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Manufacturing & Production - Abattoir Worker
Comparing the price of meat: Butchers v. Supermarket Prices Primary Middle Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability
1. Woolworths have now switched to a new
system of supplying their meat to customers involving receiving pre-cut meat
from abattoirs and packaging within the store, only cutting on demand if the
customer would like a smaller portion.
This week Woolworths is selling:
2. Go to your local butcher: check the
prices for the same cuts. Compare the butchers' price for the three cuts to
the Woolworths price to find which is more expensive. 4. After finding the difference in price, use your information to decide which service sells the better quality meat. 5. Would you choose the cheapest meat or what you think is better quality? Can these be the same? How do you know? Discuss your option with a partner.
Ethics and Live Trade Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding Australian Curriculum General Capability: Intercultural Understanding Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Asian Priority Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority Philosophy Cooperative Learning Activity
1. In groups of four students, each read one of the following articles and use the Expert Jigsaw method to share with each other what you have learnt.
2. Summarise each article. What is their perspective? What is their evidence? Or is it just opinion? Share with your group what you have found. What do you think of live exports? Do you think live exports is a moral issue? 3.
Discuss as a group which perspective has the most persuasive argument.
Does it align with your thinking? Why? Why not?
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