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Multicultural Menu Plan and Food Pyramid: Egypt 4 stars

Content area(s): Health & Physical Education, History & Social Studies, 

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Author(s) & location: Kathleen LaBombard, Technoteacher.com
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Description
You have just been selected to have a foreign exchange student from Egypt who will be staying with you for the year. You want your new friend to feel comfortable and would like to serve foods that he or she will be used to. At the same time you want to be sure that you can help provide a balanced diet being the good host that you are! Are the foods of Egypt different than the foods of the US?

Question: How do the foods of other cultures fit into our American Food Guide Pyramid?
 
What makes this an interesting WebQuest

  • Very creative idea leverages learning about many diets and cultures while supporting learning about the Food Pyramid

  • Good use of Roles and Links

  • Terrific use of scaffold sheets and help guides

  • Attention must be paid to having students synthesize their learning, not staying separate in their products. This is the TagTeam PowerPoint Syndrome


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