Food and CultureUnit 1

Learning Goals1. I will be able to explain how various factors influence

personal and societal food choices.

2. I will be able to explain why specific foods are served on various special occasions in Canada and in different countries.

3. I will be able to explain how colonization and globalization has impacted consumer food choices and culture.

4. I will be able to describe the origins and development of food traditions and agricultural practices in a variety of cultures

Vocabulary – Define each of the following words

Culture Ethnic Group (Heritage) Lifestyle Media Resources Technology Etiquette Cultural Etiquette Dietary

Introduction Questions What do you think influences the

choices you make about food?

Influences Geography Culture Environment Economics

Geography Transportation Costs Importing and Exporting Foods

In a T-Chart – list some benefits and disadvantages of both importing and exporting foods.

Environment Where does our food come from?

How does our environment affect our food choices?› Climate change› Local foods › Sustainable foods› Conditions in which livestock is raised

Climate Change

http://www.fao.org/climatechange/16606-05afe43bd276dae0f7461e8b9003cb79.pdf

Read the following article and summarize how climate is impacting our environment.

*note – this will be faster if you work in partners or small groups.

Local Veg/Fruit growing seasons

What does it mean to grow local?

How does buying local benefit a community?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGA24_SjLDg - veggie box delivery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_wx--fWSXU - Guerilla Gardening

Local and Sustainable Foods What does it mean to eat local?

What does it mean for food to be sustainable?

Sustainable Food Definition – Foods that should be produced, processed and traded in ways that:

Contribute to thriving local economies and sustainable livelihoods

Protect the diversity of both plants and animals (and the welfare of farmed and wild species), and avoid damaging natural resources and contributing to climate change;

Provide social benefits, such as good quality food, safe and healthy products, and educational opportunities.

http://www.sustainweb.org/sustainablefood/what_is_sustainable_food/

Fish and Animal Treatment Fish Farming – based on the picture, why do you think

Fish Farming is a bad idea?

Free Range - Free range birds must have access to the outdoors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHBHU2jLn8I - pigs

Free Run - Free run is different than free range in that chickens do not necessarily need to be raised outside but they are required to be able to move around freely within the barn.

Which Category does each picture fit in?

Culture How does our culture impact our food

choices?

› Individually?

› As a society?

Economics What is economics?

› unemployment, low wages, landlessness, high food prices, lack of access to credit

How would our economics influence our food choices?

› Individually?› As a society?

Research Activity – In Partners

Create a chart with the columns: geography, culture, environment, economics, availability and origin.

Choose a food (any food) and fill in the chart with how each section influences our choice of that food.

Be prepared to share your answers.

Finished Learning Goal #1 Do you remember?

I will be able to explain how various factors influence personal and societal food choices.

Learning Goal #2 I will be able to explain why specific

foods are served on various special occasions in Canada and in different countries.

Cultural Foods What are some Canadian holidays that

you know? What food is associated with each of those holidays?

What are some ways that immigration to Canada has affected our food choices?

What are some holidays in your culture?

What types of foods would be served?

In Partners…. Choose a holiday and create a typical

menu for that holiday.

The twist – your menu must be a visual representation.

Example - Thanksgiving

Learning Goal #3 I will be able to explain how

colonization and globalization has impacted consumer food choices and culture.

Globalization What is it?

How could globalization impact our food choices?

History of Globalization For thousands of years people have been trading

goods and travelling across great distances. During the Middle Ages, merchants travelled along the Silk Road, which connected Europe and China.

The modern age of globalization started with the Industrial Revolution at the end of the 18th century. New machines were able to produce cheaper goods. Trains and steam-powered boats transported products farther and faster.

Since 1980, globalization has been moving at a faster pace. Today it is easier for companies to work in other countries. The Internet gives them the chance of reaching more customers around the world. Teleworkers work for firms that may be far away.

The GOOD side Globalization lets countries do what they can

do best. If, for example, you buy cheap steel from another country you don’t have to make your own steel. You can focus on computers or other things.

