Food Inc. Socratic

⌘ Objective & Purpose ⌘

I can use my critical media and filmaker's lenses 

to analyze and discuss the film FOOD Inc.

AND

I can budget my expenses so that 

I will have money when I REALLY need it

These Days in History:

• Google had it's I/O Conference last week and I'm wondering if we are seeing the future: a connected life utilizing an increasingly intelligent web. 
• I'm hearing more and more of this stuff described as Web 3.0 and I'm beginning to believe.
• I didn't see a single cicada... dang it
• I had a great time

Agenda:

• Modified Socratic Discussion on FOOD Inc.
• Take a moment [actually, 10 minutes] to review the questions you answered about the film, Food Inc. [I'll show you the questions at the end]
• Choose the three you think you understand BEST 
• We are going to have a discussion about the movie
• Write down some NOTES about your answers.  You will need to contribute to the discussion even if your best answer was taken by someone else.   
• Take your notes on paper or by using the TextEdit program on your computer 
  

The questions were:

• Do animals have the right to a certain quality of life? Why or Why not?
• Do people have the right to know what is in their food? Why or why not? 
• Who’s responsible for keeping our food safe? Why or why not?
• Should access to healthy food be a right for everyone? Why or why not?
• When deciding what to eat, how much should we consider the workers who pick, process, and transport it? Why or why not?
• Does it mater to you which food companies produce your food? Why or why not?
• Should companies be able to own the DNA contained in plant seeds?
• Should a company have the power to decide what information to give consumers about the food it produces? Why or why not?
• What individual or collective actions are you willing to take to improve our food system, and what would be their impact? Why or why not?