Students view pictures of families from around the world with the food that they eat in a week. They discuss how cultural and regional differences affect food. They analyze a healthy diet and reflect on whether the nutritional needs of families are an issue of the common good. They assess their own food choices and address a food/health related issue or need, locally or globally.

• develop an awareness of the diversity of food around the globe.
• identify personal biases and stereotypes related to food.
• explain the value of sensitivity and openness toward diverse cultures.
• compare and contrast their food choices with the eating habits of others locally and globally.
• explain how food choices are limited by resources, culture, and geography.
• compare foods from a typical U.S. diet to their own diet.
• compare and contrast packaged foods to local, natural foods in cost, nutrition, availability, and environmental impact.
• identify hunger and food security as an issue of the common good, which can be addressed by individuals and the nonprofit sector.
• identify the global sources of the food that they eat.
• make sustainable health choices for themselves and others.
• explain how food choices are limited by resources, culture, and geography.
• choose a food-related issue or need to address through planning and implementing.