WhereDid We Come From?

In this age of globalization, the foods we eat often come from countries scattered all around the world. This research-based lesson asks young scholars to pick two of their favorite food items and investigate the origins of their...

Students discuss exports and imports by discovering where the ingredients come from for making chocolate chip cookies. They take a survey of their favorite cookies and create a bar graph to represent the information.

Studying Charlotte's Web in your class? Included here are worksheets and activities for pupils, and lessons for teachers. Learners examine the text, create their own little play using paper cutouts of the characters, complete a crossword...

Youngsters take a look at the kind of people who originally settled in Colorado and find out where their families originally came from. They determine how many generations of their family have lived in Colorado. A very good worksheet...

Students read articles about various agricultural products and create a map using the statistics in the article.  In this agricultural statistics lesson, students look at the geography of the country and which products come from the...

Students research where their favorite ingredients come from. In this ingredients lesson plan, students pick 2 ingredients and use the Internet to research where those ingredients originated from. Students then record their findings in a...

Students recognize how climate and geography affect the ability to grow crops.  In this agriculture lesson plan, students participate in activities to understand where food comes from and how much of the food is readily available in...

Students create a group poem. In this poetry lesson, students make a cultural poem titled "We Come From." They share their poems using the document camera and SMARTboard. 

A highly relevant and great cross-curricular project! In teams, your class will plot a course from the East Coast to Sacramento, California passing through all of the state capital cities along the way. As part of the journey, teams will...

Fourth graders identify the state or country that a food product came from and locate it on a map. They identify products that are grown in Hawaii and the factors important in the location of economic activities.