1st trimester – Day 40
· Collected homework: 5-sentence paragraph responding to your “doubting bully” – Pinky is ________ (choose from your “good” list)
· WARMUP: Number a paper 1 – 9 and answer the following fill-in-blank (make your best guesses):
o The average home has at least ____1_______ TV sets and the average American watches ____2_____ hours of TV every day which is over _____3_______ over the course of one’s lifetime sitting in front of the tube.
o It takes ______4________ cows to feed humans in the United States (annually). Each human (in the U.S.) consumes ___5____ pints of milk a week or ____6_____ pints a month or ____7_____ pints a year. We will each consume ___8___ pints of milk per person per lifetime.
o But milk is only a tiny part of our diet. As a nation, we eat a total of ___9___ pounds of food every day.
§ Reviewed the answers
Consumption trivia… http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/human-footprint/consumption-interactive.html
Began Human Footprint unit DAY1
Watched half of documentary film today Human Footprint – approx. 45 - 55 minutes - you can watch the entire film here: Human Footprint - online video
As you watch the film:
- Write down 4 direct quotations from the film (that you will later use in your paper)
- Write down 4 examples from the film that show how every human being impacts the earth.
After watching the video:
- Think of 2 specific examples from your own life (that were not mentioned in the video) that illustrate your personal understanding of impact.
- Consider possible solutions. What can be done? Who should do what? Why?
Homework:
No vocabulary test this week or next.
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