Below are curricula subject areas with the parts of the Fast Food Nation that are most relevant to them.

Note this page is still being developed. Check back for updates that will make this page more fully represent the different disciplines, curricula and subject areas related to what CGCC instructors are doing in their classes.

Biology/Microbiology

Chapter 5: Why the Fries Taste Good
Chapter 9: What's in the Meat
Afterword: The Meaning of Mad Cow

Business

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Founding Fathers
Chapter 2: Your Trusted Friends
Chapter 3: Behind the Counter
Chapter 4: Success
Chapter 5: Why the Fries Taste Good
Chapter 6: On the Range
Chapter 7: Cogs in the Great Machine
Chapter 8: The Most Dangerous Job
Chapter 10: Global Realization
Epilogue: Have it Your Way
Afterword: The Meaning of Mad Cow

Chemistry

Chapter 5: Why the Fries Taste Good
Afterword: The Meaning of Mad Cow

Child Development

Chapter 2: Your Trusted Friends
Chapter 9: What's in the Meat
Chapter 10: Global Realization

Communication

Entire Book

Criminal Justice

Chapter 3: Behind the Counter
Chapter 4: Success

Economics

Introduction
Chapter 2: Your Trusted Friends
Chapter 3: Behind the Counter
Chapter 4: Success
Chapter 5: Why the Fries Taste Good
Chapter 6: On the Range
Chapter 10: Global Realization
Epilogue: Have it Your Way

Education

Chapter 2: Your Trusted Friends
Chapter 3: Behind the Counter
Chapter 10: Global Realization

English

Entire Book

ESL

While Chapters 3, 7 and 8 relate most to the immigrant experience, the entire book is relevant for ESL students. See Mark Halverson-Wente's ESL study guide for the book

History

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Founding Fathers
Chapter 2: Your Trusted Friends
Chapter 5: Why the Fries Taste Good
Chapter 6: On the Range
Chapter 7: Cogs in the Great Machine
Chapter 8: The Most Dangerous Job
Chapter 10: Global Realization

Humanities

Entire Book

Marketing

Chapter 2: Your Trusted Friends

Psychology

Entire Book

Mathematics

The entire book provides real-life models for Math students. Here is examples of some of the math scattered throughout the book for use with work with real-life applications:

Soda Money for School Funding (53, 54)
Minimum wage (73)
Chicken Grower Finances (141)
Spread of E. coli O157:H7 in beef (203-204)
Body Mass Index (BMI) and grams of fat (241)

Philosophy

Introduction
Chapter 2: Your Trusted Friends
Chapter 6: On the Range
Chapter 10: Global Realization
Epilogue: Have it Your Way

Nutrition

Chapter 9: What's in the Meat
Chapter 10: Global Realization
Afterword: The Meaning of Mad Cow

Political Science

Introduction
Chapter 3: Behind the Counter
Chapter 4: Success
Chapter 8: The Most Dangerous Job
Chapter 10: Global Realization
Epilogue: Have it Your Way

Sociology

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Founding Fathers
Chapter 2: Your Trusted Friends
Chapter 3: Behind the Counter
Chapter 5: Why the Fries Taste Good
Chapter 6: On the Range
Chapter 7: Cogs in the Great Machine
Epilogue: Have it Your Way

Wellness

Chapter 3: Behind the Counter
Chapter 8: The Most Dangerous Job
Chapter 9: What's in the Meat
Chapter 10: Global Realization
Afterword: The Meaning of Mad Cow

The original version of this was compiled by Mary LaBarge; see http://www.moorparkcollege.edu/library/ocob/instructors.html.