Classroom Content Area: Social Studies

Granola

Students will understand that informed food choices are personal.

Pizza & Neighborhoods

Students will research neighborhoods in their city and create a signature pizza representing to represent.

Seeds, Nuts, and Grains by Region

Students will understand how geographical features impact the way we live and the foods that are available to us by mapping seeds, grains, and nuts.

Syb’s Brownies

Learn more about the interesting history of chocolate as you bake with chocolate in this brownie recipe! In this Family Meal, you’ll find a video showing you how to make the recipe, a Common Core-based writing activity related to social studies for students in grades 3-8, and suggested activities for the entire family.

Lesson 4: The Columbian Exchange

This is the final lesson in The Age of Exploration Through Food lesson set. Students will learn about the Columbian Exchange and discuss how food habits are different between the regions in the United States. After direct instruction, students plan a dinner party menu and create an adult menu out of New World foods and […]

Lesson 3: Spain vs. Portugal

This is the third lesson in The Age of Exploration Through Food lesson set. Students will begin discussing historic and modern day rivalries and connect the theme to the Age of Exploration. Students will analyze the Treaty of Tordesillas supported with reading comprehension questions and draw the Line of Demarcation on a map. Lastly, students […]

Lesson 2: Motivation for Exploration

This is the second lesson in The Age of Exploration Through Food lesson set. Students will start with a Think, Pair, Share activity to explore what motivates celebrities, politicians, and high school students. At our core, humans can be driven by three main factors: fame, money, and food—similar to what motivated explorers. After receiving direct […]

Lesson 1: The Age of Exploration

This is the first lesson in The Age of Exploration Through Food lesson set. Students will start by exploring Aztec innovations through a short Gallery Walk of primary sources. After reflecting on the main idea of each source, they will choose one innovation to focus on and create a diagram illustrating it. They will label […]

Lesson 4: Let’s Cook and Share!

This is the final lesson in the Now We’re Cooking With Nutrition lesson set. In this lesson, students will have a cookoff event with the purpose of exchanging feedback with two groups. Groups will then use this feedback to make final revisions on their recipes. The unit concludes with a Celebration of Learning event where […]

Lesson 3: Nutritional Recipes

This is the third lesson in the Now We’re Cooking With Nutrition unit. In this lesson, students will deepen their work from the previous lesson around analyzing different foods; nutritional content. In groups of 3, students will research and analyze foods for their nutritional content to brainstorm ingredients they may want to include in their […]

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