Watching/listening april fools'

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Watching/listening

Spaghetti is grown on farms in Italy and Switzerland.

True

False

The video provides real evidence of how spaghetti is harvested.

True

False

The process of growing and drying spaghetti is similar to other types of farming like wheat farming.

True

False

What time of year does the spaghetti harvest take place?

Why do farmers carefully pick spaghetti from the trees?

How does the video explain the difference in spaghetti length?

What role does climate play in growing high-quality spaghetti?

Discussion

Have you ever seen a spaghetti tree in real life? If not, why do you think that is?

Why do you think spaghetti only grows in certain regions?

If spaghetti is harvested like wheat or rice, why do we never see it in supermarkets in its "raw" tree form?

If someone told you they had visited a spaghetti farm, what questions would you ask them to learn more?

Reveal

How do you feel now that you know this video was fake?

What made the video seem believable at first?

What could you have done to check whether the information was true before believing it?

Why do you think people in 1957 believed this video when it was first aired?

Can you think of modern examples where people have believed false information because of how it was presented?

How do you feel now that you know this video was fake?

What made the video seem believable at first?

What could you have done to check whether the information was true before believing it?

Why do you think people in 1957 believed this video when it was first aired?

Can you think of modern examples where people have believed false information because of how it was presented?

How can we determine if a source is reliable?