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PROJECT 5: TRADITION AND CULTURE Integrated Learning Project By Lynn Whittington     ACTIVITY TWO INTERNATIONAL FOOD DAY Since many traditions involve food, make a list of the foods eaten in the different events listed by class members. Note when some families eat foods that other families do not. Go back into the Allen Parker Slave Narrative. List foods that are mentioned as part of traditions. Talk about how people from different cultures and families eat different foods. Sometimes when people eat unfamiliar foods, other people make fun of them. Read Yoko. Discuss what happened in the book and how the teacher decided to solve it. Ask the children to recall the International Food Day in Yoko's class. List the items that each child in Yoko's brought to the food day and which country the dishes represented. Tell the children that they too are going to host an International Food Day. Inform the children and send notices home asking everyone to bring in a favorite dish. Encourage families to bring in dishes that represent their culture or heritage. The teacher can also attach ideas of dishes to bring. The teacher can also bring in several dishes to ensure a variety of cultures are represented. Remind the students ahead of time that food is part of on'šs culture and negative comments can hurt the feelings of another student and be offensive. Invite parents, guardians, and others to your International Food Day! The only rule is that everyone must try a bite of something!   GO TO PROJECT 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 For additional information or comments about these Learning Activities, contact: Dr. Joy N. Stapleton, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction: Elementary and Middle Grades Education, School of Education, East Carolina University.