One team is chosen to type and send the letter to all participating classes. Another team is assigned to check the e-mail and print copies of the letters received. Another team is to be postman and deliver the e-mail to the appropriate Region team for filing. Each team is responsible for marking the wall map showing that the e-mail was received from that state. The team responsibilities change with each of the three e-mails.
Students have team and class discussions concerning recipes that are considered native to our area.
As we receive recipes from the other classes, the wall map is marked. The recipes are filed for use when all have arrived. After a class brainstorming session about what a tradition is, students are asked to write an essay concerning a tradition about our community. The class decides on which essay is used to e-mail to all of the other classes. As we receive traditions from the other states, they are filed for use as the cookbook is being created as well as the wall map being marked.