Culture Cereal

Consider the “culture traits” found in each bowl of cereal. What do they have in common and how are they

different?

Rice Crispy Cereal

• The cereal is marketed on the basis of the noises it produces when milk is added to the bowl.

• The onomatopoeic noises differ by country.

• "Snap! Crackle! Pop!"• Sweden: Piff! Paff! Puff!• Germany: Knisper! Knasper! Knusper!• Mexico: Pim! Pam! Pum!• Finland: Riks! Raks! Poks!• Canadian French: Cric! Crac! Croc!

Frosted Mini Wheats• Big and sweet means there's

more to love. This has also got eight layers of whole grain fiber going for it.

• WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, SUGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, GELATIN, REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), ZINC OXIDE, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12.

Peanut Butter Crunch

• Each bowlful is filled with the rich peanut butter flavor and unmistakable crunch you’ve loved since childhood. It has seven essential vitamins and minerals and has zero grams of trans fat.

Honey Nut Cheerios

• 13 vitamins & minerals• Low fat• Good source of calcium• Made with whole grain• Helps recede the risk of heart

disease• Can help lower cholesterol• Excellent source of iron• Certified by the American Heart

Association, Learn more at

Honey Bunches of Oats• Made with love• When we created Honey

Bunches of Oats with Pecan Bunches, we didn’t just add wholesome pecans to the mix. We baked them right into the bunches! So if you’re nuts for pecans, you’re gonna love this!

• Heart Healthy (0g trans fat, 0g saturated fat, 0mg cholesterol per serving)

• 8g of whole grain per serving • Provides 9 essential vitamins

and minerals

Culture Cereal Project1. Wrap a cereal box with paper2. Write the name of the culture on the front of the box.

Be creative. (Example – Fruity Americans)3. Find information on each of the items listed above.

Place them on the box in the following locationa. Front of Box – Name of Culture, Religion, Holidays/Celebrationb. Back of Box– Language/Common Phrases, Clothing, Unique Information (This can be

anything you find interesting)c. Side of Box – List the food as if they were the ingredients for the cereal

4. Glue pictures or drawings on the box in any location

The Cultures for our Project

1. Bedouin

2. Moroccan

3. Greek

4. Scandinavian

5. Indian (India)

6. Australian

7. Japanese

8. Peruvian

9. Caribbean

10. Inuit