REGIONAL FOODS ASSIGNMENT SHEET

Week 1

List favorite/least favorite foods

Partner interview

Video: Braising/stewing

Video: Pork

Week 2

Notes: Protein/meat

Lab procedures

Lab: oatmeal crisps

Week 3

Video: Multicultural foods

Wksht: Food: a multicultural feast/chocolate covered ants

Assign foods to research

Comp lab: research history of food

Class presentation of information

Lab: pizza

Week 4

Project: history of foods due

Wksht: multicultural foods due

Notes: protein

Lab: Baked linguini with meat sauce

Week 5

Healthy Eating:

Explain food guide pyramid project

Library: work on project

Lab: Chicken lo mein

Week 6

Class presentations: food history

List 10 things learned

Lab: Chicken flautas/Spanish rice

Notebook checklist

Week 7

Groups: food cards

Let’s do lunch

American diet

Notes: Native American Indians/

Food and Culture

Explain Native American project

Lab: Indian fry bread

Video: food guide pyramid

Week 8

Library: Native American Indian project

Notes: meat

Diagram: meat cuts

Lab: Indian popovers

Week 9

Native American project due

Notes: St. Patrick’s Day/Irish immigration

Demo: Irish scones

Lab: Irish potato pancakes/potato cheese soup

Lab: St. Pat’s cupcakes

Week 10

Notes: meat

Notes: New England

Demo: clam chowder

Notes: eggs

Lab: Baked apple pouches

Week 11

List egg dishes

Game: label egg parts

Video: eggs

Demo: separate eggs/beat eggs

Demo: cream puffs

Lab: cream puffs

Guest speaker: Culinary school (Johnson & Wales

Week 12

Demo: phyllo dough

Notes: eggs

List egg dishes

Lab: Penn Dutch pretzels

Notebook checklist

Week 13

Lab: Spinach and potato frittata

Video: egg cookery

Video: all about eggs

Game: Food trivia

Week 14

Change groups

Notes: New England

Lab: oatmeal cookies

Explain MW Challenge & final