Cultures, Food, and Communities Around the World (Grades 3-5)
Students explore different cultures around the world, compare worldwide communities with local communities, and explain the interrelationship between the environment and community development.

Background
Lesson Activities
Recommended Companion Resources
Credits
Author
Debra Spielmaker, Grace Struiksma, Sara Hunt, and Bekka Israelsen | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom
Sources
- http://allparenting.com/my-life/articles/969379/20-thanksgiving-fun-facts-to-teach-kids
- http://mentalfloss.com/article/71273/origins-15-holiday-foods-and-drinks
- http://www.delish.com/entertaining/g363/holiday-food-traditions/?slide=15
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/international-foods/celebration-cuisine-photos/
- http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2014/07/04/fourth-july-food-by-numbers.html
- https://www.brazil.org.za/agriculture.html
- https://ipad.fas.usda.gov/rssiws/al/nsa_cropprod.aspx
- http://www.new-ag.info/en/country/profile.php?a=846
- http://www.new-ag.info/en/country.php
Standards
National Content Area Standards
- Social Studies – Geography
- Geography Standard 1 (Grades 3-4): How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.
- Objective 1: Properties and functions of geographic representations—such as maps, globes, graphs, diagrams, aerial and other photographs, remotely sensed images, and geographic visualizations.
- Geography Standard 6 (Grades 3-4): How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions.
- Objective 1: People can have different views of the same places and regions.
- Geography Standard 6 (Grade 5): How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions.
- Objective 1: People's different perceptions of places and regions are influenced by their life experience.
- Geography Standard 1 (Grades 3-4): How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.