Teaching Civics Deliberating in a Democracy Raw Milk

Deliberating in a Democracy Raw Milk

Posted By Jennifer Bloom On March 2, 2011 @ 3:43 am In | Comments Disabled

by Jennifer Bloom, Claudia Parliament, Alan Withers, and Filiz Yargici

Engage students in a Structured Academic Controversy in this lesson that focuses on developing deliberation skills using the issue of the regulation of raw milk (a critical question concerning food safety).

This lesson from the Deliberating in a Democracy Minnesota project teaches deliberation skills so that conflicting views can be heard, understood, and valued. The lesson includes a reading about the pros and cons of regulating raw milk for increasing understanding of the issue.

Objectives

Students will learn the process of deliberation
Students will increase understanding of the tensions surrounding food regulation
Students will practice skills for democracy

Materials needed

Procedure

See Deliberating in a Democracy Steps and Steps Video

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URL to article: https://teachingcivics.org/lesson/deliberating-in-a-democracy-raw-milk/

URLs in this post:

[1] Deliberating in a Democracy Raw Milk: http://teachingcivics.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Deliberating-in-a-Democracy-Raw-Milk.docx

[2] Deliberating in a Democracy Steps: https://teachingcivics.org../wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Deliberating-in-a-Democracy-Steps.pdf

[3] Deliberating in a Democracy Steps Video: http://did.deliberating.org/lessons/proceduresvideo.html

[4] Making Civics Real: SAC on Racial Profiling with MN teacher JoEllen Ambrose: https://www.learner.org/series/making-civics-real/controversial-public-policy-issues/workshop-session/

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