1. Introduction to The Geography of Food and Health1. To introduce this unit, we will watch the Documentary "Food Inc" in class, keeping in mind (and then discussing) the following from the IB Curriculum:
a) Explain how changes in agricultural systems, scientific and technological innovations, the expansion of the area under agriculture and the growth of agribusiness have increased the availability of food. b) At what cost has this increased availability come to our health? |
2. Gapminder and the Change in World Health2a. Introduction to World and Regional Health PPT
2b. Hans Rosling's 200 Years that Changed the World Video What can we notice about the relationship between life expectancy and income? Is one dependent on the other? Why might this be the case? 2c. Explore Gapminder on your own! Click this link to play with the data Change the indicators on the upper right corner to find 3 patterns in world health, record information about the TRENDS and PATTERNS using specific examples 1) food supply 2) sugar intake 3) one 'health' indicator of your choice |
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3. HALE and Other Health Indicators3a. Using the Indicator Research Template, the geographyalltheway website, and the links below you will research one indicator from the following:
1) Life Expectancy, 2) Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), 3) Health Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE), 4) Calorie Intake, 5) Access to safe water, 6) Access to health services 7) Maternal Mortality Ratio It is your task to convince your classmates that your indicator is BEST for indicating the overall health of a country. (lesson courtesy geographyalltheway) 3b) HALE Overview PPT |
4. Policy Emphasis on Disease: Prevention or Treatment?
4a) Disease Prevention vs Treatment PPT What geographic factors affect prevention or treatment strategy? Social, Economic, Cultural, Demographic, Political 4c) Health Strategies Worksheet Case Studies: Skin Cancer in Australia, Dengue Fever in Bahamas Additional Case Study: Cholera in Haiti, ARC Cholera in Haiti |
5b5. The Global Availability of Food
5a) Need-to-know definitions PPT: - famine - malnutrition - temporary hunger - chronic hunger 5b) Visit website FreedomFromHunger to read more about the wider implications of hunger... |
via chartsbin.com 5c) Using the class discussion, interactive map, 5b link to website and video to complete the Worksheet on Caloric Intake
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6. The Green Revolution:
Increasing Food Availability Video One: Describe the Green Revolution. Who-What-Where-When-Why-How? Video Two: What negative developments have resulted from the Green Revolution? Using the Encyclopedic definition and your notes to create a quiz on the development of the Green Revolution to be taken by peers |
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7. The Concept of Food Security
7a) Watch the video and record your understanding of the significance of the following phrases:
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Food Security: “exists when all people, at all times have access to sufficient, safe
and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active
and healthy life.. ~ FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization)
7b) What factors CAUSE food insecurity or food deficiency?
Geographic, Environmental, Demographic, Political, Social and Economic (Historical?)
1. Read the article "Food is the Ultimate Security Need"
2. In your notes, describe the pattern of food security and insecurity in the world today
3. Using the map from the article, complete the following:
a) Create a table in your notes which lists the six contributing factors to food insecurity (as above)
b) Choose one food insecure country in the horn of Africa and do some research on reasons for their food insecurity
c) Record these factors under the appropriate headings in your table
d) Come up with a decision on which factor is most responsible for food insecurity in that country
and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active
and healthy life.. ~ FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization)
7b) What factors CAUSE food insecurity or food deficiency?
Geographic, Environmental, Demographic, Political, Social and Economic (Historical?)
