Foods 9 Ethics Debates
Welcome, Foods 9!
You are so fortunate to be given the opportunity to practice the skill of debate. This will promote critical thinking, communication and, the topic, will allow you to consider social responsibility.
Below you will find some videos to help you understand the structure of the classroom debate:
What you need to prepare and consider:
- Be sure to keep a REFERENCES page and know where your facts come from. Be sure they are from reputable sources (remember to do the CRAAP TEST). The resources that have been supplied below have been vetted and are reputable sources. But, always look at your information with a critical eye – cross reference facts!
To help you build your argument, you might find these templates helpful:
Persuasion Map (pdf)
Persuasion Map (build it using the web app from READ WRITE THINK)
List of Topics:
1) Advertising unhealthy foods to children
- American Psychological Association –The impact of food advertising on childhood obesity
2) GMO labelling
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency – Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods
- David Suzuki Foundation –Understanding GMOs
- Genetically modified foods –Pros and Cons
- Global news- GMOs pose no risk to humans?
3) Chemical inputs vs organic
- Health Canada –Food Additives
4) Feeding the world’s poor – Does everyone have a fundamental right to food?
5) Children working as farm laborers
6) Corporatization of food (seeds?)
- Hammer Museum – The Corporatization and Commodification of Food
7) Factory farming of animals
8) Farming salmon or shrimp
- CBC -Genetically Modified Salmon Plant in P.E.I. Does it not need new Federal Assessment
- CTV W5 – Factory Farming
9) Bee Decline
- New York Times – Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents
- RBSS Library Book – Ways to Save the Honey Bees (And Change the World)
- RBSS Library Book – More Than Honey: The Survival of Bees and the Future of Our World
Other Resources: