Lesson 8: The Trade routes
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Students will be able to analyze and discuss the impact of historical trade routes on the exchange and influence of food across the Middle East and Europe.
What is the importance of historical trade routes in the exchange of food?
Silk road
Columbian exchange
isolationism
trade
latitude
longitude
Equator
Tropic of cancer and Capricorn
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.1 - Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
Connecting cause and effect.
DOK Level 4 - (Extended Thinking - analyze, critique, create, design, apply concepts.)
Analyze how the introduction of new food items through trade routes contributed to the development of culinary traditions in the Middle East and Europe.
Where and how much food can be produced naturally and organically depends on geography. Not everyone naturally has the same food choices. Only trade makes the abundance of foods possible.
Not all foods come from the same place on the Earth and not all foods can grow where you plant the crop or put the animal.
In pairs or small groups, students can choose to research and create a poster or infographic illustrating the journey of a specific food item along historical trade routes and its impact on different cultures. Visual and verbal assessment.
In a group discussion or written reflection, students will map out and explain how specific food items traveled along historical trade routes, identifying the cultural influences and changes in cuisine that resulted from travel along the trade routes.
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