Obtain contents of one or more anonymous student's backpack. Students develop a hypothesis about who the student is from contents of the backpack. Discuss food patterns of the cultures. Invite guest speaker from each culture to participate in panel discussion. Each panelist tells about their own food traditions and how they carry the traditions on.
Students select one cultural group to research.
Students select one of the foods on the list and research the origin of that food. Students fill out the student handout and report to class, using world map. Coordinate with cafeteria to include different cultural foods on the menu during unit. Students prepare info cards about each food and place by food in cafeteria line. TN ss Students learn about how food preservation has impacted cultures.