Map Your Meal

6th – 8th Grade

Learning + Food Objectives:
Students will learn how food and the environment are interconnected by tracing the origins of ingredients in a recipe and investigating how to eat seasonally in their hardiness zone.

Common Core Standards:
Common Core English Language Arts

Writing: Analyzing and Integrating Multiple Sources

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6-8.7
Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

Lesson written in partnership with the Urban School Food Alliance.