Lesson Plan #: AELP-COM0002

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Submitted by: Glynis Watkins
School or Affiliation: Madison School District Date: March 16, 1998

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Grade Level(s): 8

Subject(s):

• Arts/Computers in art
• Health/Nutrition

Major Objectives: Students will be able to

1. Select the right menu for the right occasion
2. Design and print a suitable menu design for the occasion
3. Identify the appropriate recipes and adapt for school cookery usage
4. Translate the menu design and follow the recipe to create the required meal

Materials:

• Multiple computers, printer
• Software – word processing, graphics
• Colored paper
• Recipe books
• Equipped Home Economics center
• Ingredients

Time required: One Week

Procedure:

• Discuss planning meals generally providing the student with an overview of acceptable practices
• Provide students with attached menus
• Create a written menu to include
• Appropriate color paper
• Correct menu format
• Appropriate outside cover for theme
• Decorate according to theme
• Appropriate size print, font style for theme
• Correct spelling
• Using internet and recipe book to find appropriate recipes for menu
• Prepare menu in school kitchen and serve according to chosen theme including
• Tablecloth
• Decorations
• Serving plates
• Table settings
• Garnishing

  Menus Menu 1 Orange Juice Bacon, Scrambled Eggs Pancakes/Cinnamon Toast Milk   Menu 2 Cream of Tomato Soup Grilled Cheese Sandwich Melon Wedges Milk   Menu 3 Combination Salad Meat Loaf Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans Coffee   Menu 4 Mixed Green Salad Lasagna Baked Apples Iced Tea   Menu 5 Chicken Stir Fry Fried Rice Lemon Cream Pie Coffee Useful Internet Resources:

American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org/

Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) —
Follow this directory path: NAL Information Centers Food and Nutrition Information Center.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic

Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
http://navigator.tufts.edu/