American Association of Family

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• American Association of Family Consumer
  Sciences Convention
• June 25, 2005

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• The Magical Melting Pot
• Class Discussion Activity Ideas to Promote
  Multicultural Learning Through Food
• Michelle Greenwald/June 25, 2005

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Why I Wrote the Book

• Observations in a multicultural community
• Way for kids to learn to appreciate other
  cultures
• Not only to accept each others differences,
  but to enjoy them

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Relevance to What We Can Learn Teach

• Cooking from scratch by family members creates
  senses of love, excitement creativity in the
  home. Kids can play a role in encouraging their
  parents to cook with them.

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Relevance to What We Can Learn Teach

• Foods of other cultures are delicious make life
  more interesting.
• Anyone can learn about experiment with cuisines
  of other countries, by reading cookbooks
  exploring the internet for recipes.

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Class Discussion Ideas

• Ask each student where their ancestors are from
  what traditional foods their parents
  grandparents make.

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Class Discussion Ideas

• Ask students to interview their parents,
  grandparents or aunts uncles about their
  fondest memories of foods why they were
  special.
• Ask which relatives typically cook in their
  families parents, grandparents, aunts, etc.

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Class Discussion Ideas

• Ask students what their favorite homemade food is
  why its special Is it served for a birthday,
  holiday, or special occasion?

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Class Discussion Ideas

• Ask students which traditional foods are consumed
  in their families around each major holiday
  Christmas, Chanukah Kwanza, Ramadan, Easter,
  Birthdays, New Years, Weddings

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Class Discussion Ideas

• Ask the feelings emotions students feel when
  someone in their family cooks a special meal.
• Ask if they usually help.

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Class Discussion Ideas

• Ask students if they could start their own food
  traditions for their own families, what would
  they be to describe the celebration.

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Class Activity Ideas

• Ask each kid to bring in a special dish explain
  why its special. You might invite parents to
  come in share customs with the class.

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Class Activity Ideas

• Create an international day where kids bring in
  dishes from their cultures traditional cooking
  implements, plates, tablecloths.