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Key Ingredients: America By Food

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In this set of five lessons, students analyze the important of food traditions, identity, and history. Students analyze how food traditions contribute to family identity, investigate family food traditions through interviews, and compare and contrast the food traditions of different families. In this lesson, students also examine factors that lead to regional food traditions, research the food traditions of different states, and compare and contrast them.

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cultural awareness

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food traditions, regional and family traditions, customs, customs and traditions, social studies
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Grade
4th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
14 days
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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Year
2003

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