SHAPE Program
(Science, Health, and Physical Education)
Teacher: Fritz/Art
Unit Plan: 
Dear Parent,
Do you know where your food comes from? In this unit, our class will be focused on the art of eating and making healthy food choices. This unit will not only teach adolescents about how and where food is produced but also about how to make sensible food choices. Also addressed in this unit are issues that affect the global food market (such as the environmental impact of limiting “food miles,” the distance foods travel from where they are produced to where they are consumed).
Students will learn how to use computer software in graphic design, become aware of how the food we eat affects people’s jobs, animal welfare, and the environment.
Explanations will be given to students as to why and how the global food business and the demands of supermarkets affect agriculture, our eating habits and our health. Students will also be shown video resources pertaining to world food issues regarding commercial agriculture, and fair trade organizations that help small farmers.
The project in this class will be for each student to design a cover for their Able 2010 year book. Students will create their own personalized cover using computer software including Photoshop. Students will present their project to the class for peer review and a final grade.
On the back of this page is a list of assignments, due dates, and the grading scale for your child in my class. Please sign and return the last page for student credit. Any questions or if you would be interested in chaperoning one of this unit’s field trips, please contact me.
Stephan Fritz
ABLE Teacher
fritz@ableschool.org
ABLE Tel: 904 826-1606
Weekly Assignment Sheet
Unit Topic: Making Healthy Food Choices
Projects: Students will design a personalized cover for their yearbook
Video Resources: The Future of Food, King Corn, Food Inc.
Reference Book: Do You Know Where Your Food Comes From by Neil Morris
Unit Schedule:
Week 1 Introduction: Making Healthy Food Choices
Mon-04/26 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Introduction to The World of Food/ Commercial Agriculture Read pages: 4-19 |
Tues-04/27 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Introduction to The World of Food/ Commercial Agriculture Read pages: 4-19 |
Wed-04/28 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Art Lab/ Start Yearbook project cover |
Thurs-04/29 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Art Lab/ Start Yearbook project cover |
Fri-04/30 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Show video resources (DVD The Future of Food) |
Week 2 Yearbook Project
Mon-05/03 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Show video resources (DVD The Future of Food) |
Tues-05/04 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Around The World/ Food Production (what is made where, and when) Read pages: 20-31 |
Wed-05/05 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Around The World/ Food Production (what is made where, and when) Read pages: 20-31 |
Thurs-05/06 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Art Lab/ Work on Yearbook project (introduce software graphic design program_ LumaPix) |
Fri-05/07 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Art Lab/ Work on Yearbook project (introduce software graphic design program_ LumaPix) |
Week 3 Do You Know Where Your Food Comes From
Mon-05/10 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Packed and Transported (how does food get to you) Read pages: 32-37 Show video resources (Food Inc.) |
Tues-05/11 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Packed and Transported (how does food get to you) |
Wed-05/12 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Art Lab/ Work on Yearbook project |
Thurs-05/13 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Art Lab/ Work on Yearbook project |
Fri-05/14 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Quiz on notes from reading (Pages: 4-37) |
Week 4 Supermarkets & Convenience Food
Mon-05/17 -04/05 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Quiz on notes from reading (Pages: 4-37) |
Tues-05/18 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Where Most People Buy Their Food/ Eating for Ease and Speed Read pages: 38-45 |
Wed-05/19 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Where Most People Buy Their Food/ Eating for Ease and Speed Read pages: 38-45 |
Thurs-05/20 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Art Lab/ work on Yearbook projects |
Fri-05/21 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Art Lab/ work on Yearbook projects |
Week 5 Local Food
Mon-05/24 Y/D Groups 1,3,5 Help Limit Food Miles/ Ideas for Healthy Eating/ Recipes Read pages: 46-51 |
Tues-05/25 G/D Groups 2,4,6 Help Limit Food Miles/ Ideas for Healthy Eating/ Recipes Read pages: 46-51 |
Wed-05/26 Y/D Groups 1,3,5 Art Lab/ work on Yearbook projects |
Thurs-05/27 G/D Groups 2,4,6 Art Lab/ work on Yearbook projects |
Fri-05/28 Y/D Groups 1,3,5 Show video resources (DVD King Corn) |
Week 6 Final Week (projects)
Mon-05/31 (no school) |
Tues-06/01 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Art lab/ finish Yearbook project (printing and binding) |
Wed-06/02 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Art lab/ finish Yearbook project (printing and binding) |
Thurs-06/03 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Final test, presentation of final project |
Fri-06/04 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Final test, presentation of final project |
Week 6 Final Week (cont.)
Mon-06/07 G/D Groups 1,3,5 Make up all work for unit, end of school field trip, grades due |
Tues-06/08 Y/D Groups 2,4,6 Make up all work for unit, end of school field trip, grades due |
Weds-06/09 G/D Groups 1,3,5 (last day of school for students) |
Have a great summer vacation!!! Mr. Fritz |
*Final grade for six week period.
Assessment:
Daily Participation & Signed Syllabus 10% *(5% each)
Class Notes & Reading Quizzes 10%
Art Lab 10%
Science Lab 10%
Research Paper on Healthy Foods 10%
Test 20%
Final Project 30%
FSS Standards:
Visual Arts/ Skills and Techniques Standard 1: The student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. (VA.A.1.3) No. 3 understands what makes various organizational elements and principles of design effective and ineffective in the communication of ideas.
Health/ Health Literacy Standard 1: The student comprehends concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention. (HE.A.1.3) No. 5 understands the relationship between environment and personal health.
Health/ Advocate and Promote Healthy Living Standard 1: The student knows how to use goal-setting and decision making skills that enhance health. (HE.C.1.3) No. 2 understands the role that individual, family, community, and cultural attitudes play when people make health-related decisions (e.g. when making food choices)
Health/ Responsible Health Behavior Standard 2: The student analyses the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health. (HE.B.2.3) No. 1 knows how messages from media and other sources influence health behavior
Turn in for Student Credit 5%
I have read the SHAPE unit plan and assignment list.
Students’ Signature ___________________________ Date __________________
Parent/Guardian Signature _____________________ Date _________________
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