Lesson 18: Diets of Other Cultures factors of scientific literacy and foundational objectives, learning objectives, Science 10 Bibliography
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What do people of other cultures include in their diet?

When one travels to a foreign country one can immediately notice that the food in that country is quite different than the food here in Saskatchewan. Depending on the country visited, one may also notice some similarities in the food, the food preparation and the food presentation at restaurants.

In this lesson you are going to select a country and then investigate the diet of the people there. Compare their diet with ours and try to recognize nutritional deficiencies and whether or not nutritional supplements are required.

Activity

Select a country or culture of your choice. For example: Chinese, Indian, or African.

Search the internet for information on their diet and common foods for them. Record the sites or other library books that you use as reference at the bottom of your collage.

Cut out pictures from magazines and build a collage that illustrates the key components of the diet of this culture. If doing your collage electronically, use clip art images or your own images that you create with the help of a drawing program. Ensure that your collage has a title at the top, your resources listed at the bottom of your collage and your full name should be visible in the bottom right hand corner of your collage. Check characteristics of collages.

Post your collage on the class bulletin board. Compare your collage with those made by your classmates.

Assignment

  1. Adapt the collage that you made that illustrated the diet of people in a foreign country to Canada's Food guide. Fill in acceptable food choices to meet each of Canada's Food Guide Recommendations.
Canada's Food Guide Recommendations Food Choices from a typical ----------- Diet
5 to 12 grain products  
5 to 10 vegetables and fruits  
3 to 4 milk products (for teens)  
2 to 3 meat and alternatives  

2. To what nutrient deficiencies are people of this culture prone?

3. What nutritional supplements would be useful to people of this culture?

4. Trade assignment answers with a classmate. Verify each other's work.

5. Develop an assignment score for your classmate. This score should be based on:

  • accurate representation of foods (foods belong in that culture and country): 10 marks
  • nutrient deficiencies were correctly identified: 5 marks
  • nutritional supplements were accurately considered: 5 marks.

6. Send an email to your teacher telling your teacher the mark you assigned for your classmates work.

Assessment

Your teacher may choose to give you a mark on your collage. Your mark would be based on these characteristics.

Your assignment score will be the mark that was emailed to your teacher by your classmate who looked at your work. For help in scoring, look at a sample assignment.