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Multicultural Food History and Recipe Project                                                                                                                

Searching for Information  

*  Click on a topic from one of the General  Food Categories below.  This will take you to Culture Grams the World Kids Edition.

*  A box will appear asking for USER NAME (martwest), and PASSWORD (library).  Type the words inside the parentheses.

*  Click on a continent, and then a country within that continent (whose food you're interested in), and scan the colorful selections on the left.

*  On the Left, under Lifestyle, click on food, and find the most interesting sentence and write it in your notes (Interesting Facts section).

*  In the Search Box in the top right-hand corner of the same page, type in your food/a dash/name of the country.

*  Scan the results below and find specific information about your food history.  Write this information in your notes.

*  Write the web address in the Source section of your notes.   

General Food Categories Using: http://msdadmin.scican.net/wms/library/index.htm

General Food Categories Using: Grolier Online http://go-passport.grolier.com/splash

*  Click on a general topic in blue below, which will take you to Grolier Online.

*  In the white "Find It Fast" box (at the top of the page), type in the specific type of food you chose.

*  Read thoroughly and write down information in your notes.

*  Write the web address in the Source section of your notes.   

Multicultural Food History and Cookbook Project Instructions

Name__________________________________________________________________________________________________________Per.____
Requirements
1.    Choose a favorite food, or ingredient that your favorite dish, to research (for example- bread, or just one ingredient like yeast).
2.    Write your name and the food you chose on the Notes page.  (No two people per class may choose the same food.)
3.    Take notes on the food you chose.  

4.    Find a recipe that includes your food, and type/insert it onto your own page.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               5.    This project will be published in a class cookbook, which we hope to get printed soon after all students turn in their Printed Page.

Researching Instructions:

·                    Open Internet Explorer

·                    Click on: Library/Online Units/Multicultural Food History & Recipe Book

·                    Click on , and scan through, the various topics the Food Choices Box 

·                    When you find the food you want to research, sign up with Mrs. Moss (each food can be researched by only one person)

·                    Take notes on the Food History Note Page

Typing your  Multicultural Food History and Recipe Page    

Instructions:

• Open “Word” and under file, click on Page Setup
• Click on Paper Size/Landscape/Ok
• At the top of the page, type Multicultural Food History of   ?????             (type in the name of your food after history of )
• Hit enter twice, indent for a paragraph (usually 5 space), and type one paragraph (in your own words) on your food’s history.                                            (Use 12 Times Roman type!)
• Hit enter twice again, and type in (or I will insert) the recipe for your food.
• Hit enter twice again, and put your name at the bottom.  (make sure it is only one page!!!!!)
• Use spell check and have me double-check it.
• After you have done all of these things, print your final copy in color.  (Under File click on Print, and a box will appear. Click on Color Lab ________ and click ok.  A box will appear and you have to type in your file name (last name, first initial, graduation year, your password).   Make sure the page looks exactly like the directions ask, because only have so much printing is allowed per student.
• Hand in to Mrs. Moss.

How to use Spelling and Grammar check when you have finished typing your food history:

*    Click on Tools at the top of your screen.

*    Follow the directions in the little box.

*    Always re-read your work, because Spell Check isn’t perfect!

                             Multicultural Food History Notes

Name _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Per. ____

Food ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS-   OPEN INTERNET EXPLORER, AND :

1.  Click on Library and then click on ONLINE UNITS/MRS. MOSS’S MULTICULTURAL FOOD HISTORY

2.      OPEN FOOD SITES BY CLICKING ON ONE OF THE APPROPRIATE TOPICS IN BLUE

3.      READ THOROUGHLY, THEN TAKE NOTES  AND FILL IN THE FACTS ON THE LINES OF YOUR “NOTES” HANDOUT!

4.      FOLLOWING THE ATTACHED FORMAT, TYPE A PARAGRAPH (IN “WORD”) ABOUT THE HISTORY OF YOUR FOOD.

5.      FIND A RECIPE THAT INCLUDES YOUR FOOD AND EITHER TYPE IT UNDER YOUR HISTORY PARAGRAPH OR I WILL HELP YOU INSERT FROM THE INTERNET.

FOOD HISTORY NOTES- Directions- Answer questions and write down interesting facts about your food.

• When (and how) was your food first used by humans?

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• When humans began eating your food, what country (and what areas of that country) could you find the food growing or being used?

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• What kinds of food dishes can you make with your food?

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• Who found this food and how did they know it could be eaten?  (tomatoes were thought to be poisonous a long, long time ago.)

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·        How did your food get its name?  (For instance, potatoes were called pomes in France.  What other names did your food have/)

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Interesting Facts About Your Food    

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Sources (books-magazines and page numbers) where you found information:

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