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| el aceite de oliva |
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| el maíz |
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| el asado argentino |
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| las papas |
Update 2/15/16 - I have changed this unit a bit by omitting the commercials and adding a movie and a few other songs. Click here to see the resources and a link to the new unit packet.
After having just finished a pretty heavy, somewhat depressing unit about La Narcoviolencia in México. I decided that I need to do something uplifting, light and fun.
So, I took Cristina Zimmerman's lead and decided to do a unit about La Diversidad de la Gastronomía with a focus on Mexico, Peru, Argentina and Spain. (unit packet here) We spent about 3 weeks on the unit.
These are the essential questions for the unit:
- ¿Cómo se varían / comparan los ingredientes usados en la comida típica de los siguientes países: México, la Argentina, el Perú, y España?
- ¿Qué impacto tiene la ubicación geográfica en la comida de una cultura/un país?
- ¿Cuál es la percepción de la comida hispana aquí en los Estados Unidos? ¿Es una percepción correcto o incorrecta?
- ¿Hay maneras diferentes para promocionar la comida en la televisión de cada país?
Since the units in my Cultura y Civilización class all have music in them, I decided to use two Lila Downs songs to start the unit. We focused on México to start and used these two songs with the amazing music videos --- lots of culture just in these videos! From the songs and music videos, students explored and learned about a variety of things including: mole, la importancia del maíz, mezcal, Oaxaca, Montealban, los Zapotecas, chocolate, geografía, y una variedad de comidas.
La Cumbia del Mole por Lila Downs (wksht)
Some of the other authentic resources related to Mexican food that students saw were the following:
- Article and infografía: ¿Cuáles son los alimentos básicos en la dieta de los y las mexicanas?
- Video: Conoce el mercado de San Juan en la ciudad de México
- Programa y actividad del programa "Delicioso"
- Comerciales para Bodega Aurrera y Comercial Mexicana. (transcripts here)
- Los sitios de Bodega Aurrera y Comercial Mexicana (wksht)
After spending six days on Mexico. We switched gears and starting looking at Peruvian food. We started by looking at this infografía: La riqueza de la gastronomía peruana en cifras. Students made a list of the top 5 foods and the top 3 drinks and then made Google Presentations describing the foods. The next day they viewed other classmates' presentations, read the descriptions aloud and said what food it was. Here is an example of one of the presentations:
Next, we spent a couple of days talking about Inca Kola using this article and these commercials, and the song in the third one (Lejos de ti):
Inca Kola: Amor de verano 2013 - ¡Beto y Anita! (larga versión)
Lejos de ti - el comercial de Inca Kola
Some other authentic resources related to Peru that students saw were these two infografías:
After Perú, we used this funny commercial to transition from Peru to Argentina. It was a great way to talk about accents and cultural perceptions of different countries.
"El Argentino" McDonalds
Students investigated Argentine food and this is what this slideshow helped guide them after:
Next, we watched these commercials and did this worksheet and this one (from Zambombazo). (along with a few speaking activities related to the commercials).
We are finishing the unit tomorrow and we will use this commercial and worksheet.
Another thing we did during the unit was EAT and DRINK. Students had yerba mate, inca kola, jamón, arroz con frijoles, dulce de leche, olivas, and chocolate con chile.
This is the final assessment for this unit. This was a successful, engaging unit and I think it could be broken up in to 2 or 3 units, particularly the Mexico section!
Next, we watched these commercials and did this worksheet and this one (from Zambombazo). (along with a few speaking activities related to the commercials).
Jugos Arcor – Adolescente
Students then investigated Spanish food and this is what this slideshow helped guide them after:
We are finishing the unit tomorrow and we will use this commercial and worksheet.
Anuncio de España: Coca-Cola contra el sedentarismo ¿Y si nos levantamos?
Another thing we did during the unit was EAT and DRINK. Students had yerba mate, inca kola, jamón, arroz con frijoles, dulce de leche, olivas, and chocolate con chile.
This is the final assessment for this unit. This was a successful, engaging unit and I think it could be broken up in to 2 or 3 units, particularly the Mexico section!
What are your favorite authentic resources for a food unit? Please share
