Objectives Students will be able to list foods eaten by the shanty boys in the lumber camps. Students will be able to tell why silence was the rule followed during lumber camp meals. Students will be able to express like or dislike of the foods eaten by shanty boys. Describe consequences of not having rules. Explain how conflicts at school or in the local community might be resolved in ways that are consistent with core democratic values.
Directions Plan a shanty boy's meal with the students.
Encourage students to try everything. Coffee and tea may be tasted, but furnish an additional beverage. Announce the meal with trills from a horn, if possible. Enforce the silence rule during the meal. After eating and clean up are finished, discuss the food, its variety or lack of it, tastes, and the role played by the silence rule.