2 Hour Presentation Rough Draft

1) For the sponge activity im going to assign each student a vegetable. The tables are going to be set to resemble garden plots. The class is going to be set up in a way that each group of tables(garden plots) holds  a significance to a certain vegetable. For example: in one set of tables i am going to set up a small net and the students who's vegetable is tomatoes will be sitting there because of the way tomatoes depend on support while they're growing.
2)Hi my name is carla munoz, My topic is community gardens and i will be your instructor for today. My essential question is, "What is the most important factor to starting a community garden." The agenda for today is going to be structured in a way where i explain my answer and we do an activity afterwards. Im going to start off with a foundation on my topic, teach you my answers, and conclude with my best answers along with some important sources. i will also check for understanding so no dosing off.
3) Community gardens back in world war I and II were called victory gardens. The troops and townsfolk depended on those gardens as their main source of food. As war is afoot, newer technology is in demand. Refrigerated transportation made it possible to transport fruits and vegetables from every season across the country. Supermarkets made a fortune and from there people found it easier to buy their produce from across the street. Along with city developments and urbanization people stopped caring about where they're food comes from. However, under this economy people are struggling to find a job and afford food prices that are outrageously high. In these desperate times community gardens are starting to be the best alternative to those with an apartment like residence that don't own the land to grow their own food. Community Gardens are spreading everywhere and are beginning to be an "in" thing in our society.
4)Community Collaboration, Garden Management, Time?(not sure about this one)
5)Garden Management Activity: have the students draw their own architect picture of a community garden.
When the students design their garden they have to remember that the garden has to accommodate the plants and the gardeners. The objective is to have them plan out a garden that would function properly.
6)Tell them my best answer and explain to them why its the best of the 1 or 2 answers i taught them. Name my three sources and explain to the students why they were significant to my research. Tell them what my product of the project is. one of the three (aiming for a career in nutrition, Aiming to start an actually community garden in the future, or volunteer in community actions.) Then check for understanding with a small quiz.
7)Paper plants and decoration throughout the room. Make the place look colorful and green. Make a huge paper mache sun and hang it in a corner. Bring my small scale model of a community garden i designed.
8)Perhaps a projector for powerpoint or something.