This is a lesson plan that teachers can use to introduce students to vegetarianism. By the end of the period today, students will be familiar with the definition of vegetarianism and its various aspects. Chalkboard, student notebooks.
Vegetarianism is the abstinence from meat, fish, and fowl.
Many people do not want to kill or harm animals. For example, Albert Schweitzer and Mahatma Gandhi extended their philosophy of compassion and non-violence towards humans to animals also. It takes more land to produce protein through meat than through vegetables or grain. One acre of land produces 7.9 times more oats than beef and 9.8 times more broccoli than beef. Two- thirds of all cropland in the US, about 300 million acres, is devoted to growing feed for animals whose meat we eat.