Inquiry Activity – Health food trends: Are they good for you?

Health food trends: Are they good for you? This essential question is the focus of an interdisciplinary inquiry activity.  Students compare modern food fads to historical examples, practicing critical analysis and media literacy skills as they investigate modern and historical food fad advertising and political cartoons.

This activity is modeled on the Inquiry Design Model which incorporates the Inquiry Arc of the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards (2013).  The format is adapted from the Inquiry Design Model Template

Download the activity here: IDM_Health food trends_are they good for you

To learn more:

•  About the historical background of the topics in this inquiry activity, see:
  •   Investigating Family, Food, and Housing Themes in Social Studies
  • Discovering Quacks, Utopias, and Cemeteries: Modern Lessons from Historical Themes​
• More education activities by this author
• Additional book by this author:
  • Exploring Vacation and Etiquette Themes in Social Studies
• Blog: Primary Source Bazaar

About header image: Advertisement for Dr. Nichols’ Food of Health (p. 36) in Dr. Nichols’ Penny Vegetarian Cookery (1883). Courtesy of Internet Archive.