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. The students determine the organization and layout of the cookbook.
Teams divide the states in their region among the team members.
Each member is responsible for on-line research about the assigned states. The state pages are created. The cover, table of contents, appendix and an autograph page where each student signs is also created. The students print copies of the cookbook so that each student receives a copy. Students are asked to create an electronic presentation about one of the states from their team region.