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Play Doh Map of Your State
Students create a state map using Playdoh. In this hands-on state geography lesson, students work in groups to form a three-dimensional map of their state using Playdoh made at home following a (given) recipe. Students use four colors...
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Integrated Social Studies and Cooking Lesson
Fourth graders study the Civil War and discuss what soldiers ate during that time period. In groups, representing Union and Confederate soldiers, they follow recipes, prepare, eat, and share Union hardtack and Confederate Johnnie Cakes.
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The World in Our Food
Students explore the history of ingredients in one of the recipes they prepare in class. They examine where each ingredient is produced and under what conditions. In addition, they brainstorm alternatives that are environmentally...
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Cooking: Solar Oven, Cornbread, and Butter
Young scholars build a solar oven and prepare cornbread in it. In this solar oven cooking lesson, students follow instructions to create a solar oven. Young scholars are given recipes for butter and cornbread to follow and cook in...
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Kids Get School Named for Obama
Students read about the renaming of a school for Barack Obama. In this political lesson plan, the teacher presents vocabulary words from the news article, then the students read the article and answer comprehension questions. Lesson...
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I Search My Family Project
Students research their family's heritage. They follow a guide, document their family's history and put it together in report form.
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Thanksgiving: A Celebration of Gratitude
Learn about the first Thanksgiving with a unit centered around the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. First graders read and discuss books, create a mural, complete a worksheet about five blessings in their life, prepare recipes from...
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Ancestors
Students investigate the concepts of ancestors and citizenship. In this citizenship lesson, students listen to Betsy Maestro's Coming to America . They learn the definitions of immigrants and melting pot using a recipe for Rice Krispie...
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Contributions
Students taste rice, one of the Nations first people's contributions. In this contributions activity, students discover what rice looks like, feels like and tastes like. Students make recipes using wild rice.
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Pan de los Muertos
Accompany instruction and the celebration of El Dia de los Muertos with a loaf of Pan de los Muertos. Here, scholars measure ingredients precisely to create tasty bread, write a remembrance for someone who has passed away, and take part...
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What is el Dia de los Muertos?
Students explore the Mexican celebration el Dia de los Muertos. In this Mexican celebration lesson, students discuss ways people in the US honor the dead. Students compare and contrast Mexican holidays and American holidays. Students...
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Who Dropped What into the Melting Pot?
Young scholars show the movement of people to the United States from other countries on maps. They study the geographic cultural roots of foods that contribute to the melting pot of food in America. They research where an ingredient...
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Making Christmas Ornaments
In this craft worksheet, learners follow the directions provided to learn how to make a dough ornament. Students answer 11 questions about the story.
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Caribbean Food
In this social studies worksheet, students explore the history of foods and cooking in the Caribbean islands. Students read several informative paragraphs, answer 12 questions and make up a recipe from traditional Caribbean ingredients.
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An Introduction to Japanese Food
Student explore the local food in Japan. Pupils listen to the teacher's description of Japanese cuisine. In groups, classmates follow recipe instructions to create Miso coup and rice. They discuss the taste of Japanese food as they...
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Get Ready, Get Set, Squeeze!
Young scholars explore coin value and count coin combinations. In this money counting and social studies lesson, students read The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams and practice counting money and making change for a...
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Celebration of Cultures
Learners create a multimedia project to represent their own culture and personal identity. They design a personal Coat of Arms using a computer graphics program and digital camera, write a script and film an interview, and contribute a...
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Life Cycle Poetry Worksheet
In this life cycle poetry instructional activity, students read "La Grerue" by Sandy Hebert LaBry and reflect on the theme of traditional learning and teaching. Students further analyze the poem by answering 3 short answer questions...
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Plaster of Paris Pendants or Ornaments
In this Christmas craft instructional activity, students gather the materials and follow the 6 detailed directions to make jewelry pendants or Christmas ornaments out of Plaster of Paris.
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Tudor Homes- The Still Room and Herb Garden
In this Tudor homes worksheet, students read about the importance of the still room and the herb garden in Tudor life. They locate and identify herbs, sketch a plan of a herb garden at Blakesley Hall, draw an herb, and locate a recipe...
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What's on Your Plate?
Middle schoolers discover foods of the Middle East. In this global studies lesson plan, students sample a falafel as they follow the provided instructions to make the dish.
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Mexico
Pupils complete a unit about the geography and culture of Mexico. They compare and contrast the weather of their own city and Mexico, read books about Mexico, count in Spanish, color in a flag of Mexico and the Mexican Coat of Arms,...
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Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom
Students read a recipe of beef jerky and explore the process. In this agriculture recipe lesson, students read the process and recipe for creating beef jerky. Students also read a history of the American Plains Indians and their use of...
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Culture - Cuisine
Third graders become familiar with plantain recipes from Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. They describe the preparation process for cooking plantains.