8/9/2019 PREINT Health 2 Food Chinese vs Western Medicine Environment http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preint-health-2-food-chinese-vs-western-medicine-environment 1/9 Health 2: Chinese vs. Western Medicine, Environment Teacher Day Time Branch TA Class Resources needed: •Pictures of healthy/unhealthy foods and people •Pictures of tortured moon bears Aim: Students will talk about health and what it takes to be healthy.Stage: Practice Page: Time: 5 mins Method: •Elicit characteristics of ‘health’, or even just words they associate with them. For example: fitness, diet, exercise, medicine. •Then ask students to tell you what it takes to be healthy. Comments Aim: Students will discuss why they do or do not want to be healthy. Stage: Practice Page: Time: 10 mins Method: •Ask, “Who wants to be healthy? Why? Why not? Is it worth the effort?” •Ask, “Why do we want to be healthy?” (Potential answers: to feel better, live longer, look good, compete professionally in sport, self-defense, self-esteem) •Ask, “Which of these is the most important reason to be healthy?” Comments Aim: Students will describe and speak about a number of visuals. Stage: Practice Page: Time: 10 mins Method: • Hand out copies of pictures featuring healthy/unhealthy foods and people. Students must identify what’s going on in the picture (for example, an obese person eating a hamburger; a chef preparing a salad; a fit-looking person preparing to take some vitamins/health tonics), explain how they know what’s going on by description, and what they think of it. •Guide students to form their thoughts into coherent descriptive sentences such as: “The man is too fat. He is not healthy because he eats too much bad food.” Comments Aim: Students will talk about different types of food as well as their health value. Stage: Practice Page: Time: 10-15 mins Method: •Brainstorm: What foods are healthy? What foods are not? Why? •What makes a food healthy/unhealthy? (Potential answers: fat, sugar, vitamins, organic, processed, protein, carbohydrates, etc.) •Is Chinese food better for you than Western food? What are some examples for and against each? (Potential answers: McDonalds, salad, deep-fried chuar, vegetable dishes.) •Why do students think that so many Westerners are overweight? (Potential answers: bad diet, lack of exercise.) •Say you have noticed there is a lot of oil/fat in some Chinese dishes. Do students agree? Do they try to avoid certain Chinese foods for health reasons? What about Western foods?
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8/9/2019 PREINT Health 2 Food Chinese vs Western Medicine Environment
Health 2: Chinese vs. Western Medicine, EnvironmentTeacher Day Time Branch TA Class
Resources needed:
• Pictures of healthy/unhealthy foods and people
• Pictures of tortured moon bears
Aim: Students will talk about health and what it takes to be healthy. Stage: Practice
Page:
Time: 5 minsMethod:
• Elicit characteristics of ‘health’, or even just words they associate with them.
For example: fitness, diet, exercise, medicine.
• Then ask students to tell you what it takes to be healthy.
Comments
Aim: Students will discuss why they do or do not want to be healthy. Stage: Practice
Page:
Time: 10 minsMethod:
• Ask, “Who wants to be healthy? Why? Why not? Is it worth the effort?”
• Ask, “Why do we want to be healthy?” (Potential answers: to feel better, live
longer, look good, compete professionally in sport, self-defense, self-esteem)
• Ask, “Which of these is the most important reason to be healthy?”
Comments
Aim: Students will describe and speak about a number of visuals. Stage: Practice
Page:
Time: 10 minsMethod:
• Hand out copies of pictures featuring healthy/unhealthy foods and people.Students must identify what’s going on in the picture (for example, an obese
person eating a hamburger; a chef preparing a salad; a fit-looking person
preparing to take some vitamins/health tonics), explain how they know what’s
going on by description, and what they think of it.
• Guide students to form their thoughts into coherent descriptive sentences such
as: “The man is too fat. He is not healthy because he eats too much bad food.”
Comments
Aim: Students will talk about different types of food as well as their health value. Stage: Practice
Page:
Time: 10-15 mins Method:• Brainstorm: What foods are healthy? What foods are not? Why?
• What makes a food healthy/unhealthy? (Potential answers: fat, sugar, vitamins,
organic, processed, protein, carbohydrates, etc.)
• Is Chinese food better for you than Western food? What are some examples
for and against each? (Potential answers: McDonalds, salad, deep-fried chuar,
vegetable dishes.)
• Why do students think that so many Westerners are overweight? (Potential
answers: bad diet, lack of exercise.)
• Say you have noticed there is a lot of oil/fat in some Chinese dishes. Do
students agree? Do they try to avoid certain Chinese foods for health reasons?
What about Western foods?
8/9/2019 PREINT Health 2 Food Chinese vs Western Medicine Environment