Hello! Bonjour! Hola! Guten Tag!
Today your are going to embark on an adventure to explore new lands and cultures. Every place you visit and every place you will ever go people eat some special foods that have originated in their region or area of the world. You will have an opportunity with your partner to travel to the country, explore their land, their capital and famous towns. Find some fun things to do in the area and even taste some local cuisine. Ok, you know it's not in the budget to actually go there; however, we can still enjoy a small part of it together!
By the end of this cooking unit, I know that you have learned how to measure. I am confident that you know basic kitchen tools and terms. I am positive that you can be set free in your OWN kitchen at home to COOK for all of us!
Basically, you are on this webquest to answer the following question: what is the most common food in this region of the world that I can prepare for the class? It needs to be economical (although it would be wonderful to sample lobster from the Carribean, I don't want your parents to have to purchase that for our class!). It needs to be peanut and tree nut free because of allergies. It MUST be cooked by you and you alone, no help from parents, siblings, cousins, etc.
After you are given your partner:
Since we don't have time to travel to each region by the end of the year, you will bring a little piece of your region to class. FOOD brings the world together. Around the world, we all gather for different reasons to share a meal. Birthdays, holidays, celebrations, in sadness or in joy, globally we all share food with each other.
We don't have time to join this lovely cooking school below, but please enjoy the video and look at the beautiful diversity of the food I hope to see here in Room 142!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G0zRlCT2Y0&feature=player_embedded
You are expected to cook one dish to serve 8 people (EACH - NOT PER PARTNER). You will be drawing from a hat as to whether your food will be an appetizer, main dish, or dessert. I will provide ethnic beverages to sample.
When you present your dish, you must bring along the TWO copies of the recipe, one to be included in our class recipe book, and one to put near your dish when you serve it. You also need to tell us at least 10 facts (that's only 5 each) about your country and places that you would visited on your virtual tour. A slideshow of pictures is expected to go along with your description of your country. (You can use Powerpoint, Keynote, or a Prezi to complete this task).
There are so many beautiful places in the world to visit and so much delicious food to taste. Mmmm! Where will you go? Here is a list of ideas for you, but you and your partner have to make the ultimate decision. Once it is picked by a team, no one else can go there. We want to sample as many new things as possible! Wait, did I hear someone say they aren't adventureous? I know for a fact that you get to make a wish for every new food you try! You chose some delicious colorful choices for your party presentations that looked "good enough to eat"! I can't wait to taste everything you make for our multicultural celebration for the end of the semester!
1. So, where do you want to go? Pick any capital city in the world! Cuisine varies region by region and the south of a country is different than the capital or even than the north. If you like a particular countries food, make sure to explore their delicious variations with your family!
Paris, France Rome, Italy Madrid, Spain San Juan, Puerto Rico Washington, DC Kingston, Jamaica Bejing, China Soeul, Korea Copenhagen, Denmark London, England
Budapest, Hungary Athens, Greece Jeruselum, Israel Rabat, Morrocco Cairo, Egypt Hanalolu, Hawaii Cararcas, Venezuela San Salvador, Salvador Bankok, Thailand
2. Now go to www.tripadvisor.com and see what they have to say about the top places to visit. I would also like you to visit http://www.frommers.com/ and see where they think you should visit in the capital. Make sure you visit the most important landmarks and historical sites as well as some fun places for people your age. Take notes as you explore the country. Write down facts about the culture, people, food they eat, what they do for fun, and where a tourist should visit.
3. Construct your presentation by using places and pictures you find during your journey and the facts you find more interesting to share with the class. Be sure to save it to your school number not to the computer. It is up to your team whether you make one or two slideshows, but make sure that equal participation and effort goes into either one or two slideshows.
4. Once you find your facts and pictures, find your food! The first recipe that you come across most likely won't be the best one. Search for "EASY recipes from (insert your country here)". I suggest using sites like www.allrecipes.com, www.food.com,www.delish.com, or www.foodnetwork.com for some examples. Also, many times if you just go to www.yahoo.com or www.google.com and enter your search words you can find easy recipes. ***
5. AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT YOU READ THE RECIPE FROM START TO FINISH. YOU ARE DOING THIS ON YOUR OWN.
*** Do you know what all the ingredients are (some ethnic dishes may have hard to find ingredients) make sure that you can identify everything or you ask me if you can easily get everything on the ingredients list? Are there nuts? Are there any expensive ingredients in there? Is it an appetizer, main dish or dessert (whichever you were assigned with your partner)? Are you confident you can make it on your own? If you are unsure, find something else!
| CATEGORY | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| Presentation | Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. | Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time. | Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time. | Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost. |
| Attractiveness | Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. | Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. | Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. | Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentaion content. |
| Recipes | undefined | undefined | undefined | undefined |
| Food Choice | Food choice shows a large amount of thought. | Food choice shows some original thought. | Food choice has little evidence of much thought. | Didn\'t put much effort into food choice. |
| Food | Food is well presented, taste great and beautifully made. | Food is well made and tastes good. | A good effort was made on the attempt to cook the food but it didn\'t turn out so well. | Food wasn\'t prepared well. |
I'm very excited to taste all of your worldwide delicacies. We will begin today. This project will take no more than 3 class periods total and they will not be 3 days in a row so please be sure to save your work in your Fam Cam folder and save it to your student number on your laptop.
Plan your time well.
You will need:
School time to:
Time at home to:
Thanks to www.rubistar.com for help with the rubric.
Teachers:
I suggest doing this in partners although it's up to you. Also, I will chose appetizers, main dishes, and desserts by drawing cards from a hat so that we have a full course for a meal.
I plan to bring in a variety of Latin Sodas to compliment our meal.
¡Buen provecho!