School Lunch

1. What did you eat for lunch when you went to school? 

2. If you have kids, what do you put in their lunch boxes? 

3. Do you think school lunches have changed since you were a kid?

4. What do you think of the school lunches above?

5.  Which is the healthiest and the least healthiest?

6. How does your country compare with these nations?

Read article here: School Lunch Reading

7. What is your reaction? What do you think of the response from the school and the local council?

8. What do you think of the cheeseburger meal on the BBC's page?

9. Who do you sympathise with most - Martha or the dinner ladies "left in tears" following this bad publicity?

10. How would you interpret Martha's scoring card? What do the below criteria refer to?

Food-o-meter- 9/10 

Mouthfuls- 37

Courses- main/dessert

Health Rating- 8/10

Price- £2 

Pieces of hair- 0

Wristband- Orange

11. Have you heard of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver? How did his involvement help Martha? Did it have an impact on the council's decision to lift the ban?

12. Is Martha more adept at using social media than the council? Is the council trying to defend the indefensible?

13. Have you seen other examples where an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information

 has the unintended consequence of publicising the information more widely?

14. Do you have food blogs in your country that have caused controversy?

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Situation

Council leader Roddy McCuish (your teacher) has called a press conference to 'clear the air' following the 'Marthagate' controversy. You are a local journalist. Ask him about what happened.

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Discuss quotes

"My last two years of high school, I think I went to Burger King every day for lunch."

--- Cameron Russell

"We need to reform our school lunch programs. We need to get healthy items into the vending machines."

--- Joan Lunden

"With my time in the limelight, I regret that I didn't use it more to push vegetarianism. I support vegetarian options in the school lunch program."

--- Bernhard Goetz

Student Handout PDF: School Lunch

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