Food Culture Lesson & Project Bundle | FACS & Culinary Arts

Looking for a comprehensive exploration of the connections between culture and food, with informative examples from around the world and throughout history? You'll have a expert way to get students to answer "What is a food culture?" This bundle introduces students to food cultures in an interactive lesson in which they will read the perspectives of 12 people from around the world. In the process of evaluating the perspectives, students will work together to develop a definition of food culture as a class.

Then, students will learn how food cultures have changed over time! Students will work in small groups to research a dish that represents one of four eras in the history of food and culture. They will create an entry for a cookbook with their knowledge, helping to assemble a classwide 'History of Food and Culture' cookbook by the end of the lesson.

Finally, students will create a presentation that describes their food culture, whether they knew they had one or not! They will explore 4 global food cultures (Morocco, India, Italy, and Sweden), which will help them begin thinking about their own food culture based on what makes them, their family, and their community unique.

These lessons have been such an amazing way for my students to take control of their learning, be active in class, work together, introduce them to different cultures, and produce artifacts of their learning they are proud to share with others. Plus, it's a great way to learn about them!

The Value in Your Classroom:

• Easy preparation: Just print it or load it to your learning management system and you're ready to teach!
• Global Perspectives: The lessons include many well-researched perspectives from across five continents and many different cultures.
• 100% editable: Everything your students will see is editable in Google Workspace, so if you want, you can modify it to the specific needs of your students.
• Easy to teach: Detailed lesson plans and slideshows guides the whole lessons, providing directions for each activity, notes, and even timers. Students won't have to ask "what am I supposed to be doing?"
• Engagement: Students share their food cultures with each other and learn more about the rest of their classroom's learning community.
• Save Time: This lesson has materials from start to finish! No need to supplement with extra information, openers, extensions, or closing activities.
• Connections to your curriculum: Food and culture are tightly linked, and these lessons are a great way to show to students how foods and cultures shape each other in unique ways around the world and throughout human history.

Here is what you get in this bundle:

• Food Culture Exploration Lesson
  • Full, detailed lesson plan
  • Slideshow of 30+ high-resolution images of cultural practices, art, dress, architecture, etc. from around the world (editable in Google Slides)
  • 12 carefully researched arguments from fictional characters representing cultures from North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia, which include copyright-free portraits and maps (editable in Google Docs)
  • Note-taking sheet for students to record their thoughts, agreements, disagreements, and conclusions on whether the argument they read should be included in their definition of food culture (editable in Google Docs)
  • Exit Slip prompting students to share connections between the lesson content and their own lives (editable in Google Forms)
• My Food Culture Presentation Project
  • Full, detailed lesson plan
  • 4 carefully researched stations of food cultures from around the world with copyright-free images and maps (editable in Google Docs)
  • A editable Google Slideshow with links to learning resources, directions, project resources, and a finished example.
  • A editable Google Document with project instructions, a structure for the presentation, and a rubric.
  • A project template for students to help them complete their project (editable in Google Slides)
• History of Food and Culture Lesson
  • Full, detailed lesson plan
  • An introductory activity to get students up and moving as soon as they enter the classroom (editable on Google Docs).
  • A detailed slideshow with 40+ slides and lots of free-use high-resolution photographs that guide the lesson and provide directions to students (editable in Google Slides).
  • Guided notes for students to complete about the four eras of the history of food and culture (editable on Google Docs).
  • Directions for the History of Food and Culture Cookbook Project, as well as a grading rubric (editable on Google Docs).
  • Sample answers for every dish in the History of Food and Culture Cookbook Project, as a reference for the teacher and to help grade (editable on Google Docs).
  • Four information sheets (for one dish per food history era) to provide to students who need extra scaffolding while reading.
  • A template for students to create their entry to the History of Food and Culture Cookbook (editable on Google Docs).
  • A note sheet for students to record their learning from other groups' cookbook entries (editable on Google Docs).
  • Directions for creating an anchor chart about one era in the history of food and culture (editable on Google Docs).
  • An extension activity in which students create their own dishes that represent each era of food history (editable on Google Docs).

Looking for more Food Studies material?

• Food Memory Cookbook Mini-Unit Bundle
• Food-Related Logic Grid Puzzles
• Xocolatl: History of Chocolate Station Rotation Lesson
• Ethics of Vegetarianism Student Discussion Activity

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