#HeartHealthyEating

9th – 12th Grade

Learning + Food Objectives:
Students investigate the impact of our food choices on our heart health through reading informational texts and then, creating #HeartHealthyEating public service announcements to advocate for more heart-healthy diets.

Common Core Standards:
Common Core English Language Arts

Reading informational texts and creating a presentation
for a specific audience

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1
Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.7
Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.7
Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person’s life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.