4.3 Get the Facts Straight
This middle school lesson (“Get the Facts Straight,” Lesson MS.AI.4.3) from the Pork Checkoff Middle School Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum teaches students to distinguish between animal welfare and animal rights and to understand their implications for animal agriculture. Through an interest approach, myth-versus-fact illustrations, discussion of laws like California’s Proposition 2, and a “Wanted poster” project, students explore common misconceptions about animal production and how these issues affect livestock producers.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- As a result of this unit students will… Discuss animal issues.
- As a result of this lesson the students will… Explain the implications of animal welfare and animal rights for animal agriculture.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 90 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Overhead projector/transparencies
- MS.AI.4.3.AS.A-AS.H – one per teacher, cut up and post on walls
- MS.AI.4.3.AS.I – one myth per pair of students
- MS.AI.4.3.TM.A – one per teacher
- MS.AI.4.3.TM.B – one per teacher
- MS.AI.4.3.TM.C – one per teacher
- MS.AI.4.3.AS.J – one per student
- MS.AI.4.3.RUBRIC.A – one per student
- Precepts
- A. Action — A8. Evaluate and reflect on action taken. H. Social Growth — H1. Acknowledge that differences exist among people.
- Key Terms
- Animal Welfare; Animal Rights
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- AS.06.01.02.aExplain the implications of animal welfare and animal rights for animal agriculture.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NL-ENG.K-12.4Communication Skills