English Resource Booklet 2 - Animal Aid

Lesson 7: Dramatic EventsResource 25Dramatic events role cardsSupermarket manager• You have sales and profits targets that you need to reach each month.• You sell what customers want.• You sell ‘value for money’ products, including meats.• Most of the meat you sell is intensively reared on factory farms.• There is limited demand for organic and free-range meat.• A lot of fruit and vegetables are air-freighted over from other countries.Vegetarian shopper• You are one half of a busy couple who both work full-time.• You shop on the way home from work.• You don’t like cruelty to animals and are opposed to the way they are reared on factory farms andkilled for food.• You try to buy organic and the difference in price does not bother you.• You like a lot of variety in your food.Teenage vegan activist• You are an active member of a local animal rights group.• You volunteer part-time at an animal sanctuary.• As a student you don’t have much spare cash.• You help to grow many of your own fruit and vegetables on your parents’ allotment.• What you can’t grow, you try to buy from small local shops.• You don’t eat any dairy products because you are opposed to the way young calves are taken awayfrom their mothers at a young age to produce the milk.Teenage fast food fan• You don’t like cooking.• You like eating out at places like McDonalds and Burger King.• Your favourite meals are burgers and chips, pizza and other fast food.• Life is too short to spend all your time shopping for and fussing over food.• Vegetables are boring, especially green vegetables.• You feel you need to eat meat to stay strong and healthy.• You think vegetarians are weedy.Concerned parent• You are a single parent with three children living on a low income.• It’s a struggle to fit in work, cooking and shopping.• You want your children to eat proper, healthy, home-cooked food.• You don’t like the use of chemical additives in food and you’d like to buy organic produce but it’stoo expensive.• You encourage your kids to eat more fruit and vegetables.• You think schools should provide healthier meals – not junk food.49