CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 8

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Analysis Lesson 2
Worked Example for the Main activity
Challenge topic: Belief systems: Issues and perspectives

Resource for Lesson 2: Text about beliefs about foods to explore issues and perspectives

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Suggested answers:
1 a Issues: poor health, chronic diseases, environmental (shortage of water, water and air
pollution), lack of food globally, biodiversity and ecosystem loss, global warming, more
frequent and extreme heat and droughts, rising sea levels and increased flooding, habitat
loss, longer and more damaging wildfires, and more destructive natural disasters like
hurricanes.
b Perspectives: from nutritionists, doctors, vegans, vegetarians, scientists,
environmentalists, global (Global Water and Waste Foundation; Sustainable Food
Organisation), national (Farmers’ Union in Australia).
c Other: causes (producing meat), consequences (see issues above), course of action (follow
a more plant-based diet).
2 Responses will depend on the topic.

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