From Farm to Fast Food

Directors/ Producers:
Working Films Initiative

Documentary films are not only a powerful tool for engaging adults on important issues, they also have a huge impact on youth. Knowing this, Working Films has, throughout our ten year history, partnered with non-profits and educators that are working with young people. On the Job in North Carolina: From Farm to Factory to Fast Food, was our first effort at getting a collection of high quality documentaries into a format that would be useful for classroom teachers and others working with youth. By listening to teachers we learned two things: First, that critical North Carolina history on issues of workers rights, labor’s history in the state, and other key economic and social justice topics, was not being covered in classrooms; and second, that if documentaries were to be used in classrooms they would have to be in short formats and tied to key curriculum standards. Based on this input On the Job in North Carolina was born and has been used extensively in classrooms ever since. If you are working with youth and want powerful media that will help tell these untold stories of economics and justice request a free copy of the Farm to Fast Food DVD.

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On the Job in North Carolina: From Farm to Fast Food
Teach students about workplace health and safety – critical issues that are as much about their present day life as it is about their future – via Working Films’ dynamic multimedia curriculum: From Farm to Fast Food (FF2FF).

Using excerpts from award winning independent films and media/internet literacy exercises, FF2FF supports the teaching of core economic issues while addressing workers' rights, race and economic justice.

This project includes lesson plans for three units:
Unit 1: Down on the Farm
Unit 2: In the Factory
Unit 3: Fast Food Women

The three units in the project take the student from the rural economy of the post-Civil War era to the service sector reflected by today’s fast food industry. The emphasis of each unit is directed by the core curriculum goals and the ELP goals developed by the state’s Department of Public Instruction.

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Please email your request to Anna Lee at alee [at] workingfilms.org to receive the free DVD.

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	Home » Films & Projects From Farm to Fast Food Directors/ Producers: Working Films Initiative Documentary films are not only a powerful tool for engaging adults on important issues, they also have a huge impact on youth. Knowing this, Working Films has, throughout our ten year history, partnered with non-profits and educators that are working with young people. On the Job in North Carolina: From Farm to Factory to Fast Food, was our first effort at getting a collection of high quality documentaries into a format that would be useful for classroom teachers and others working with youth. By listening to teachers we learned two things: First, that critical North Carolina history on issues of workers rights, labor’s history in the state, and other key economic and social justice topics, was not being covered in classrooms; and second, that if documentaries were to be used in classrooms they would have to be in short formats and tied to key curriculum standards. Based on this input On the Job in North Carolina was born and has been used extensively in classrooms ever since. If you are working with youth and want powerful media that will help tell these untold stories of economics and justice request a free copy of the Farm to Fast Food DVD. About the Film Buy the DVD Related Films On the Job in North Carolina: From Farm to Fast Food Teach students about workplace health and safety – critical issues that are as much about their present day life as it is about their future – via Working Films’ dynamic multimedia curriculum: From Farm to Fast Food (FF2FF). Using excerpts from award winning independent films and media/internet literacy exercises, FF2FF supports the teaching of core economic issues while addressing workers' rights, race and economic justice. This project includes lesson plans for three units: Unit 1: Down on the Farm Unit 2: In the Factory Unit 3: Fast Food Women The three units in the project take the student from the rural economy of the post-Civil War era to the service sector reflected by today’s fast food industry. The emphasis of each unit is directed by the core curriculum goals and the ELP goals developed by the state’s Department of Public Instruction. Educational and Community Use Please email your request to Anna Lee at alee [at] workingfilms.org to receive the free DVD. ECONOMIC JUSTICE FILMS From Farm to Fast Food Tell a Friend Films & Projects Economic Justice From Farm to Fast Food Environmental Justice Bitter Seeds Blue Vinyl Dirty Business Everything's Cool Gender and Sexuality Reel Equality Global Issues Hell and Back Again Health and Ability Who Cares About Kelsey? Human Rights Race and Ethnicity Banished New Faces Speaking in Tongues Two Towns Of Jasper Reel Engagement About the collective Reel Aging Reel Economy Reel Education Reel Power PAST PROJECTS READ OUR BLOG! * = Required Field Find films by Subject: