Analyzing The Omnivore's Dilemma

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Objective

I can analyze the central ideas presented in "The Omnivore's Dilemma".

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Warm-up video

TED-Ed · 5:23Vetted channel

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    Over 99% of cultivated corn is the exact same type: Yellow Dent #2.

  2. 2

    Nearly 9,000 years ago, corn, also called maize, was first domesticated from teosinte, a grass native to Mesoamerica.

  3. 3

    In the 1850s, trade boards in rail hubs like Chicago encouraged corn farmers to breed one standardized crop.

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Practice

10 questions

1

What is the primary type of corn grown in the United States, according to the video?

2

Describe the origin of corn, including its ancestor plant and geographic location.

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Exit ticket

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Describe two central ideas presented in the video about corn's role in our society and explain how they contribute to the omnivore's dilemma.

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