1. Read the article "Food is the Ultimate Security Need"
2. In your notes, describe the pattern of food security and insecurity in the world today
3. Using the map from the article, complete the following:
a) Create a table in your notes which lists the six contributing factors to food insecurity (as above)
b) Choose one food insecure country in the horn of Africa and do some research on reasons for their food insecurity
c) Record these factors under the appropriate headings in your table
d) Come up with a decision on which factor is most responsible for food insecurity in that country
8. Famine and Food Insecurity
8a) Find a reliable website or news article detailing Somalia's recent (modern) history. Think The Times, The Economist, New York Times, US Country Profiles, etc. Create a Word Cloud from the text on the page (copy and paste) and share with your classmates. Together, we record the words we notice most commonly used and define. 8b) In 2011, The Horn of Africa recorded the worst drought in over 60 years. This drought was to become the source of the worst global famine in recent memory. Using the Time Magazine's Interactive Map copy the maps to your notes. Beside each map, describe the pattern. 1. Rainfall 2. Current Famine 3. Predicted Famine 4. Aid Targets 8c) Using sources below and notes above, complete a detailed mindmap on the causes of the 2011 Somalian famine. (Include all 6 causes as listed above in 7b) - BOLD the cause you think most responsible before posting to Google Classroom. Sign up at www.bubbl.us - create an account for free (and to save your work) While reading, watching and listening to the sources below, record notes on the the factors contributing to famine in Somalia for use in your map. 1. Podcast, "The Complexities of Famine" by Scott Tong of Marketplace. 2. Video, "Children of the Drought" by BBC News 3. Pictures, "Fleeing Somalia's Famine" by New York Times 4. Article, "UN Officials Say Famine Is Widening in Somalia" by Jeffrey Gettleman 5. Q&A, "Causes of the Somali Famine" by Tanya Lyons and Chiara Pazzano 6. Story Map: On the Front Lines of Famine" By UNCHOA |
9. Trade Barriers, Subsidies, International Agreements and TNCs:
Their Impact on the Availability of Food
a) Launched in 2012, the G8's New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition aims to transform the nature of agriculture and food production in Africa. Controversially, it gives agribusiness a seat... alongside governments and aid donors. As part of the initiative, African governments have said they will make their countries more attractive to private investors.
READ the article overview " New Alliance: A New Wave of Colonialism in Africa?"
1) What is the NewAlliance? Provide a brief summary including the major players and their interests.
2) What is colonialism? (google a definition if necessary) Explain the argument put forward by the article that the NewAlliance is a new form of colonialism.
3) Describe one specific country example of the above mentioned colonialism from the article.
b) Human Impact on the Availability of Food PPT
c) Read pages 268 - 269 of your textbok. You will find many ways governments, aid agencies, private citizens and investors attempt to alleviate food shortages. Using the Diamond Nine Worksheet, rate the strategies. You may have to do some research online to complete both pages
d) Have a look at the recent trends in food aid from New York Times "Losing Focus on Food Production"
Describe the trends in food aid as a percentage of ODA (official development assistance) over the last twenty years.
Why has there been a decline in research to create higher crop yields?
Describe the pattern in the worldwide amount of crop yields.
e) Watch the videos below:
V1 - What barriers to food access and availbility exist in our global society? What challenges must we overcome?
V2 - What are the four "take home points" suggested by UN Special Representative Dave Nabarro?
V3 - Why do we need growth in rural livelihoods? What does this video suggest growth in agriculture should look like?
Their Impact on the Availability of Food
a) Launched in 2012, the G8's New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition aims to transform the nature of agriculture and food production in Africa. Controversially, it gives agribusiness a seat... alongside governments and aid donors. As part of the initiative, African governments have said they will make their countries more attractive to private investors.
READ the article overview " New Alliance: A New Wave of Colonialism in Africa?"
1) What is the NewAlliance? Provide a brief summary including the major players and their interests.
2) What is colonialism? (google a definition if necessary) Explain the argument put forward by the article that the NewAlliance is a new form of colonialism.
3) Describe one specific country example of the above mentioned colonialism from the article.
b) Human Impact on the Availability of Food PPT
c) Read pages 268 - 269 of your textbok. You will find many ways governments, aid agencies, private citizens and investors attempt to alleviate food shortages. Using the Diamond Nine Worksheet, rate the strategies. You may have to do some research online to complete both pages
d) Have a look at the recent trends in food aid from New York Times "Losing Focus on Food Production"
Describe the trends in food aid as a percentage of ODA (official development assistance) over the last twenty years.
Why has there been a decline in research to create higher crop yields?
Describe the pattern in the worldwide amount of crop yields.
e) Watch the videos below:
V1 - What barriers to food access and availbility exist in our global society? What challenges must we overcome?
V2 - What are the four "take home points" suggested by UN Special Representative Dave Nabarro?
V3 - Why do we need growth in rural livelihoods? What does this video suggest growth in agriculture should look like?
