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Let's Get Cooking

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First graders create food from their cultures and present food and its history with the rest of class. They read "Everybody Cooks Rice" and everyone tastes the meals brought into class. They write a paragraph describing the reason for choosing this meal.

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cultural awareness, diversity, multiculturalism

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culture, diversity, food, multicultural, social studies
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1st
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Social Studies & History
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