Portuguese Translation

Recipes

Project Objectives

The objective of the "Multi-Cultural Recipe Book" is to provide students with an opportunity to learn about and experience differences and similarities of cultures, traditions, and foods (recipes) within and across a variety of cultures. The project will focus on students utilizing the Internet to gather, learn, and communicate information about recipes, descriptions of traditions and customs, and student created graphics of a variety of cultures from around the world.

Curriculum Ideas for Implementation in the Classroom

Through the project, students will . . .

Utilize the Internet as a means to share recipes, descriptions of traditions and customs, and student created graphics with students from around the world.

Create a recipe book with information gathered from students from around the world. Build an international relationship with students from around the world.

Compare and contrast culture and traditions that are shared through the Internet.

Make a generalization about people, their cultures and their recipes. Experience a variety of celebrations, recipes, and traditions from around the world.

Time Line ~ Month Activities

September

• Register students to KIDLINK. If you are uncertain how to do this, look at the instructions to joining KIDLINK.
• Introduce students to Internet and the "Multi-Cultural Recipe Book" project.
• Have students gather personal family recipe(s) and research cultural information about the recipe(s).
• Share and collect recipes and cultural information with student participants from around the world.
• Compare and contrast cultures, recipes and traditions that have been collected.

October

• Continue to share and collect recipes and cultural information with student and teacher participants from around the world through KIDPROJ
• Share generalizations of people, their recipes, and their cultural background information of celebrations and foods.

November

• Continue communication with student participants.

Directions for Participation / Teachers

Week 1
As a class, students prepare a simple introduction of themselves to be sent across KIDPROJ. (KIDPROJ@listserv.nodak.edu.) For example, "We are a class of 6th graders between the ages of 10 and 11 year olds, from the island of Oahu in the state of Hawaii. Many of us live in the beautiful green valley of Manoa and enjoy many organized team sports."

Week 2
With the class, students brainstorm favorite dishes / recipes by orally completing the following sentence starter . . .

MMmmm . . . My mom (dad, grandmother, grandfather, aunt or uncle) makes the best ____________________.

Follow students responses with the following questions:

• When does he/she make this recipe for you?
• What country do you think this recipe comes from?
• Can you tell me anything else that is special about this recipe?
• Assign students the homework of gathering family recipes and its cultural background information.

HOMEWORK

Talk to you mom or dad, grandmother or grandfather, aunt or uncle about a favorite recipe of yours. Complete the following quidelines and send it across KIDPROJ. (KIDPROJ@listserv.nodak.edu.)

1. Participant's Name.
2. Title. ( student or teacher )
3. Age and Grade Level
4. School Name
5. Country
6. Photo or Drawing of Participant. (* optional *)
7. Photo or Drawing of Recipe. (* optional *)
8. Recipe Name
9. Type of Dish. ( main dish, dessert, etc. )
10. Ingredients
11. Instructions / Directions
12. Cultural Background Information. (short paragraph)

Week 3 & 4

Have students share their recipes and drawings through KIDPROJ.

Week 5 & 6

As a class, select recipes to compare and contrast. Look for similarities and differences in the dishes, types of foods used, cultural background information.

Week 7

As a class, make generalizations about the variety of recipes, foods, or cultural information. For example, "Many recipes from Hawaii come from a variety of countries, particularly because of the varied cultures that live on the islands." Send your responses across KIDPROJ.