Lesson 6: Exploring the Global Significance of Bread, Pasta, Rice, and Potatoes.
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Students will be able to explain the significance of bread, pasta, and rice as staples to cultures around the world and analyze the role of these staples in curbing world hunger.
Are bread, pasta, and rice are staple foods in many cultures, providing essential nutrients and energy?
How do these staples have cultural significance and are they often central to traditional dishes and ceremonies?
Does the production and consumption of bread, pasta, and rice play a crucial role in combating hunger worldwide?
Pasta
Wheat
Grain
Oats
Rice
Bulk
filler
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning.
Terminology
DOK Level 1 - (Recall - measure, recall, calculate, define, list, identify.)
What are three staple foods mentioned in the topic?
Why are bread, pasta, and rice considered staples in various cultures?
How do these staples help in addressing world hunger?
DOK Level 4 - (Extended Thinking - analyze, critique, create, design, apply concepts.)
Analyze the economic implications of a sudden shortage of one of these staple foods on a global scale.
Students need to understand traditional dishes from various countries using bread, pasta, or rice and that each plays a role in filling peoples stomach's and reducing hunger.
Address the misconception that these staples are only basic foods with no cultural importance.
Use visuals to identify starch and the dish that the starch is used in. Example: Rice turned into fried rice. Students can work in pairs to help one another.
Students will create a poster showcasing different bread, pasta, and rice dishes from around the world and their cultural importance.
Use on-line research and cookbooks of different regions.