Primary source item record: https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8b18996/
In this lesson snapshot, a high school ESL 4 class delves into factory farming, sustainability, and the food industry through Michael Pollan’s book The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Students use the QFT twice throughout the unit; once as a pre-reading exercise and later to unpack two juxtaposed primary sources images of farming then and now, armed with knowledge from the book.
Download this resource to discover one example of how you might use the QFT for primary source learning in a secondary ESL classroom. Read Charlotte Dumont’s lesson plan, the outcomes from the lesson, and her reflections afterwards. This lesson snapshot was also co-produced with Kendall Boninti and Nicole Hart.
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