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Materials: Motivation: Introduction: Exploration: Check-up: MORE
CULMINATION ACTIVITIES!
Have each child bring a recipe from
home.
Make a class recipe book.
E-mail pen-pals from different
cultures and ask what they eat for breakfast.
Each individual shares what they
found. Have only one child a day share and slowly make a
class graph on the information. Make a book for the class
library.
"I
Eat, You Eat Tasting Day!"By Kortni
Nelson
Objectives:
The students will discover that everyone around the world
has the need to eat.
The students will know that not everyone eats the same kinds
of food.
The students will taste different types of foods and discuss
personal preferences.
The students will use the globe and maps to find the
original location of the food they are tasting.
globes, maps, guest speakers, cookbooks, food ingredients,
plates, forks, glasses, serving bowls, serving spoons,
napkins, four labeled poster boards, http://www.culturgram.com/culturgram2000.htm
, jar of ants
Bring in a jar full of ants in a brown bag. Play a thinking
game. Give one clue and the class gets one guess. Continue
in this manner until the class guesses what is in the bag.
After the class gets a chance to examine the ants, explain
to them that this is a treat to some cultures. Some kids
that live in different countries like to eat ants like
candy! Link the discussion to the previous lesson on "Where
in the WORLD does our food come from?". Lead into the day's
activity, "I Eat You Eat Celebration". Tell the children
they are having guest speakers from different cultures
coming to talk with them and show them the food that is
prepared in their houses.
The students will prepare the room for the guest speakers.
Instruct the children before hand the proper way to set a
table. Each group of students should set their table with
the appropriate dinnerware. One long table will be set up in
four sections. Each section will be labeled with a
posterboard that represents the culture in a way the
children will recognize. Each guest speaker will explain
what culture they are experienced with, a few notable things
about their culture, the food they brought, and why they
brought the food they did. The guest speakers could be
parents of children in your class, an experienced staff
member, or a willing member of the community. The choice of
speakers will depend on the class, community, or school. The
important thing is to try to educate the children in a
variety of cultures. If there is a majority of one culture
in the classroom, branch out to something the children are
not familiar with. If this is not realistic, refer to the
website listed above. Culturgrams 2000 is a website that
provides a brief background of any culture selected. This
would be an excellent resource to use, n combination with a
cookbook, to come up with a food from a different culture
that could be presented to the class.
The students will then be allowed to taste the different
foods. The speakers will put their food in the assigned
section of the table. The kids can choose what foods they
want to taste as they walk along the buffet. Encourage the
kids to at least taste each one the foods. The guest
speakers should stay and eat among the children so they are
available if the children have any questions.
The next day, or after clean-up, have the children gather
for a class discussion. Have a few volunteers share with the
class what food they liked best and why. Discuss what was
different and possibly what type of foods were the same.
When these concepts are explored, explain to the children
that you have four "Thank-You" posters set up around the
room. Have the children either draw a picture or write what
they liked best about the tasting day on the poster. It
would be great if there were a parent volunteer available
that day to help dictate what the children want to say. The
children can either choose which speaker they want to write
to or write to all of them. Depending on the class ability,
have the class as a whole help write a thank-you note on the
top of the poster. Deliver the finished posters to each of
the guest speakers.
Each child is in charge of
one page describing their favorite meal. Assign groups
for the cover page, title page, etc.