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9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Hospitality: Nino's Restaurant [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson is...
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9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Nino's Restaurant Presentation [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson is...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Get the Word Out at Mc Donalds!

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Students take part in a hypothetical scenario that challenges them to inform customers at a local restaurant of how their use and disposal of plastics relates/contributes to the Great Pacific garbage patch (GPGP). What students...
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John Wiley & Sons

Ray Kroc, Mc Donald's, and the Fast Food Industry

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the story of Ray Kroc and his journey of making McDonald's a household name on this site. It chronicles his establishing the restaurant chain, the troubles encountered along the way, its rise to the most successful fast-food...
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Thomas Keller

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of the world famous American chef, Thomas Keller. His establishment was twice recognized as the "Best Restaurant in the World." Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.
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Read Works

Read Works: Passages: "Sandwich Money"

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The literary passage "Sandwich Money" features a young woman who works at a restaurant and lives on a tight budget, but splurges to free a bird. A Step Read, an easier version of the story, is provided...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Math for Everyone

For Students K - 1st
Provides online programs and explanations on everyday math: calculating a tip at a restaurant, determining the sale price of an item, finding the odds of winning a lottery, computing simple and compound interest, and more.
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INTERNET Red 2000

All About Spain: Travel and Tourism

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive index of information about Spain and Spanish culture. It contains photo tours, city guides, a traveler's yellow pages, and a country and culture section filled with useful information.
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Other

Oeuvre Notre Dame

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated with drawings and photos, this multi-lingual site includes sections on history, discussion of architecture, repairs, a news bulletin, a glossary and a document database.
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Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: Let's Do Lunch! [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this project is to teach students the life skills they need when dining in public. The project begins with a discussion of eating out and the students are polled as to how often, if ever, they eat in a restaurant with...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Zagat's Guide to the Columbian Exchange

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a unit plan designed for a class that meets for approximately 60-96 minutes. It is also recommended that this project be used to conclude a unit that covers European exploration and the Columbian Exchange. Students will work...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Titanic Shipwreck: What Are Food Webs?

For Students 5th - 7th
Jorge is a cook in an underwater restaurant. He knows a lot about food webs. Dive in and learn about it with him.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: The Partial Explanation

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem describes the restaurant scene of a person sitting and waiting at a table.
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: The Road Chosen: The Story of Lem Wong

For Students 9th - 10th
Lem Wong was a Chinese immigrant who came to Canada in 1897. He traveled across Canada for five years working in Chinese laundries. After bringing a wife from China, he had eight children and opened a restaurant in London, Ontario, which...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Serving Up Economics

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan describes how students can use a restaurant setting to study the basic concepts of economics, while they learn business, math, and even get to eat.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What's the Big Deal With Gluten?

For Students 9th - 10th
If you've been to a restaurant in the last few years, you've likely seen the words gluten-free written somewhere on the menu. But what exactly is gluten, and why can't some people process it? And why does it only seem to be a problem...
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Other

Better Homes and Gardens: Ethnic Food Recipes

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy your favorite restaurant meals at home with ethnic-inspired recipes from Better Homes and Gardens. You'll find delicious recipes for cuisine including Mexican, Asian, Italian, French, and more.
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Other

East Tennessee State University: Explicit and Implicit Costs

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a good example of the differences between explicit costs and implicit costs using the ownership of a pizza restaurant as an example.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Prices Involving Sales Tax

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Have you ever had to calculate a tip in a restaurant? Figure out the amount with taxes and estimate appropriate tips.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Engaging With Communities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Plan an outing to a local restaurant where the wait staff speak your target language. Consider how you will prepare your students, monitor interactions during the visit and debrief afterwards.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F if Pizza Place Promotion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this task, students investigate the price of pizza at a new restaurant, how to get the best deal, and what equations represent the functions. Aligns with F-IF.B.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Blind Man's Holiday" by O Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Blind Man's Holiday" by O Henry; John Lorison, self-exiled to New Orleans, meets Norah Greenway in a cheap restaurant. They soon become friends, but each night, Norah inexplicably leaves John at 8...
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Other

American Diabetes Association: Food and Fitness: What Can I Eat: Eating Out

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn to make low fat, low sugar, and low sodium food choices, even when eating out. This guide serves as a helpful tool not only for diabetics who need to control their blood glucose levels, but for anyone seeking to eat healthfully,...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Crazy Pizza

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson engages students with working in teams to determine the best unique pizza topping to add to a restaurant menu. Students will use criteria such as taste, cost, and nutrition to make their...

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