1: FACS Nutrition and Wellness Introduction

2: Guide Creation Information

Guide Author

Mary Pat Roberts

District

Sauk Rapids Rice ISD 47

Date Created

06/08/2011

Guide Description

This guide is designed to be an introductory hook for lessons in nutrition by pointing out how our food supply and preparation has changed from the late 1800s to late 1970s. The photos and documents meet three benchmarks of standard 14.0 to illustrate the factors that influence our food choices.

3: Guide Characteristics

Title of Main Academic Standard used in Guide

National Standards for Family and Consumer Sciences

Grade Level

6-8

Learning Level

Introductory

National Holiday/Special Occasion (optional)

Source Format Emphasized

Photographs, documents

Geographic Region Emphasized (optional)

Minnesota

Other Minnesota Reflections Guide(s) Related to this Guide (optional)

4: Main Standard Emphasized in Guide

Standard Title

National Standards for Family and Consumer Sciences

Category

Nutrition and Wellness

Strand

Sub-strand

Standard

Analyze factors that influence nutrition and wellness practices across the life span.

Benchmark 1: standard number

14.1.2

Benchmark 1: text

Analyze the effects of psychological, cultural and social influences on food choices and other nutritional practices.

Benchmark 2: standard number

14.1.3

Benchmark 2: text

Analyze the governmental, economic, and technological influences on food choices and practices.

Benchmark 3: standard number

14.1.4

Benchmark 3: text

Analyze the effects of global and local events and conditions on food choices and practices.

Benchmark 4: standard number

Benchmark 4: text

5: Another Standard Emphasized in Guide (optional)

Standard Title

Category

Strand

Sub-strand

Standard

Benchmark 1: standard number

Benchmark 1: text

Benchmark 2: standard number

Benchmark 2: text

Benchmark 3: standard number

Benchmark 3: text

Benchmark 4: standard number

Benchmark 4: text

6: Additional Standards and/or Skills (reading, math, media literacy, interdisciplinary)

Reading: standard number

Reading: standard text

Math: standard number

Math: standard text

Media Literacy: standard number

Media Literacy: standard text

Interdisciplinary Connection

Health, Social Studies

Minnesota Reflections Resources

7: Search Strategy

Things to Think About

How have our food choices changed over time? Where does the food I eat come from? WHY do I eat what I eat? Does everyone have these same choices? Are my food choices nutritious? How will my food choices affect my health in the future? Are we healthier now than in the past? Why or why not?

Keywords

Food, grocery, grocery store, butcher, meat market, ice harvest, shrimp, lobster, snacks.

Other ideas (to assist with discovery)

The Dodge County Extension Annual Reports provide a wealth of information that illustrate food choices and other nutritional practices of that time period. The reports are written with interesting commentary that shows the connection between individuals, families and community both small and large.

Challenges to finding resources on this standard

8: Minnesota Reflections Top Picks

Title

Date created

Description

Format (photo, map, letter …)

"Cite the Item" link

Thomas, R.J. Grocery Store - Interior

1880?

Interior of grocery store

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/blue,1433

Nilson, Hanson & Co. Grocery Store, Morris, Minesota

1910

Nilson, Hanson & Co. Grocery Store "parking lot"

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/ste,1042

Gutting Carcases

1909?

One man with knife gutting carcasses outdoors

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/stearns,149

Butchering outdoors, Big Stone County, Minnesota

1905

Group of men and women butchering outdoors

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/bsc,2571

Meet market with cow and Lammels Beer sign, Ortonville, Minnesota

1896

Live cow delivery to meat market, view from street

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/bsc,2814

Meat market, Ortonville, Minnesota

1919?

Interior view of meat market

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/bsc,2468

Fanny Cohen in front of the family grocery store, St. Paul, Minnesota

1919?

Exterior view of family grocery store with 5 cent ice cream sodas advertised

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/jhs,140

Myrtle Huntley and Charles Arling in a grocery store

1915

Man flirting with woman at grocery store counter

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/wch,463

Grocery store interior, Big Stone County Minnesota

1917

Interior view of grocery store with glass display cases

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/bsc,2210

Cutting ice on Big Stone Lake, Big Stone County, Minnesota

1920

Ice harvesting for refrigeration

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/bsc,2194

Interior of the Kenner Grocery Store in Duluth, Minnesota

1923

Interior of store that includes one man and two women.

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/jhs,273

Beckelman's Grocery Store, Minneapolis, MInnesota

1933

Interior view of grocery store with catchy advertising on wall

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/jhs,232

David and Joe Gantman, St. Paul, Minnesota

1945?

Two butchers with cleavers and wooden cutting boards

Photo

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/jhs,138

Dodge County Extension Service Annual Report - 1962

1962

Pages 60 and 62, Fish Cookery notes on new foods: shrimp and lobster.

Document

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/des,901

Dodge County Extension Service Annual Report - 1962

1962

Pages 69 and 70, Women's Section of Crop Show notes on "handy portable appliances of the modern market."

Document

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/des,910

Dodge County Extension Service Annual Report - 1975

1975

Page 20 Foods and Nutrition notes that include snacks

Document

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/des,185

Dodge County Extension Service Annual Report - 1977

1977

Page 30 Favorite Food Show notes that include microwave snacks

Document

http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/des,362

9: Specific Minnesota Reflections Collection(s) to Consider (optional)

Blue Earth County Historical Society, Stevens County Museum and Historical Society, Stearns History Museum, Big Stone County Historical Society, Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, Winona County Historical Society, Dodge County Extension.

10: Helpful Tips (optional)

This guide is meant to provide a quick step back in time to encourage middle school students to think about the quantity and quality of food choices available to them today as compared to the past. By including a variety of topics, from food availability, processing, distribution, marketing, storage and preparation, students can begin to analyze and question their own food choices. Photos and documents were chosen for their unique and many times humorous content.

11: Ideas for Lesson Plans Using this Guide (optional)

Students define healthy eating. Students log and analyze their food intake. Students identify strengths and weaknesses in their own diet and suggest ways to eat healthier. Students identify processed versus real or single foods. Students compare nutritional value of different foods. Students discuss how their food choices affect local, national or global economy. Students debate if people are more or less healthy today than in the past and support their reasoning with ideas in the guide. Students recognize marketing and packaging influences on their food choices and the affect on the environment. Students compare and contrast food choices from past and present. Students interview a family member about how food choices have changed in their lifetime.

12: Other Online Collections that Help Teach this Standard (optional)

Current: United States Department of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines. MyPyramid recently updated to

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

Historical background: Center for Nutrition Policy & Promotion.