Teach ... Your Children Well ... A Vegetarian Lesson Plan for High School Students (Viewpoint Essay‪)‬

EVERY SO OFTEN IN LIFE, AN AMAZING AND wonderful opportunity makes its way to fortunate educators like me. Although I have been a high school science teacher since 1996, I never have had the opportunity to teach a class to young people about the virtues and practice of becoming a vegan ... that is, until this year. With all the publicity about various environmental issues of concern today--not the least of which is global warming--I decided to create and implement a new course at my school. The design of the academic schedule at the high school where I teach allocates a two-week period between the second and third trimester each year; this allows an educator to teach a condensed course on a topic about which he or she feels passionately for students of any grade level at the school. I decided to carpe diem and create my 'minimester' course, which became known as Vegy 101: An Introduction to Living and Thriving on an Environmentally Sustainable Diet.