Investigating Cabbage Traditions

Positives

• This lesson plan is clearly written and organized, allowing teachers to pick it up and quickly find learning objectives, materials, vocabulary, directions, and an assessment.
• This resource provides a helpful list of additional resources that can be used.

Additional Prerequisites

• This lesson requires one or two 50-minute sessions, with additional time in between to conduct interviews.
• The "Preparation" section lays out multiple steps that teachers must take prior to the lesson, including printing and cutting out printable materials and purchasing and preparing cabbage before class.

Differentiation

• A simple rubric (to include description of food tradition, reference to an interview or class chart, and adjectives from taste test) may help guide students' written assessment paragraphs.
• Some families may not have cabbage traditions, so you can provide the opportunity for those students to interview someone about another food that holds cultural significance within their families. Provide another special time for those interviews to be shared in order to focus on cabbage during this lesson.
• The "Extended Learning" section provides some wonderful, project-based ideas that will require some additional thought, student support, and longer-term planning.
• Also consider extending students' learning in class using other resources, such as this lesson plan about food choices and the origins of certain foods, this foodprint calculator, or this resource about food systems in California.