Globalisation + food/agriculture

INTRODUCTION
WELCOME BACK !!
  • What's the song about?
  • write down key-words
  • What's the connection between this song and the subject GA ?
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Global awarenessMiddelbare schoolhavo, vwoLeerjaar 2

This lesson contains 11 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.

time-iconLesson duration is: 50 min

Items in this lesson

INTRODUCTION
WELCOME BACK !!
  • What's the song about?
  • write down key-words
  • What's the connection between this song and the subject GA ?

Slide 1 - Slide

Slide 2 - Video

Food and agriculture project
period 1

Slide 3 - Slide

At the end of this lesson
  • you know what globalisation means
  • you can explain the effects of globalisation on the production of food

Slide 4 - Slide

Answer the following questions and share your answers afterwards
- Write down all the food products that you had for dinner last night?
- What's your secret pleasure?
- What was your last purchase?

Slide 5 - Slide

Share the most remarkable answers..

Slide 6 - Open question

Slide 7 - Video

There is enough food on earth to feed everyone. Why is there then a food crisis?

Slide 8 - Open question

Globalisation
  • Food production changed strongly
  • As much produce as you can make for the smallest amount of money possible
  • This is only possible because of specialization and economies of scale

Slide 9 - Slide

Food crisis
  1. World population is growing rapidly. More and more food is needed.
  2. The distribution of food is unequal.
  3. The rise in welfare causes a change in eating habits.
  4. Rich countries want to change to sustainable energy (bio-ethanol)

Slide 10 - Slide

Work in silence...
Go to Van Volta/magister, download lesson 1 in a GA file, Read the article and complete the exercises.
There are still farmers who are self-sufficient. They grow their own food and keep a few animals. If a farmer has a few too many, he can sell them on the market, like this man from Burkina Faso is going to do.
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