WHAT IS THE HISTORY ON YOUR PLATE?

EthiopiaMesoamerica

Northern Andes

Brazil

Black Sea Region

Fertile Crescent

India and Sri Lanka

China

South East Asia

WHAT’S THE HISTORY ON YOUR PLATE?

Questions for Discussion

1. What role, if any, does food play in your history curriculum?

2. What are the reasons why you do or don’t integrate food history into your curriculum?

3. What are the ways in which food can be used in the history classroom?

Please put on the name tag in front of you.

Find someone in the room with a different

food type that can combine with yours.

After creating your food combination, share

your responses to the discussion questions..

What do they all have in common?

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Battle of Vienna, 1683

Understanding History through Food and Beverages: The New Trend?

How has food and drink helped to shape world history?

Why are foods and beverages important to the study of world history?

• They are not the products of cultures and societies, but the catalysts that have advanced human culture and civilization.

• History is a series of transformations that have been enabled or influenced by foods and beverages.

• Foods and beverages have acted as key agents in the development of human:

- Social transformation- Social organization- Geo-political competition- Industrial development- Military conflict- Economic expansion• Food choices in the past have helped to

shape the world in which we now live.

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In what ways can food history help to relate to the world in

which your students live?