Introduction to Students:
Have you ever had Japanese food? I hear someone saying “I love Sushi!” Great. But Japanese food is not only sushi. Even if you do not eat raw fish, there are plenty different Japanese dishes that you may actually like. If you want to have something different for a change, you may want to try out Japanese dish. First, let put together a collection of your favorite Japanese food recipes, so that your family and your friends can use them when they wish.
Time:
This lesson is intended for three 45-minute periods.
Preparation that teachers have to do before the lesson:
Teacher registration:
If you want to let your students use the notepad, the tool that your students can use to take notes on what they find as they explore virtual Tokyo, you need to register your students. If you do not want your students to use the notepad, you do not have to register, and have your students log in as guests.
If you want to register:
- Click “Register your class” in the homepage
- Register the teacher
- Register your student as groups: the optimal size of groups is 4 students. Give group names and passwords that are easy to remember. These names and passwords are for identifying the saved information that students collect over multiple exploration sessions, not for the purpose of security.
What to do in each class period
Day 1 (the first 45 minute period)
- Pick the dishes for recipe book: <Instruction to students> Today is the first day of your Tokyo exploration with your group members. You will meet with your group members and assign each member a role. Then look around virtual Tokyo. Do you find any Japanese food that you want to try out?
- Form groups of 4
- Go to the URL that your teacher gives you.
- (optional) Your teacher gives you a group name and group password. Login using that information.
- See learners’ roles page and assign each member a role (geographer, historian, culinary specialist, and ethnographer)
- Understand what kind of information you collect for your roles
- Begin your exploration (go to Explore virtual Tokyo) First, find Japan on the world map.
- Each member at least spends 5 minutes at the computer (other members watch). Each member pick one or more dish that he/she want to try out.
Share what you pick with your group members.
Day 2 (the second 45 minute period)
Research about the dishes to include in the recipe book: <instruction to students> Remember what dish you picked when you were exploring virtual Tokyo in the previous period? Now you collect information to include in the recipe book, and then write up a recipe book that you want to share with your family and friends. Since many people in the US are not familiar to Japanese food, adding some general information such as history and nutritional values would be very helpful.
- Find recipes for the dishes you picked
- Collect other information for your role
- Inform others of the useful information for their roles if you see any
- Select information that you want to include in the recipe book
- Write recipe book using the information you have collected
- Add also any personal comments, ideas for variations, etc.
Day 3 (the third 45 minute period)
Present! <instruction to students> As a group, present your recipe book. Include the following information.
- Three dishes you wrote about.
- The reason why you picked those dishes
- Important features about the food from the following perspectives (do not have to include all):
- description of food
- ingredients
- recipe
- history
- nutritional value
- interesting facts about the food
- comparison with other food familiar to you
- your personal comments
Submit!: Go to Submit Report page and submit your students’ work to share. Now people around the world can view your students’ work! |
