L2: Food deserts & Dutch initiatives

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

GUERILLA GARDENING

A project for the rebels

• learn useful vocabulary
  around gardening.  
• learn all about guerilla gardening.
   
• read a text and answer questions.
• watch a TED-talk by a well-known guerilla gardener and answer questions.
• research other initiatives for guerilla gardening.
• write a proposal for your own guerilla garden initiative.

use the worksheets

 During this project you will:

PERIOD PLANNER:

1	Welcome: Name Game , discuss the planner Announce: Guerilla Gardening Project	6	FALL BREAK
2 GG	Lesson 1: Introduction to Guerilla Gardening Homework: Watch the TED-talk by Ron Finley ‘The Garden Gangsta'. Use the worksheet and bring your answers to class.	7 Studiemeter	Start of the lesson: DEADLINE written proposal Guerilla Gardening +CanDoOnline Unit 4
3 GG	Lesson 2: Food Deserts & Dutch Initiatives Homework: look around where you live and select a suitable location for a guerilla garden. Bring a photo of the location to the next class. You can use Google Streetview.	8 Studiemeter	Finish CanDoOnline Unit 4 (words, expressions and grammar + final test)
4 GG	Lesson 3: Instruction Writing the Proposal Peer feedback (use the form) Homework: work on your proposal, add 2 images (before & after) and give your garden/ proposal a title.	9 Studiemeter	SPEAK WEEK - no classes Finish CanDoOnline Unit 4 (words, expressions and grammar + final test)
5 !SS!	Work on your proposal. CanDoOnline Unit 4 (words, expressions and grammar + final test)	10	END WEEK - no classes Resits: Written Proposal / CanDoOnline Unit 4 final test.

You can find the worksheets in Teams - Lease Material - Interior & Design - Y2 - Guerilla Gardening

TODAY'S LESSON:

• exploring 'food deserts' and
  if we have those here.
• find out about Dutch initiatives for guerilla gardening.            
  What did you think about the TED-talk by 'the Garden Gangsta'?

"South Central Los Angeles: home of the drive-thru 

and the drive-by. Funny thing is, the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys."

FOOD DESERTS

Imagine you had to explain food deserts... 

What do you remember from the TED talk you watched?  (homework)

Quote by Ron Finley, guerrilla gardener (US)

SOURCE:

https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/a-guerilla-gardener

TED talk: food deserts/ voedselwoestijn

Write down two details you think
are important to share about food deserts:

+/- 6 minutes

Where do you find food deserts?

Discuss with your partner, come to one final answer.

 Be ready to share with the class.

They are not very common in the Netherlands.

Where do you find them and what kind of people have to live there?

+/- 3 - 5 minutes

Divide into groups of 3.

The teacher will assign you with a Dutch guerilla gardening initiative to research.

Together you will create a poster  + a slogan, in English, to inspire others to try this out.

 +/- 15 - 20 minutes

seed bombs - bijenhotel - boomspiegels 

tuinboon-je-mee -  geveltuinen  

 NK tegelwippen

Dutch Gangsta Gardeners?

You can find the worksheets in Teams - Lease Material - Interior & Design - Y2 - Guerilla Gardening

Original source:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/story-zone/a2-b1-stories/the-green-wars-a2/b1

Upload your poster to Padlet:
            (link on board)

Or upload via Lessonup:

             (next slide)

+/- 10 - 15 minutes

Presenting your poster

seed bombs - bijenhotel -

tuinboon-je-mee - boomspiegels - geveltuinen - NK tegelwippen

You can find the worksheets in Teams - Lease Material - Interior & Design - Y2 - Guerilla Gardening

Original source:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/story-zone/a2-b1-stories/the-green-wars-a2/b1

Upload your poster + slogan here:

Include the names of yourself + your group members

Which of these guerilla gardening
initiatives appeals most to you?

seed bombs

bee/ insect hotels

home-grown vegetable garden

fill up public planters/ around trees

shallow facade gardens

removing pavement tiles for greenery

TEST Wat voor Guerrilla Gardener ben jij?
https://guerrillagardeners.nl/tips/aandeslag/

(Optional)       +/- 3 minutes

 TEST:  Wat voor Guerrilla Gardener ben jij?

https://guerrillagardeners.nl/tips/aandeslag/

• Do you think that guerilla gardening is a strong weapon against food deserts?
  
• What types of 'vacant lots' does the Netherlands
  

have a lot of?     What could you do with them? 

• Are there any locations around where you live that seem abandoned?

Evaluation

homework: look around where you live and select a suitable location for a guerilla garden.  Bring a photo of the location to the next class.