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CULTURAL COMMENTARYToday we begin a new module revolving

around food, responsibility, and social injustice—fun stuff.

We will being by taking a look at a few articles online and doing a little preliminary research.

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INITIAL RESEARCHPair up.Each group must have at least one working cell phone with wi-fi/web connection.You will go to each of the links and do the following:• Title of article – self-explanatory • Main idea of article (summarize first and last

paragraphs)•Who is it, What did they write, and What were the texts about.

• Write two details found in the article and cite them• Example: According to Eric Schosser, "blah blah blah." 

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ARTICLESUpton Sinclairhttp://www.biography.com/people/upton-sinclair-

9484897#synopsisThe Junglehttp://www.shmoop.com/the-jungle/Eric Schlosserhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_SchlosserFast Food Nation:http://thebestnotes.com/booknotes/Fast_Food_Nation/

Fast_Food_Nation03.html

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COMPARE AND CONTRAST ARTICLESCreating Venn Diagrams• One comparing the authors• Upton Sinclair vs. Eric Schlosser• Use the 1st and 3rd articles (biographies)

• One comparing the articles• “The Jungle” vs. “Fast Food Nation”• Use the 2nd and 4th articles (article synopsis)

1 set of Venn Diagrams per pairing.2 pieces of information for similarities (middle)3 pieces of information for each difference (sides)

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