For those students who were absent today or went on the field trip, below is the classwork that was done and needs to become part of your notebook for the next marking period when we do our organizational skills notebook check. Attached are the two pages of the article!
Childhood Obesity
Briefly answer the following questions based on the Childhood Obesity article!
- What is the main idea of the article?
- Who is going to help out with this process?
- How will the help take place?
- Where will the event take place?
- What specific steps will be taken to accomplish this goal?
- How did Mrs. Obama relate this issue to the general public?
- Define the following: Push the envelope; unsung heroes; fragile
- What evidence does Mrs. Obama share about the rates of overweight children?
- Explain the “Let’s Move” project.
- What attitudes that have changed are being compared to becoming healthier?
- What two specific causes will the one billion dollars be used for?
- How have places like McDonald’s & Burger King helped fight childhood obesity?