This is a half year class for a 1/2 credit

Food Safety (see separate course)

Food Regions

     Southern 

     Mid Atlantic 

     Northeast 

     Mid West/Great Lakes 

     Southwest

     Pacific/Pacific Northwest

1.  How did the settlers of each region affect their food choices

2.  What current food movements are changing the way that region eats

3.  Correctly identify the states that correlate with that region

Identify the states on the map that go with each region.

Analyze how historical events and cultural migration influenced the food of that region.

 Discuss and evaluate the different foods of a region and how they came to be.

Plan a food lab that uses foods and recipes from that region

Discuss the tastes that are specific to that region

 Explore the geographical region and how that shaped the food choices

Southern

     Creole

     Cajun

     Three Sisters

     Holy Trinity (in relation to New Orleans cooking)

     Civil War

     Hog Island (hoagies)

Mid Atlantic

     Knish

     Egg Cream

     Scrapple

     Shoo fly pie

     Delicatessen

New England

     Sugaring

     Moxie 

     Trade Triange with Boston

     Common Sweetner 

Southwest/South

      Wagon Train

     Tex-Mex

     Chalupas

     Chimichangas

      Fajitas

      Chili

     Barbecue

     Chuck Wagon Suppers

     Posole

Midwest

     Great lakes

      plains

      prairie

      stockyards

       Louisiana purchase

      homestead act

      deep dish pizza

     potlucks

     juicy lucy

     cincinnati chili

Pacific

     Akutaq

      saimin

     loco moco

     taro

     imu

     spam

Students will be able to identify food and create dishes from that region.

Students will be able to identify the states of each region on a blank map.

Students will build on difficulty with each successful lab

As we progress through the units students will be responsbile for correctly identifying the states from the previous units on the map.

students will do a variety of assessments for each unit.  Can include quizzes, travel brochures, scavenger hunts.

Food Network

Internet Sources

Power point slides

Unit tests for each region

United States Map correctly filled out for each region building upon the map with each additonal region

food lab of foods specifically from that region

Northeast Unit does a scavenger hunt of items that are only found in the Northeast

Southwest Unit creates a travel poster for one of the states using an online format to make the poster interactive.

Midwest will do a chili cookoff with staff members deciding on the best chili recipe

Pacific will do a taste test of the different varieties of SPAM