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Title: Arthur D.W The Picky Eater
Producer: CINAR
Year: 1997
Length: 13:12 minutes
Rating: TV-Y
Summary: D.W. is a very picky eater. She has an outstanding list of all the foods that she hates, most of which she has never tried. D.W.’s refusal to eat certain food causes some trouble in the family when her parents decide she is no longer allowed to eat in restaurants. This episode follows D.W. on a journey to begin trying new foods, and even enjoying some of them.

KSE’s:

HBO 1: Eat the appropriate number of servings of each food group each day
HBO 2: Eat a variety of foods within each food group each day
HBO 13: Support others to eat healthy

HE 1.5.4: Explain the importance of eating a variety of foods from all the food groups

Implementation: Class each picks a healthy food that they think they hate, challenge to try this food. They will write about what they think the food tastes like, research why this food is healthy, write about their experience tasting it, then write about if they found that their opinion of the food changed and how they might incorporate more of it in their diets. Why or why not?

Research to Build and Present Knowledge:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.