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Activity: Deciding what we should eat
Research the argument then hold a debate: Should we eat meat?
For clear presentations of many arguments from both sides go to:
http://debatewise.org/debates/938-should-humans-eat-meat/
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Activity: Interview about what we eatInterview two people in your family or community about the following:
Leading Idea: Caring for our world
This section of text about the Keshet comes after the flood – after God in his anger almost completely destroys the world. The Keshet is a reminder to God to avoid global destruction in the future. This raises a larger question about our relationship to the world and our care for it. Molly Cone’s poem invites discussion around our sensory experiencing of the world and our care for it. You might like to create your own poem or artwork that draws on the way your students’ own experiences of connecting to the world through their senses.
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Activity: Interview about what we eat
Interview two people in your family or community about the following:
PDF Secondary Sources: Caring for our world
Look upon This Land – Molly Cone
Look upon this land—
Touch it.
Sand under your bare feet,
The squish of mud,
Silky coat of cat,
Soft rose petals,
A smooth round rock,
Rain on your face.
Touch it with your eyes.
Cherry trees blossoming pink,
Lake of blue and summer sky,
The green of life,
Purple grapes and apples red,
Moon rising yellow,
Orange sun going down.
Touch it with your ears.
Splatter of rain,
Crack of thunder,
Wind whispering,
Birds singing,
The crying of babies and puppies,
Kittens and ducklings.
Touch it with your nose.
Pine-scent of woods, lilacs blooming,
new-mown grass, smoke of chimneys,
strawberries in the sun.
Touch it with your tongue.
Lick of sugar,
Tang of lemon, ginger, or spice,
Bite of cold snow,
Gulp of pure water.
Look upon this land—
Touch it.
Touch it in every way you can,
For this land is part of you,
And you are part of it.
Given into your care is this earth.
See how beautiful it is.
Be careful not to spoil it,
For if you destroy the world,
There will be no one after you to restore it.
(Molly Cone, Listen to the Trees, UAHC press, 1995, pp. 42-43)
Molly Cone was a well known children’s author, having published over 45 books. She was a founding member of Temple Beth Am in Seattle.
Image source: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?pid=179415367
Kohelet Rabbah, 7:28
“Think upon this and do not corrupt and destroy My world, for if you destroy it, there is no one to restore it after you”.
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