Take a Bite Out of Climate Change

Holly Bryk

In this unit designed for a World Language class, I will focus on meals in the target language, specifically school lunches, and making healthy food choices for our bodies and also for our Earth. Students will learn the impact that their food choices not only have on their bodies but also the impact their choices have on the Earth and the implications those choices have for the future of our world. Students will learn how to read and interpret authentic texts in the target language using the Visual Thinking Strategies method. The same strategies that students employ for close reading of text are easily applied to the interpretation of infographics. Students will practice both strategies as they read about and research sustainable school lunches.