Educators will find that food history projects fit naturally into the current educational initiative of inquiry. Students find something that interests them – maybe it’s an old photograph or a grandmother’s heritage recipe – and through their inquiry, they find out about themselves, their families and communities, and British Columbia.
Click on the files below for lesson plan ideas to include food history inquiry into your classes.
VINTAGE RECIPES AND COOKBOOKS
MUSEUM RESEARCH
DECODING OLD PHOTOGRAPHS
BC FOOD PERSONALITIES
BC FOOD CULTURES
INTERGENERATIONAL FOOD STORIES
EARLY AND CURRENT FOODS AND FOOD PRODUCTION IN BC
FOOD AND COLONIALISM AND IDENTITY (Note this is an article that contains lesson plans)