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10. Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Yields
a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of current farming? Complete the card sort activity to find out. b) How can we ensure agricultural yields grown in a sustainable way? Sustainable Agriculture PPT Must-know definitions: agricultural yields / energy efficiency ratios c) Advantages and Disadvantages of Organic Farming
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Increasing Yields Through Sustainable Farming "Sustainable farming or organic farming is not just a niche market in high income countries, there is a real need for its broad development in low income countries. Sustainable farming puts the evironmental resources of soil, water and trees first and it has a strong emphasis on social welfare, which effectively means increasing income and food supply to poor farmers. Sustainable farming falls under the broader classifcation of permaculture. Permaculture is defined as a branch of ecological design that develops sustainable human settlements and self-maintained agricultural systems modelled from natural ecosystems. For poor farmers to make the switch to permaculture or organic farming they need state support. This support can be provided in education and training and improved access to information on markets. This involves better communication, achieved through mobile phone networks, better transport and storage facilities. Alongside this farmers need better access to affordable credit so that they have the means to invest their own money. In addition there are many positive environmental and socio-economic services of organic farming." ~ The British Geographer |
11. Food Miles and Fair Miles
11a) Food Miles Powerpoint - an overview 11b) Complete the Food Miles or Fair Miles Worksheet in your notes (courtesy of geographyalltheway) 11c) For Your Interest: Food Miles Calculator and The Environmental Guide to Eating Seasonal |
12. Diseases of Affluence and Diseases of Poverty
12a) What do the videos below say about American health? What is the future of health the result of? 12b) The Distribution of Diseases of Affluence and Poverty PPT Need to know vocab: prevalence, incidence, non-communicable disease, communicable disease, vectors (worksheet) 12c) The Fattest Countries in the World... |
13. The Spread and Impact of Disease of Affluence
13a. Watch "Mexico Wants to Attack Sugary Drinks to Fight Obesity Why would we call obesity a 'disease of affluence'? How could poverty be involved in this scenario? Why is this a serious long-term problem for Mexico? 13b. Read the Guardian's "Mexico Enacts Soda Tax In Effort to Combat High Obesity Rate" How effective will this tax be? Then try the second Guardian Article "How One of the Most Obese Countries on Earth Took On the Soda Giants" - with which article do you agree? Answer the questions on this handout to come up with your answer. |
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14. The Spread of Disease: Diffusion 14a) Diffusion: By Relocation and Expansion PPT
Overview of the two different ways that diseases can spread to become epidemics in today's society... 14b) Let's Play a Game! VAX: Gamifying Epidemic Prevention 1. Complete the 'tour' and in your notes, summarize each "lesson" 2. Play the game. What was the key to winning the game? 3. Play the 'Herd Immunity' section. Answer the following questions. What is Herd Immunity? What is R₀ and how can it be affected? At what percentage vaccination do we notice a rate drop? 14c) "We've Been Looking At the Spread of Global Pandemics All Wrong" According to this article, describe how should we change the way we look at the epidemiology (incidence, prevalence, spread) of disease? |
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15. The Geographic Spread and Impact and of Malaria and HIV/AIDS
Goals:
•To examine the geographic factors responsible for the incidence and spread of malaria and HIV/AIDS
•To evaluate the geographic impact of malaria and HIV/AIDS at the local, national and international scales.
•To evaluate the management strategies that have been applied in any one country or region for malaria and HIV/AIDS
15a) Using the following websites, answer the questions listed on this handout
MALARIA
WHO - Intro to Malaria and Malaria FactSheet
Guardian - Malaria Deaths By Country and Report on Malaria Deaths
HIV/AIDS
WHO - Intro to HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS FactSheet
The Global Fund - HIV and AIDS
TED Talks Videos - Eleven Ideas for Ending AIDS/HIV
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15b) Complete an infographic using PiktoChart Infographic Maker or Easil.ly OR by hand about HIV/AIDS or MALARIA: See the rubric HERE. The infographic must reference at minimum the following: - the spread of your disease in the wider world - the incidence of your disease (and factors behind it) in one country - one failed management strategy - the best way to manage the disease (prevention? or treatment?) |
Read below for a FEW tips on how to create stunning infographics - Show, Don't Tell - Have a Clear Storyline and Theme - Don't Just Paste Excel Charts on a Page - Think Outside the Box - A Three Colour Palette Is Easy on The Eyes - Make the Most Important Ideas POP |