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Healthy Eating in HartfordElaina RollinsKatie Barlok
WHO? Fifth grade classroom in a Hartford public school with students who are predominantly lower class and students of color.
INTRODUCTION TO THE CURRICULUM
WHY?• Experience in school placements• Hartford is a food desert
FOOD DESERT: An urban neighborhood or rural town without ready access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food. 33% of Hartford citizens live in poverty. Nutritional foods cost about $27/1000
calories, while saturated fat foods cost about $3/1000 calories
Latino children in Hartford report eating nearly 7 servings of sweets a day and only 3 servings of fruits and vegetables.
FOOD INSECURITY IN HARTFORD
SOURCE: Hartford Food System, Livestrong
• Students will learn about short-term and long-term effects of healthy eating. • Students will analyze the influence of
media on food choices.• Students will assess food price injustice
in their own community. • Students will learn to value and utilize
the benefits of community gardens. • Students will advocate for personal and
school community health.
OBJECTIVES
MONDAY• Daily Food Journals• Healthy snack tasting• Healthy eating
worksheet
TUESDAY• Junk food
advertisement discussion
• Creation of a healthy food advertisement
OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK
WEDNESDAY• Shopping on a budget
activity
THURSDAY• Field trip to Trinfo Café
Garden
FRIDAY• Refl ection on daily lunch
journals• Discussion of nutritional
problems within the school• Letter to school principal
about ideas for change
OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze the influence of media on food choices.
TUESDAY
The final assessment will focus on each student’s letter to the school principal and how well their letter incorporates:
•Observations of school lunches• Facts from the healthy eating worksheet• Food price injustice knowledge • Community garden knowledge
FINAL ASSESSMENT