CSL: Food Deserts follow up

Open Ended

CDP: Does the authenticity of an ethnographic study depend more on the quantity of interviews conducted or the depth and quality of each individual interview?

Multiple Choice

What is the primary purpose of an ethnographic interview?

• To analyze statistical data from a large group.
• To let the respondent tell their own story in their own words

• To create a fictional narrative about a culture.
• To conduct a survey on general opinions.

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to include diverse respondents in your ethnography interviews?

• a) To make sure the project looks interesting
  

• b) To capture a wide range of perspectives and experiences on the chosen theme
  

• c) To interview people with the same background to keep it consistent
  

• d) To only interview people who are experts on the topic

• ​Answer analysis questions on page 2 about interviewing subjects

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an important quality of a successful interviewer?

• a) Interrupting the respondent when they take too long

• b) Challenging everything the respondent says
  

• c) Using active listening techniques like repeating back and asking for more details
  

• d) Avoiding pauses to keep the interview moving quickly

Multiple Choice

What should be avoided during an ethnographic interview?

• a) Taking detailed notes

• b) Letting the respondent take their time to answer
  

• c) Following up on new information brought up by the respondent
  

• d) Answering questions for the respondent if they are struggling

Open Ended

Why is it important to let the respondent lead the conversation during an ethnographic interview, rather than strictly following your guide?

Open Ended

If a respondent says something that contradicts earlier statements, how should you handle the situation as an interviewer?

Open Ended

Do you think it's more important to interview people who are directly affected by the community issue, or should you also include people who are indirectly involved (like government officials, teachers, or community organizers)? Why?

Open Ended

What strategies do you think will help make your interview respondents feel comfortable sharing their personal stories and opinions?

How Much Do You Know About Afghanistan?

Country of the Week

Explanation Slide...

Afghanistan, a mountainous landlocked country in South Asia, borders five other nations. It has a population of 39 million.

Multiple Choice

Which highlighted country is Afghanistan?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Explanation Slide...

In truth, no great empires perished solely because of Afghanistan. Perhaps a better way to put it is that Afghanistan is the battleground of empires. Even without easily accessible resources, the country has still been blessed — or cursed, more likely — with a geopolitical position that has repeatedly put it in someone or other’s way.Over an 80-year period, the British fought three wars in Afghanistan, occupying or controlling the country in between, and lost tens of thousands of dead along the way. Finally, exhausted by the First World War, Britain gave up in 1919 and granted Afghanistan independence.

Multiple Choice

History

Afghanistan has long been called the “________” — for so long that it is unclear who coined that disputable term.

• cradle of civilization

• graveyard of empires

• land of legends

• star of the Arabs

Explanation Slide...

The U.S. military departed the country on Aug. 30 2021, ending a 20-year occupation and leaving Afghanistan in the Taliban’s hands. As the last evacuation flight departed, it left behind at least 100,000 people, by one estimate, who might be eligible for expedited U.S. visas.A ferocious offensive had delivered victory to the Taliban on Aug. 15, hours after the president, Ashraf Ghani, fled the country. Taliban leaders took his place in the presidential palace, driving tens of thousands of people to the country’s borders. Others flooded to the international airport in Kabul, where crowds scrambled to be part of the evacuations of foreign nationals and their Afghan allies. Days of chaos at the airport were punctuated by a suicide attack on Aug. 26 that killed as many as 180 people, including 13 American troops. It was one of the deadliest attacks of the war, and the troops were the first American service members to die in the country since February 2020.The collapse of the Afghan government, after the United States spent billions to support it and the Afghan security forces, was a crushing and violent coda to the U.S. military mission in America’s longest war.

Multiple Choice

War

In August 2021, the United States military ended a 20-year occupation of Afghanistan, leaving the country under the control of  ________.

• Al-Qaeda

• Boko Haram

• ISIS

• the Taliban

Multiple Choice

Geography

Afghanistan's two largest cities are Kabul, its capital, and , home to the Shrine of the Cloak of the Prophet Muhammad.

• Isfahan

• Kandahar

• Karachi

• Medina

Explanation Slide...

During Nowruz festivities, nearly every home is filled to bursting with guests from other parts of the country. The event is so raucous that every year conservative mullahs inveigh against the occasion, with little effect.At the heart of those celebrations is the raising of the jahenda bala banner on a thick 40-foot pole topped by a massive silver and gold finial, at the Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif. The banner symbolizes the prophet Ali, revered by Shiite Muslims in Afghanistan, many of whom believe he is buried in the mosque. (Most Shiites say he lies in Najaf, Iraq.)

Multiple Choice

Culture

An ancient celebration rooted in Zoroastrian tradition,  _________marks the start of the Persian New Year, creating an outpouring of street parties, games, fireworks, music, dancing and picnicking that draws hundreds of thousands of people from every corner of Afghanistan.

• Holi

• Nowruz

• Rosh Hashanah

• Songkran

The Attacks on

September 11th, 2001

​How have the attacks of September 11, 2001 changed America’s outlook on terrorism?

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*If at any point the material becomes too much to handle, please let Mr. Willis or Mrs. Quick know. We have an alternative for you. ​

What is 9/11?

​“9/11” is shorthand for four coordinated terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda, an Islamist extremist group, that occurred on the morning of September 11, 2001. Nineteen terrorists from al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airplanes, deliberately crashing two of the planes into the upper floors of the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center complex and a third plane into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. A fourth-hijacked plane was crashed in a field in Pennsylvania by it's heroic passengers.

