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ColumbianExchangeGroceryListandMealBrochure

Students will demonstrate the ability to take a basic meal from a favorite restaurant and research where each of the individual ingredients were originally domesticated/cultivated prior to the Columbian Exchange (before 1492). From there, students will demonstrate learning in technology by creating a Meal Brochure for food parts that are in their meal explaining where they originated from prior to 1492. Students will write an essay about the importance of the Columbian Exchange. Description 1. Students will then pick their favorite meal from a restaurant and research what ingredients are in this meal. Students can use the website below to help find the meal and ingredients. 2. Students will use a variety of resources to research information on the Columbian Exchange. This will include the history of the exchange, important people involved, and different foods that were traded. 3. Students will create a menu list of the food used and also a brochure to show where the food came from prior to the Columbian Exchange. 4. Students will present their finding to the class through a presentation using a variety of different medias What You Will Turn In: 1. Grocery List (20 points) I have attached an example of what your grocery list should look like. Keep this simple. After compiling a list of ingredients in your meal, you will make a grocery list telling me where each of these ingredients originally came from in the world. Use the website below to get started. http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaqindex.html 2. Meal Brochure (50 points) Your task is to create an informational presentation (Brochure, PowerPoint, Glog, Etc.) using the grocery list you have already completed explaining the food origins of your meal thanks to the Columbian Exchange. Be sure to include answers to the following questions in your presentation. 1. What was the Columbian Exchange and why is it named after Christopher Columbus? 2. Give examples of everyday products we take for granted than are not native to this hemisphere. 3. What were the positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange? 3. One Page Reflection (20 points)

Students will write a one-page paper explaining what the Columbian Exchange was and why it is important to world history.

ColumbianExchangeMealBrochureScoringRubric
CATEGORY Writing Organization 4 Each section in the brochure has a clear beginning, middle, and end. 3 Almost all sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end. There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure after feedback from an adult. No more than 1 spelling error remains after one person other than the typist reads and corrects the brochure. The authors correctly use a few new words and define words unfamiliar to the reader. Capitalization and punctuation are correct throughout the brochure after feedback from an adult. 99-90% of the facts in the brochure are accurate. 2 Most sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end. 1 Less than half of the sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end. There are several grammatical mistakes in the brochure even after feedback from an adult. Several spelling errors in the brochure.

Writing - Grammar There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure.

There are 1-2 grammatical mistakes in the brochure even after feedback from an adult. No more than 3 spelling errors remain after one person other than the typist reads and corrects the brochure.

Spelling & Proofreading

No spelling errors remain after one person other than the typist reads and corrects the brochure. The authors correctly use several new words and define words unfamiliar to the reader. Capitalization and punctuation are correct throughout the brochure.

Writing Vocabulary

The authors try to The authors do not use some new incorporate new vocabulary, but vocabulary. may use 1-2 words incorrectly. There are 1-2 capitalization and/or punctuation errors in the brochure even after feedback from an adult. 89-80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate. There are several capitalization or punctuation errors in the brochure even after feedback from an adult. Fewer than 80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.

Writing Mechanics

Content Accuracy

All facts in the brochure are accurate.

Attractiveness & Organization

The brochure has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information.

The brochure has attractive formatting and well-organized information.

The brochure has well-organized information.

The brochure's formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader.

Sources

Careful and accurate records are kept to document the source of 95100% of the facts and graphics in the brochure. Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics.

Careful and accurate records are kept to document the source of 94-85% of the facts and graphics in the brochure. Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text.

Careful and accurate records are kept to document the source of 84-75% of the facts and graphics in the brochure. Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems "textheavy".

Sources are not documented accurately or are not kept on many facts and graphics.

Graphics/Pictures

Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.

Columbian Exchange Grocery List

CATEGORY 4 Qualityof Information 3 2 1 Information Information Information Informationhas clearlyrelatesto clearlyrelatesto clearlyrelatesto littleornothing themaintopic. themaintopic. themaintopic. todowiththe Itincludes Itprovides12 Nodetails maintopic. several supporting and/or supporting detailsand/or examplesare detailsand/or examples. given. examples. Allsources (information andgraphics) areaccurately documentedin thedesired format. Nogrammatical, spellingor punctuation errors. Graphic organizeror outlinehasbeen completedand showsclear, logical relationships betweenall topicsand subtopics. Diagramsand illustrationsare neat,accurate andaddtothe reader's understanding ofthetopic. Allsources Allsources (information (information andgraphics) andgraphics) areaccurately areaccurately documented, documented, butafewarenot butmanyare inthedesired notinthe format. desiredformat. Almostno grammatical, spellingor punctuation errors Graphic organizeror outlinehasbeen completedand showsclear, logical relationships betweenmost topicsand subtopics. Diagramsand illustrationsare accurateand addtothe reader's understanding ofthetopic. Afew grammatical spelling,or punctuation errors. Graphic organizeror outlinehasbeen startedand includessome topicsand subtopics. Somesources arenot accurately documented.

Sources

Mechanics

Many grammatical, spelling,or punctuation errors. Graphic organizeror outlinehasnot beenattempted.

Graphic Organizer

Diagrams& Illustrations

Diagramsand illustrationsare neatand accurateand sometimesadd tothereader's understanding

Diagramsand illustrationsare notaccurateOR donotaddto thereader's understanding ofthetopic.