Author Topic: Strange food lesson (Read 19752 times)

benyah81 · « **on:** June 11, 2010, 11:31:11 AM »

This topic went down really well this week. I used it with grade 3, we are covering a chapter named 'different people, different foods'. I Also used it with high school.

This is how I used the material

warm up - groups name as many foreign foods as they can, and the countries of origin.

Introduce unusual food; ask students about unusual foods in Korea, some answers were turtle soup, dog soup, snake soju.

Each group chooses one unusual Korean food to describe: what its made with, how , have they tried it, taste etc.... points for most in depth description

We then watch the clip (British reality show set in Australia), students watch/listen answer

For the quiz we look at each food in turn and discuss. I give 1 clue to the country of origin and they complete the forms then each group hands me their final answers on one sheet at the end.

Discuss which they liked /hated most

jdniii · « **Reply #1 on:** June 14, 2010, 03:15:23 PM »

Hey just used this lesson. It definitely gets a reaction from the kids. I had two co-teachers complain about the video so I decided to play a clip from "No Reservations". Anyway, thanks a lot for the fun lesson!

jakub · « **Reply #2 on:** June 20, 2010, 08:48:20 PM »

jdniii - which clip?

jdniii · « **Reply #3 on:** June 21, 2010, 01:59:45 PM »

jumped around some parts from this video showing what foreigners think of Korean food.

Ashlea · « **Reply #4 on:** June 30, 2010, 07:51:43 AM »

OMG lol the clip was so disgusting I almost vomited watching it. I'm sure the boys would love this class but the girls would probably just scream the entire time. Looks interesting though!

jakub · « **Reply #5 on:** July 04, 2010, 02:12:03 PM »

Yea, they scream, but it's fun. This lesson DEFINITELY keeps their attention.

amn34 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 13, 2010, 12:02:23 PM »

You could also show the Bizarre Foods episode where they go to Seoul. The English will probably be over their heads, but the food will be familiar.

Also, I like the Eat Your Kimchi video with Korean streetfood. It has subtitles in English or Korean, but I think my students were curious to see the foreign perspective when it comes to Korean food (and it's all positive, so that helps

)
http://www.eatyourkimchi.com/korean-street-food-wonderfulness

glitterstarbeau · « **Reply #7 on:** December 13, 2010, 01:35:34 PM »

Sorry to sound leotarded, but what kind of hints did you give about the countries?

frappps · « **Reply #8 on:** December 14, 2010, 08:08:39 AM »

Thanks for the interesting lesson.

turtle5 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 07, 2011, 03:07:11 PM »

haha my girls started screaming during the video..so my co-teacher made me turn it off. but the boys seemed to enjoy it fairly well. the lesson itself went very smoothly though :)

tandj · « **Reply #10 on:** April 07, 2011, 03:26:45 PM »

Also, I like the Eat Your Kimchi video with Korean streetfood. It has subtitles in English or Korean, but I think my students were curious to see the foreign perspective when it comes to Korean food (and it's all positive, so that helps

)
http://www.eatyourkimchi.com/korean-street-food-wonderfulness
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How do you get subtitles to show? I couldn't find anything...am I just missing it...

natale_laplante · « **Reply #11 on:** April 08, 2011, 07:44:37 AM »

I'm going to try this lesson this afternoon. We'll see how it goes. I think they'll enjoy it. :)

Florence7 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 08, 2011, 09:17:35 AM »

Thanks! I'm going to use this for my lesson this afternoon too. you're a champ!

tandj · « **Reply #13 on:** April 08, 2011, 10:21:50 AM »

I found some good videos on youtube I added to the lesson on youtube from BBC's cooking in the danger zone, they were entertaining, showed the food, but don't make you want to throw up

katy moo · « **Reply #14 on:** April 11, 2011, 03:26:04 PM »

OMG some of my kids were not impressed! May have been because it was right before lunch!!the evilness of it all! :)

Amy Rodulfo · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2011, 04:50:50 PM »

As a five - ten minute warmer to start the class, I used this bizarre food hidden picture puzzle game. Students try to guess the slowly-revealed pictures of unusual food from around the world, such as tarantulas, fried starfish, insects and frogs' legs. It should get the students' interest.

cilikimchi · « **Reply #16 on:** July 14, 2011, 09:55:48 AM »

thank you for this great lesson.

i was just wondering if the origins of the strange food list are correct?
i wanted to find more information on some of those strange food.
and what kind of clues were given to the students?

waterdweller · « **Reply #17 on:** August 09, 2011, 12:22:40 PM »

A similar lesson I did was with different variations of McDonalds food around the world and the different menu items. Student's seemed very interested and it was a good way to incorporate new food and cultures.

mollybloom · « **Reply #18 on:** August 24, 2011, 09:00:20 AM »

Quote from: amn34 on December 13, 2010, 12:02:23 PM

You could also show the Bizarre Foods episode where they go to Seoul. The English will probably be over their heads, but the food will be familiar.

Also, I like the Eat Your Kimchi video with Korean streetfood. It has subtitles in English or Korean, but I think my students were curious to see the foreign perspective when it comes to Korean food (and it's all positive, so that helps )
http://www.eatyourkimchi.com/korean-street-food-wonderfulness

Where are the Korean subs on that video?

kristen84 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 24, 2011, 10:26:11 AM »

I did something similar but bought some cheap foods from the supermarket. Did a blind taste test with volunteers. students LOVED it!