​Learning Objective:    All students will be able to identify the key events of the September 11^th attacks and relate the key events to real time through the completion of a timeline activity with 100% participation.

Multiple Choice

Was the Pentagon struck BEFORE or AFTER the World Trade Center?

• Before

• After

Open Ended

What stories do these numbers tell? What stories don’t these numbers tell?

CONTENT ELABORATION: The post-Cold War period and the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, presented new domestic challenges for the United States. Issues impacting national security include:

• the dynamic of balancing national security with civil liberties (USA PATRIOT Act);

• the creation of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA);

• an increase in Islamophobia and xenophobia;

 • increasing fears of domestic terrorism

​USA PATRIOT ACT = antiterrorist bill; The law made it easier to wiretap suspects, track Internet communications, and seize voicemail.  Authorities were permitted to conduct secret searches and seizures.

• Proponents of the Patriot Act claim it provides necessary tools to law enforcement in combating terrorism.

• Critics of the Patriot Act say the law infringes on constitutional rights of privacy.

TSA = Designed to prevent similar attacks in the future. 

Open Ended

What are the famous last words of Flight 93 passenger, Todd Beamer , before he and other passengers stormed the cockpit and hijackers?

​Islamophobia = is an extreme fear of and hostility toward Islam and Muslims which often leads to hate speech, hate crimes, as well as social and political discrimination.

Xenophobia - extreme dislike or fear of foreigners, their customs, their religions, etc.

​Soon after the 9/11 attacks, Xenophonia and Islamophobia levels spiked

Multiple Select

Throughout its history, the United States has had to confront serious challenges. Identify the challenges faced by the United States since the September 11, 2001, attacks. Select all that apply. ​ • You do not need to use all the challenges.

• competing in the space race

• countering the use of terrorism

• Balancing national security and civil liberities

• protecting aginst possible attacks in the United States

• preventing the spread of communism

Multiple Choice

​The cartoonist is critiquing 

• Increased government surveillance of U.S. citizens under provisions of the Patriot Act 

• The failure of the Department of Homeland Security to gather information about terrorism

• Terrorists were infiltrating U.S. security forces

• Citizens security was too dependent on electronic innovation

​The post-Cold War period and the attacks on September 11, 2001 impacted the military in the following ways: 

• increased defense spending as a result of the war on terrorism;

 • role of the United States and United Nations in addressing political and social unrest in the Middle East;

 and • the control of weapons of mass destruction in areas of the world perceived as a threat to world stability (President Bush warned the United States “will not permit the world’s most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world’s most destructive weapons.”)

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Monday, Sept. 9th, 2024

Choose from one of the below writing prompts and write a reflective entry into your class journal.

• Do you think there's a connection between emotional well-being and obesity? How might emotional factors contribute to unhealthy eating habits?

• Imagine going to bed hungry. How do you think this would affect your physical and emotional well-being? How might it impact your ability to focus on daily tasks?

• Think about advertisements and media messages promoting unhealthy foods. How can media influence our perceptions of what is considered a "normal" diet, and what steps can individuals take to be more critical of these messages?

  
  

  
  

  
  

Poll

• It’s easy to eat healthy food.

• Strongly Agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

Poll

• Limited access to a supermarket can be linked to obesity.

• Strongly Agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

Poll

• Supermarket chains should be forced to build in urban and rural areas, not just suburban areas.

• Strongly Agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

Open Ended

​ What do you think the term “food desert” means? (do not look it up the definition

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​Food Desert

​ What do you think the term “food desert” means?

• ​food desert: a neighborhood where there is little or limited access to healthy and affordable food such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk and other foods that ma

• food insecurity: lack of access to a sufficient amount of food because of limited funds. More than 49 million American households are considered food insecure and are vulnerable to poor health as a result.ke up the full range of a healthy diet

• obesity: the condition of being very overweight
  

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FOOD DESERTS: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND SOLUTIONS

SWBAT define and analyze the characteristics of food deserts, identify their causes and consequences, research their community's status as a food desert, and propose creative solutions to address this issue while integrating media literacy skills.

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​Food Deserts and Inequality:

1. Get into groups of 2-3 students

2. ​Read the handout, "Food Deserts and Inequality: Key Statistics"

3. In pairs, choose three of the following questions to answer. Then report your answers to the class:

• Why might healthy, affordable food be difficult to obtain in certain areas?

• in which types of areas/communities do you think food deserts are most prevalent: urban, rural or suburban?

• How do you think living in a food desert could affect a person/family’s food choices?

• Other than grocery stores/supermarkets, where else could you purchase food?

• How might food options in convenience stores or fast food establishments be less healthy and/or more expensive?

• How could living in a food desert relate to food insecurity (hunger)? Conversely, how could it relate to obesity?

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​Food Desert

What conclusions can you draw about the relationship between food deserts and obesity? If there is a direct relationship, which groups might be most often affected? 

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What’s in Store? 

•  With your original partner, pair up with another set of students and complete the What's in Store section of the handout.

• Then compare answers with the rest of the class. What surprised you about your community, food costs or other information you researched?

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Causes and Consequences of Food Deserts

Open Causes and Consequences of Food Deserts google slide
Groups will be assigned a slide to complete the below task
Groups 1, 3, 5, 7: Causes of Food Deserts

• The causes group should think about why supermarkets, convenience stores, and fast food restaurants might build or develop in a certain area;

Groups 2, 4, 6: Consequences of Food Deserts

• The consequences group should think about personal, economic, national, health-related and social consequences.

Each group should present to the other, with the opposite group adding any new information.
List names of group members on slide

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