World Zone Cafe

I went ahead a made a rubric for this assignments.  Feel free to use it.   World Zone Cafe Rubric

Rebecca Sloat I'd love to hear how this activity went for you! I'm doing Origins currently so I won't be there for a while. For now, your rubric (I think!) is set to private. I'd also want to share this thread here where we've been talking for a bit about the ins and outs of this activity with some best practices. You might have something to add now  

Thank you for letting me know.  I tried to set it up that anyone could make a copy of it.  Does that work?  I have done this before and most of the time turns out great.  SOme students do get confused and don't understand that they only need six dishes.  So I try to make sure I explain it as clearly as possible.  I have even had a student make one of his items and bring it in for me to taste, it was amazing.  Most students do enjoy this activity.  I use it as an assessment on the Columbian Exchange.  

 Rebecca Sloat  thank you for the rubric. 

Is it just me, or do you find yourself considering how the Columbian Exchange affects the food that we eat .. every . single . day? 

The first appreciable snow in a few years last had me wanting to bake some comfort items -- pumpkin spiced muffins. And all I think about is: cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, wheat flour, egg, sugar are from Eurasia, pumpkin and vanilla from the Americas.  And I'm influenced by the Climate project and wanting more plant-based items, so I'm trying to figure how to drop the egg from this mix -- maybe applesauce?

Gwen Duralek every year I invite a guest speaker to my AP Human Geography class when we cover the unit on agriculture. The emphasis of his talk is on the environmental and health impact that the food we produce and consume have. At the end of his presentation he shares a list of resources and some of my students decided to cook recipes using the new suggestions. For the egg replacement he suggested this product but because I try to avoid animal-based food (though I am argentinian) I read that bananas, chia seeds, and coconut oil among other producsts, help as well. 

Your post gave me a great idea. When I teach the Columbian Exchange and I ask students to create the World Zone Menu I will honor additional points if the group brings a cooked sample of one dish and explain it to their classmates.

Thanks for sharing this egg alternative Laura Massa I like how this substitute includes protein (def a better option than applesauce). I just watched Netflix's limited series, "You Are What You Eat" and found the medical benefits to plant-based diet to be compelling. I'm so much more cognizant of what I'm eating (Climate Project, some of the projects that my Girl Scouts have done, etc).  Hopefully, some of that transfers to my own children and maybe even my students :)

Applesauce is a great substitute. I make all sorts of plant based recipes. I’ve learned to use chickpeas for brownies, beets for red velvet, and avocado for icing.

Gwen Duralek also on Netflix "Live to 100: Secrets of The Blue Zones" contain interesting insights about a holistic way of living. 

ooh, thanks for the suggesiton. "Kiss The Ground" is also great -- I watched it with my daughter when she was working on an environmental stewardship project. 

Laura Massa  Gwen Duralek Have you seen "Down To Earth With Zac Efron"  on Netflix, there are some great episodes on holistic living, as well as other environmental issues.