-term homework activity. You should be working on this for about 2 weeks. Specific Due date will be given at a later date.
1. Keep a TV diary. When you watch TV, write down the title of the program that you are watching, the kind of food advertisements (cereal, snacks, cookies, restaurants), and the number of food advertisements during the show. If you watch more than one program or sports game, compare the kind and number of food advertisements for each program. Do they change depending on the expected audience? Record your findings as a chart and a journal entry.
2. Research possibilities in your neighborhood for buying local or organic produce from local sources or farmer’s markets. Frequently state colleges have farm stores and sell produce grown on campus.
3. Frequently there are articles about the “carbon footprint” humans create by living and using resources and the effect our carbon footprint has on the planet. Go online, type in “carbon footprint,” and find the many Web sites to choose from. Take a carbon foot print test, and see how you and your family score. There are even carbon footprints for pets. Complete a journal entry describing your findings. Find an article (from a reputable source) regarding Carbon Footprints. Print it, read it, annotate it & respond to the author’s claims, suggestions etc. Be sure to incorporate your family’s carbon footprint “data” into your response. (1 page+).
4. Analyze the five snack foods that you consume regularly, and determine how many corn byproducts you eat (look at the ingredients, calories, fat content, etc.). Based on these five snacks, argue whether or not you have a healthy diet. Does your view change in any way as you read through each text?
Activity 1: Homework Assignments
Choose ONE – This is a ong-term homework activity. You should be working on this for about 2 weeks. Specific Due date will be given at a later date.
1. Keep a TV diary. When you watch TV, write down the title of the program that you are watching, the kind of food advertisements (cereal, snacks, cookies, restaurants), and the number of food advertisements during the show. If you watch more than one program or sports game, compare the kind and number of food advertisements for each program. Do they change depending on the expected audience? Record your findings as a chart and a journal entry.
2. Research possibilities in your neighborhood for buying local or organic produce from local sources or farmer’s markets. Frequently state colleges have farm stores and sell produce grown on campus.
3. Frequently there are articles about the “carbon footprint” humans create by living and using resources and the effect our carbon footprint has on the planet. Go online, type in “carbon footprint,” and find the many Web sites to choose from. Take a carbon foot print test, and see how you and your family score. There are even carbon footprints for pets. Complete a journal entry describing your findings. Find an article (from a reputable source) regarding Carbon Footprints. Print it, read it, annotate it & respond to the author’s claims, suggestions etc. Be sure to incorporate your family’s carbon footprint “data” into your response. (1 page+).
4. Analyze the five snack foods that you consume regularly, and determine how many corn byproducts you eat (look at the ingredients, calories, fat content, etc.). Based on these five snacks, argue whether or not you have a healthy diet. Does your view change in any way as you read through each text?