Children will be the answer!
Check out this prize winning TEDtalk by Mr Oliver back in 2010. He has something to say; doesn’t shy away from some shock tactics either. Wonderful and easy to use as a 45-minute activity. Easy to interrupt and ask the class about their experiences with obese people, illnesses related to bad eating habits etc.
- How many Americans will die because of food during Jamie’s talk?
- What does food do, according to Jamie?
- What have we “blessed” our children with, us adults today?
- We worry about murder but we die because of ___?
- How much is spent on obesity of the health budget every year?
- How long has Jamie been trying to “work” on America?
- How long does Brittany have to live?
- How much does Justin weigh?
- Who get hurt by obesity?
- What does pastor Steve do?
- Jamie explains the triangle of food. What has changed to the food in the last 30 years?
- What is the biggest problem in the home now?
- What was the purpose of schools originally?
- How many kids eat school food every day?
- Who runs the system of school food?
- What is considered fast food? It’s hand ___ . What?
- We don’t teach kids about ___?
- Jamie has a solution: we have got to start teaching our kids ___?
- What happens to the milk in the USA?
- How much sugar is added in the milk?
- Any judge in the world would find the person guilty of ___?
- We have to reboot and make real change. How? What should supermarkets do?
- What should the manufacturers of fast food do?
- What should happen in schools? School meals?
- You can care and be ___?
- “If one person teaches 3 people how to cook something and they teach 3 of their mates, that only has to repeat itself ___ …
- How much does it cost per school to get fresh food in?
- What word does Jamie use to describe the change?
- What amazing things are happening already?
- Why does Jamie “apologize” for telling them what to do?
- Jamie wanted to stand before the “movers and shakers” and a month later ___
- What is Jamie’s wish for the future?
Now sit down and choose to write an essay of 250 words on [either]:
- How do you feel after watching the TedTalk?
- What is your food environment like?
- What is the future of the USA / UK in this respect?
- Take a helicopter view: who are to blame? [Corporations?]