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Food Labels: Grades 9-12 Lesson PlanFood Labels: Grades 9-12 Lesson Plan
Publisher
Nemours KidsHealth
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Health
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2017
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Food Labels: Grades 9-12

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This Food Labels: Grades 9-12 lesson plan also includes:
  • The People vs. Sugar (.pdf)
  • Quiz (.pdf)
  • Quiz: Answer Key (.pdf)
  • Healthy Breakfast Planner
  • Food Labels
  • Figuring Out Fat and Calories
  • Cholesterol
  • Vitamins and Minerals
  • Calcium
  • Vitamin D
  • Fiber
  • Smart Supermarket Shopping
  • Activity
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Check the label! That's the big idea in a lesson about using the nutrition facts on food labels rather than advertising hype to make healthy choices about what to eat. After reading background articles and learning how to read nutrition labels, individuals craft a persuasive argument against added sugar in foods.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

nutrition labels, nutritional needs, healthy eating, healthy habits, fast food, critical thinking, marketing, cholesterol, vitamins, minerals, grocery shopping, fats, fatty acids, saturated fat, sugar, persuasive arguments, argumentative writing, Nutrition, balanced meals

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Invite class members to bring in food packages for the Honest Abe advertising activity
  • Collect packaging from the food choices available on campus
  • Divide the class into eight groups, assign each a different article, and have them report their findings to the whole class

Classroom Considerations

  • Presumes learners have experience crafting persuasive arguments for a position paper
  • Requires individual copies of the "People vs Sugar" worksheet 

Pros

  • The packet includes links to related articles, discussion questions, and a comprehension check and answer key

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.2 SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.2 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.2 SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.2

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