TEL 311 Signature Project Narra ve - Feed a family of 4 on $12.

05 per day

Jennifer Hand, PharmD April 2021

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

Standards & Standards & Standards & Standards & Standards &
Learning Learning Learning Learning Learning
Objec ve(s) Objec ve(s) Objec ve(s) Objec ve(s) Objec ve(s)
Ra o & Propor on Percent; R/P Basic math: + - x / Con nua on of day
4
Learning Objec ve: Learning Learning Learning
Understand the Objec ve(s) Objec ve(s): Objec ve)s):
scope of poverty in Fast food day: Students will Students will
the US Compare/contrast understand how the understand how to
favorite fast food USDA Plate Method create menus for
Essen al Ques on item with is used to create breakfast, lunch &
for Student homemade version; balanced healthy dinner, and
direc on: cost and nutri onal meals for breakfast, calculate the cost of
Is the minimum value. lunch and dinner each meal, to feed a
wage in AZ above or Essen al Ques on: family of 4.
below the current Which costs more:
poverty line? fast food or home
cooking?

Learning Ac vi es Learning Ac vi es Learning Ac vi es Learning Ac vi es Learning Ac vi es

Video: Intro to Income
and Poverty in the Unites
States (US Census Bureau)
h ps://www.census.gov/
library/video/2020/
introduc on-to-income-
and-poverty-in-united-
states.html
Video: Poverty in
America
Poverty infographic:
h ps://
map.4thworldmovement.
org/wp-content/uploads/
2019/03/
ATD_17x11_UP_Brochure
s_FrenchFold-Inside.pdf
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Instructor will compare Instructor will draw the Instructor will create a
the nutri onal value of USDA My Plate on the meal using the plate
a McDonald’s big Mac whiteboard, and explain method, and
what types of foods demonstrate how to
to a homemade
belong in each sec on calculate the cost of each
burger:
using this website: item in the meal.
h ps:// h ps://www.myplate.gov
www.mcdonalds.com/ Grocery store yers and
us/en-us/about-our- Instructor will create a google price searches will
food/nutri on- My Plate meal as an be u lized:
calculator.html example.
The class will use h ps://
available devices to www.frysfood.com/
google each ingredient weeklyad
as a group, and
h ps://myfoodcity.com/
teacher will write
food-city-weekly-ad/
results on the
whiteboard & h ps://www.bashas.com/
demonstrate how to weekly-ad/
add up ingredients’
protein, carbs, fat, salt h ps://
& calories to calculate weeklyads.walmart.com/
h/m/walmartusa/circular/
the total values for the
browse?
homemade version of
the menu item (burger, yer_run_id=648091&loc
ale=en&type=1
salad, taco, etc).
Charts and google
searches will be used
to obtain nutri onal
info for ingredients.

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 Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment

Students will calculate the
annual income of
someone earning $12.05
per hour, based on a 40
hour work week, for 52
weeks per year, assuming
2 week paid me o .
They will nd the current
poverty line online, and
determine if the
minimum wage is above
or below it.
h ps://
www.payingforseniorcare
.com/federal-poverty-
level#48-Con guous-
States-and-D.C.
Students will then Students will break out Students will break out
work in groups: each into groups: into groups: Con nua on of day 4
group will pick a fast They will visit this site:
food menu item to h ps://www.myplate.gov They will begin a 5 -7 day
And explore the myplate process of crea ng a 7-
compare to
food groups, then day meal plan for a family
homemade. each group will create a of 4, building 1 day every
The class will regroup breakfast, lunch or dinner class period.
and discuss results. using the plate method. They will bring favorite
h ps:// The class will regroup to family recipes or meal
order.wendys.com/ pool their meal plans. ideas.
categories?site=menu The cost of making their
h ps:// favorite dishes will be
www.tacobell.com/ calculated, and if too
nutri on/info expensive, adjustments
will be made. The criteria
is, the total cost for 3
meals must be $12.05.
Over the course of the
week, students in each
group will take turns
building the meals, and
calcula ng the costs.
Everyone will prac ce all
skills.

Technology Technology Technology Technology Technology

Students will watch
videos, use computers to
visit speci c websites,
and calculators to crunch
numbers.
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other available personal other available personal available personal
devices; calculators. devices. devices.
Nutri onal charts will be
provided

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Sustaining The Project and Innovation

Technology:

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 This project is largely internet-based. Instructor will play videos using classroom

computer and AV display methods as available. Alternatively, students may have to

gather around available classroom computers to view content.

Students will also use the internet to search websites using links provided by the

instructor. They will be allowed to google specific information, such as “nutritional

content of chicken thighs”. They will also be given sets of nutritional charts,

infographics, etc. They will use google docs and forms provided by the instructor to fill

out the menu plans, etc.

After Proposal Period

The project will be continued for a few days, to plan and submit their recipes and

meal plans to put together a cookbook. There are a number of websites that schools

use to publish cookbooks for fundraisers. They are all very expensive, so the PTA will

be enlisted to fund the project and select an online publisher.

Innovation

I don’t know how innovative this project is, per se. I want my students to

develop empathy for poor families by understanding the scope of the problem, and

realizing just how challenging it is to be poor. Folks living near or below the poverty line

have to make hard choices and compromises continually. Planning meals that are

balanced and cheap is no easy task. I want my students to develop the necessary

resourcefulness and flexibility that this entails. I also want them to learn that good food

does not have to cost a lot of money, but it takes planning, and buying what’s on special

at the budget grocery stores. I especially want them to understand how costly it is to

 eat fast food and pre-packaged food items, compared to cooking whole foods from

scratch.