Globalization gives you a larger market. You can sell more goods and make more money. You can create more jobs.

Consumers also profit from globalization. Products become cheaper and you can get new goods more quickly. Larger variety of goods.

The Bad Side Globalization causes unemployment in industrialized

countries because firms move their factories to places where they can get cheaper workers.

Globalization may lead to more environmental problems. A company may want to build factories in other countries because environmental laws are not as strict as they are at home. Poor countries in the Third World may have to cut down more trees so that they can sell wood to richer countries.

Some of the poorest countries in the world, especially in Africa, may get even poorer. Their population is not as educated as in developed countries and they don’t have the new technology that we do.

Human, animal and plant diseases can spread more quickly through globalization.

Relating it back to food….List 5:

Positives of Globalization?

Negatives of Globalization?

Colonization – What is it? Definition –

› To create a colony › A group of emigrants or their descendants who

settle in a distant area but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country.

› to migrate, take control of (an area) and send people to live there

E.g. England created new settlements in the United States

Step 1: Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization

Step 2: click on World Colonization video

Step 3: Watch video :P

Step 4: watch video again and answering questions

1. Who were the major countries in control of each continent in 1754, 1800, and 1914?

2. In what ways do you think the colonies have influenced the culture of its country? E.g. India was once a British colony.

3. In what ways do you think the changing colonies could have influenced the culture of it’s colony. E.g. North America had colonies from France, United Kingdom, Spain and Russia

Learning Goal #3 – can you remember

How has globalization impacted our food choices and culture?

How has colonization impacted our food choices and culture?

Learning Goal #4 I will be able to describe the origins

and development of food traditions and agricultural practices in a variety of cultures

What is a jigsaw? Food traditions Step 1: In your groups find the information I give you.

Everyone in your group needs a copy of the work.

Step 2: You will now split up your group and form new groups.

Step 3: You will explain to your new group the information on food traditions that you have gathered.

Step 4: write down the information your classmates have given you.

By the end of the activity you will have 4 different food traditions.

History of Food Traditions – Jigsaw

Step 1: **Form a group that is no bigger than four people****

Step 2: Choose a food tradition that you enjoy. E.g. on Good Friday you can’t eat fish.

Step 3: Research the history of that food tradition and explain how it started.

Step 4: Jigsaw time. Your group will split up and you will have to tell your classmates about your food tradition

**NOTE: You will be responsible for this information. A good test question might be something like, choose a food tradition and explain its origins.

Origins of Agricultural Practices

Discovery of fire The Agricultural Revolution Green Revolution Advances in tools used in agriculture

Discovery of Fire How do you think the discovery of fire

has helped society?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J42YddJ0Rrw

Read the article titled Discovery of Fire and list 5 ways that the discovery of fire has helped humans

Agricultural Revolution Shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture and

settlement (shift from a Paleolithic/Palaeolithic diet to an agriculturally created diet)

Consisted of› Developing the ability to farm crops› Domesticating animals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTgIDO1hLQ4 (2 min, 10 seconds)

What types of things do you think sparked the agricultural revolution?

Green Revolution http://education-portal.com/academy/l

esson/what-is-the-green-revolution-definition-benefits-and-issues.html#lesson (3 min, 55 seconds)

Consisted of:› the development of high-yielding varieties

of cereal grains› expansion of irrigation infrastructure› distribution of hybridized seeds› synthetic fertilizers› pesticides to farmers.

Problems with the Green Revolution

The use of chemical fertilizers and synthetic herbicides and pesticides dramatically influenced the environment by increasing pollution and erosion.

The pollution of the water exposed people and the environment downstream to the chemicals being used in the farm fields.

The large amount of water required by the irrigation systems put pressure on the natural water reserves and resulted in water shortages and droughts.

The Green Revolution increased the amount of energy and fossil fuel used in agriculture.

Advances in tools

Broadcasts – First Assignment, Yay!

Go to file on my website titled broadcasts.