Lasalle College High School

LASALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL A.P. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY SUMMER READING 2013

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT

BOOK: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. ISBN: 13: 978-0547750331 Kindle Available: $ 9.99

FAST FOOD NATION

OBJECTIVES: A.P. Human Geography students will read the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser this summer. This book gives background on the incisive development of the American fast food industry. The students will look first at the growth of fast food beginning in California, and look at its impact on the people in the West. In the second part students will look at the products themselves. Where they are manufactured, and what goes into the products, and who is responsible. The students will look at the urban myths surrounding the fast-food industry. The course will look at government’s attempts to regulate the fast food industry. Students should ask themselves, is the true costs of having it “having it your way” really worth it?

Assignment:

During the reading you will be responsible for completing the Dialectical Note Taking Sheet on Fast Good Nation to be checked on September 4, 2013. Class discussion will begin based on your choice of quotes in your note taking sheets. Remember you must do six (6). A paper will be assigned at the appropriate time in the course. Student Name: ______Author/Title: Eric Schlosser Fast Food Nation

Dialectical Note-taking Sheet (Fast Food Nation) Summer reading for incoming seniors DIRECTIONS: A dialectical note taking sheet is another name for a double-entry journal or a reader- response journal. This sheet records a dialogue, or conversation, between the ideas in the text (the words that you are reading) and your own ideas. While you are reading, choose at least 6 passages that stand out to you and record them in the left-hand column. In the right-hand column, write your in-depth response to the text. (3-5 sentences) Be sure to include any thoughts, questions, insights, and ideas that you think are powerful, significant, thought provoking, or puzzling. You may attach additional note taking sheets if needed.

Quotation sample Page This Shows… "H”Hundreds of millions of people buy fast food every day without giving it much thought, 10 These shows how most Americans eat fast food, unaware of the subtle and not so subtle but really know very little about what they ramifications of their purchases. They rarely are eating, and how it may affect them consider where this food came from, how it and their families. was made, what it is doing to the community around them. They just grab their tray off the counter, find a table, take a seat, unwrap the paper and dig in.... They should know what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns. As the old saying goes: You are what you eat," (p. 10).

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