Festival%20Foods%20Around%20the%20World

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Festival Foods Around the World

• By Jess Monn
• and
• Carla Mullins

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• ED 417
• Winter 2008
• Third Grade

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Table of Contents

• Contents
• Materials
• Vocabulary Words
• Objectives
• Countries Festivals
• Daily Activities
• Trivia
• Websites
• References

• Slide Number
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7-12
• 13-18
• 19-31
• 32
• 33

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Materials

• The book Festival Foods Around the World by Becky
  Stull
• Map of the world
• Thumbtacks
• Different foods
• hello from each country
• Ditto of individual world map

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Vocabulary Words

• Chao ong (Dzhow ong) Vietnamese for good day
• Ni hao (Nee HaOW ) Chinese for hello
• Bonjour (bohn-zhoor ) French for good day
• Hola (OH-lah ) Spanish for hello
• Bonjou (bohn-zhoo) Creole for hello

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Objectives

• Students will learn about other cultures and be
  exposed to diversity.
• Students will be able to locate countries on a
  world map.
• Students will understand the world is made up of
  regions that are very different from each other
  in terms of climate, geography, animal life, and
  culture.
• Students will gain knowledge of the different
  geographic locations.
• Students will gain an understanding of foods
  eaten during different festivals.

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Mexico

• During the festival held to honor an important
  Mexican battle, people eat tortillas, beans, and
  tacos.
• This festival is held in May.
• People dance and sing to celebrate.

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France

• During the lemon festival, people eat lemon cakes
  and lemon pudding.
• The festival is held in February and lasts for
  two weeks.
• People watch parades where floats are made from
  lemons.

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China

• During the celebration of the Moon Festival,
  people make tasty moon cakes filled with red
  beans
• This festival is held in the fall during the full
  moon.

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Antigua

• During the carnival festival, people eat spicy
  fried chicken, stewed beef, and fried vegetables
  called fritters.
• The carnival festival is held in late July.

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Vietnam

• During the festival of the new year, people eat
  rice cakes wrapped in leaves.
• The festival of the new year is held in January
  and February.
• People watch parades that have dancing dragons.

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United States

• During the festival of Mardi Gras, the people eat
  king cake which is a cake that has sugar icing
  and a doll baked inside.
• Whoever gets the doll bakes the king cake the
  following year.
• People watch parades.

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ActivitiesDay 1

• Introduce the students to the book Festival Foods
  Around the World by Becky Stull. The teacher
  will read this to the class and will discuss the
  different cultures.
• The class (as a whole) will locate each country
  on a large map and thumbtack their locations on
  it.
• The students will sample moon cakes that come
  from China.

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Activity Day 2

• The students will be given a blank world
  map and they will complete it by

• labeling the countries we are studying.

• The students will sample lemon cakes and lemon
  pudding from France.

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ActivitiesDay 3

• The students will sample moon cakes filled with
  red beans from China.
• The students will work in small groups to create
  a travel brochure for China.

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Activities Day 4

• The students will sample spicy fried chicken and
  fried vegetables called fritters from Antigua.
• The students will learn the proper word for hello
  from the native language of each country we are
  covering.

Halo Bonjour
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ActivitiesDay 5

• The students will sample rice cakes wrapped in
  leaves from Vietnam.
• The students will write a journal entry on an
  interesting fact about the country they would
  like to visit.

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Activity Day 6

• The students will sample a king cake from the
  United States that is used to celebrate Mardi
  Gras.
• The students will create their own book about the
  countries we have studied this past week.

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Trivia
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Question 1

• What country celebrates the carnival festival by
  eating spicy fried chicken, stewed beef, and
  fried vegetables called fritters?

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• Antigua

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Question 2

• What country celebrates Mardi Gras by watching
  parades and eating a king cake?

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• The United States

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Question 3

• What country celebrates a festival to honor an
  important battle by eating tortillas, tacos and
  beans and by singing and dancing?

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• Mexico

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Question 4

• What country fills moon cakes with red beans
  during the moon festival?

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• China

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Question 5

• What country has a festival that lasts for two
  weeks and its focus is on lemons?

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• France

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Question 6

• What country watches parades that have dancing
  dragons to celebrate their new year festival?

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• Vietnam

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Websites

• Mexican Culture
• http//mexico.pinnacle-travel.org/culture.htmCinc
  oDeMayo
• Menton Lemon Festival
• http//www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/index.htm?fxevent
  event_id46899
• Chinese Culture
• http//chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa0
  93097.htm
• Antigua Nice Ltd
• http//www.antiguanice.com/antigua_barbuda_carniva
  l.htm
• Vietnamese God
• http//vietnamesegod.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-year
  -in-viet-nam_10.html
• Mardi Gra History
• http//www.eastjeffersonparish.com/culture/MARDIGR
  A/HISTORY/history.htm

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References

• Festival Foods Around the World by Becky Stull
• The Internet Public Library
• http//www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ for language
  translations