Japanese Food: Sweets, Wagashi, Traditional Foods,Washoku, Literacy, Quiz

This 6 page literacy activity introduces students to the development of washoku (Japanese traditional cuisine) and wagashi (Japanese traditional sweets). This touches on Japan's history and trading with China and Korea, westernisation during the Meiji Restoration, geographical advantages, the importance of technological advancements in Japan and the cultural impacts of these. 12 common wagashi are covered, these could be laminated for classroom display, as a lesson hook/warm-up, or for use on cultural cooking days. This also covers the Tsukiji fish market and the importance of seafood as a staple protein. It also has two sets of short answer questions and two sets of 10 quick true/false questions, along with modelled responses.

Included:

• Introduction to washoku (3 page literacy activity)
  • History of washoku due to Chinese influence of religion and politics (westernisation by Meiji Restoration)
  • Signature cooking methods
  • Signature flavour profiles
  • The importance of seasonality and the effects of Japan’s geographical location
  • Why seafood is a major component of the Japanese diet
  • The Tsukiji fish market
  • Typical washoku dining layout and components

• Washoku quiz (1 page, short answer)
• Washoku quiz (10 true/false questions)
• Introduction to wagashi (3 page literacy activity)
  • History of wagashi due to Chinese influence in the Edo period
  • Core ingredients and preparation of wagashi
  • Types of wagashi 1 & 2 (12 common wagashi are described and pictured) – could be printed as display cards for cultural days/ classroom display. Wagashi covered are dorayaki, yatsuhashi, mochi, daifuku, dango, manjyuu, youkan, monaka, shiruko, kudzu mochi, anmitu and botamochi.

• Wagashi quiz (1 page, short answer)
• Wagashi quiz (10 true/false questions)
• Answers included

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