Hunger on Trial: An Activity on the Irish Potato Famine and Its Meaning for Today
Teaching Activity. By Bill Bigelow. Rethinking Schools. 5 pages.
A trial role play helps students reflect on responsibility for the deaths of Irish peasants during the so-called potato famine.
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A trial role play helps students reflect on responsibility for the deaths of Irish peasants during the so-called potato famine.
Chew on This
Book — Non-fiction. By Eric Schlosser. 2006. 318 pages.
Geared to the young consumer, takes a bite out of fast-food industry.
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Geared to the young consumer, takes a bite out of fast-food industry.
When the Hunger Was Upon Us
Poem. By Nigel Gray.
Poem about the causes and impact of the Irish Potato Famine.
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Poem about the causes and impact of the Irish Potato Famine.
Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491
Book — Non-fiction. By Charles C. Mann. 2009. 128 pages.
An illustrated book for young readers based on 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus.
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An illustrated book for young readers based on 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus.
King Corn: You Are What You Eat
Film. Directed by Aaron Woolf. 2007. 88 minutes.
Two friends raise one acre of corn to understand how the subsidized crop drives our fast-food nation.
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Two friends raise one acre of corn to understand how the subsidized crop drives our fast-food nation.
Sept. 8, 1965: Delano Grape Strike Began
The Delano grape strike began in California.
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Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Picture book. By Dee Romito. Illustrated by Laura Freeman. 2018. 40 pages.
The story of Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere, a grassroots project to provide food and funds for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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The story of Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere, a grassroots project to provide food and funds for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Where Are the Climate Change Superheroes? Systems Thinking and Climate Activism in the Children’s Eternal Rainforest
Teaching Activity. By Eric Fishman. Rethinking Schools.
An elementary school teacher developed the engaging Quetzal Conundrum game to help students understand the impact of climate change in Costa Rica.
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An elementary school teacher developed the engaging Quetzal Conundrum game to help students understand the impact of climate change in Costa Rica.
Food, Farming, and Justice: A Role Play on La Vía Campesina
Teaching Activity. By Bill Bigelow, Chris Buehler, Julie Treick O'Neill, and Tim Swinehart. Rethinking Schools.
This role play invites students to take on identities of La Vía Campesina activists around the world, to compare/contrast circumstances in order to discover the common goal of “food sovereignty.”
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This role play invites students to take on identities of La Vía Campesina activists around the world, to compare/contrast circumstances in order to discover the common goal of “food sovereignty.”
June 4, 2010: Haitian Farmers Burn “Gift” of Monsanto Seeds
Approximately 10,000 Haitian farmers protested the donation of 475 tons of Monsanto hybrid seeds.
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