Explore our collection of lesson plans and accompanying materials which can be used to help engage students in Meat Free Monday!
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Primary school case study
Great Missenden Church of England Combined School
Secondary school case study
Preston Manor All Through Co-operative Trust School
Meat Free Monday Meals
We invited children and young people to share the meals they like to eat on a Meat Free Monday – to show world leaders at the COP26, and everyone else, that eating green is easy and delicious!
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Primary lesson plans
Students will learn the following:
- That reducing one’s meat intake has a positive effect on people and planet
- How to be more responsible global citizens
- Where to find and how to prepare healthy meat free food
One Day a Week
Suggestions for presenting the MFM documentary short ‘One Day a Week’, including through discussion, writing, art and design, and a quiz.
Get the lesson planMeat Free Monday Rhyme
Children listen to a Meat Free Monday rhyme, which can be used to kick off the project and get them thinking.
Get the lesson planLet's Go Shopping!
Children go on a class trip to a local supermarket/community shop/farmers’ market where they find fruit, vegetables and other foods which can replace meat.
Get the lesson planSmoothie Bar
Children make simple, imaginative and nutritious drinks using fresh fruit and vegetables, fruit juice and plant-based milks and yoghurts.
Get the lesson planAlpha-Bites: Alphabetical Food Chart
Children familiarise themselves with meat free foods and study the different nutrition groups.
Get the lesson planThinking About Animals
Children explore how humans’ feelings and needs are similar to those of other living beings.
Get the lesson planMFM Diary
Children keep a diary and write down their personal thoughts and opinions about Meat Free Monday.
Get the lesson planPoetry Comparison
Children compare two poems which promote contrasting views of meat free lifestyles. They go on to write their own poems.
Get the lesson planTime to Cook
Children learn to create and cook two simple meat free dips – guacamole and hummus.
Get the lesson planMeat Free Monday Through Music
Children use music to think about Meat Free Monday.
Get the lesson planMeat Free Monday Crossword
Children learn about the aims of Meat Free Monday through an interesting and challenging crossword puzzle.
Get the lesson planMFM Primary Lesson Plans - Full Pack
All the above lesson plans and accompanying materials in one handy downloadable PDF file!
Get the full packSecondary lesson plans
Students will learn the following:
- That reducing one’s meat intake has a positive effect on people and planet
- How to be more responsible global citizens
- Where to find and how to prepare healthy meat free food
Measuring Meat Free Monday
A series of mathematical activities involving proportion and conversion between different units of measure. These introduce MFM and, by working through the relevant calculations, encourage students to explore the facts in the MFM documentary short ‘One Day a Week’ for themselves.
Get the lesson planMeat Free Monday Rhyme
Students listen to a Meat Free Monday rhyme, which can be used to kick off the project and get them thinking.
Get the lesson planThe Restaurant
Students research, plan, design and market their very own meat free restaurant through an engaging social enterprise project.
Get the lesson planFeed the World
With the world’s population increasing by the day, students explore how our resources can best be used to ensure that everyone is fed.
Get the lesson planMeat on Trial
“Meat” is put on trial. Divided into the prosecution and the defence, students research the health implications of eating meat and the advantages of a meat free diet. The jury must decide!
Get the lesson planHow Burgers Are Damaging the World
Students explore the environmental impact of the meat industry through a quiz and create an informational leaflet for the public.
Get the lesson planMeet Your Meat
Students explore how humans’ feelings and needs are similar to those of other living beings, describe how animals confined to factory farms and transported to slaughterhouses might feel and debate whether humans can justify eating other animals.
Get the lesson planA Future Without Fish
Students learn why fish should be avoided on Meat Free Mondays, by exploring the environmental impact of commercial fishing and aquaculture.
Get the lesson planFood From Around the World
Students explore how certain foods are grown and processed around the world and follow this up by preparing two simple global dishes – cinque e cinque and guacamole – in an engaging workshop.
Get the lesson planMeat Free Monday Through Music
Students use music to express their thoughts about Meat Free Monday.
Get the lesson planMeat Free Monday Crossword
Students learn about the aims of Meat Free Monday through an interesting and challenging crossword puzzle. They go on to create their own crosswords using spreadsheets.
Get the lesson planMFM Secondary Lesson Plans - Full Pack
All the above lesson plans and accompanying materials in one handy downloadable PDF file!
Get the full pack* GUEST RESOURCE * Meat Free Monday: The Kitchen Samba
Created by Keir Crawley, Head of Performing Arts at Preston Manor All Through Co-operative Trust School, this is an exciting four-lesson unit which aims to develop Year 6 and 7 students’ understanding of rhythm, ostinato and syncopation using Samba – and all within the context of Meat Free Monday. The unit explores the basic patterns found in Samba music and develops them using items found in a typical kitchen: sieves, whisks, baking trays, dustbins, cutlery and blenders!
Get the resourceStudent work
Check out some of the amazing projects students have been getting involved with over the years.