Asian Excursion to the Footscray Market:
To Market, To Market ...
To Market, To Market ... involves a class excursion to a local Asian food market. Whilst on the excursion students are required to work in groups to photograph a variety of Asian ingredients and upon returning to school, produce a Venn diagram or concept map that displays student understanding of the different regions of Asia and the foods that are unique to each region and the foods that are in widespread use across Asia.
This lesson is situated toward the end of the ‘Asia’ unit so that students take some prior knowledge into the activity, but the timing and position of the lesson is flexible to account for student timetables and school planning. The suggested excursion is highly recommended as it would expose students to an array of unique ingredients, produce and processed goods that they are unlikely to see anywhere else. If the excursion is not possible, a web quest could be developed to explore different Asian ingredients. However, the excursion is the preferred option as it provides students with the opportunity to look, touch, smell, ask questions and participate as an active learner.
If an excursion is not possible, GreenGrocer.com has an extensive range of Asian produce. Unfortunately, there are no photographs, but students can then do another Internet search once they have identified some ingredients they want to investigate further.
Some suggested food markets to cater for different school locations are as follows: Victoria Street Richmond (large Vietnamese and Asian food market)
Box Hill (medium-size Asian food market and supermarket)
Footscray (large Asian food market – excellent variety in produce)
Queen Victoria Market, Elizabeth Street, City
Prahran Market, Commercial Road, Prahran
South Melbourne Market
Alternatively, if you are unable to visit a local fresh food market the following website provides an excellent glossary of ingredients for students to investigate and print pictures. This would be equally as effective in exposing students to an array of Asian ingredients.
www.asianonlinerecipes.com
This lesson is situated toward the end of the ‘Asia’ unit so that students take some prior knowledge into the activity, but the timing and position of the lesson is flexible to account for student timetables and school planning. The suggested excursion is highly recommended as it would expose students to an array of unique ingredients, produce and processed goods that they are unlikely to see anywhere else. If the excursion is not possible, a web quest could be developed to explore different Asian ingredients. However, the excursion is the preferred option as it provides students with the opportunity to look, touch, smell, ask questions and participate as an active learner.
If an excursion is not possible, GreenGrocer.com has an extensive range of Asian produce. Unfortunately, there are no photographs, but students can then do another Internet search once they have identified some ingredients they want to investigate further.
Some suggested food markets to cater for different school locations are as follows: Victoria Street Richmond (large Vietnamese and Asian food market)
Box Hill (medium-size Asian food market and supermarket)
Footscray (large Asian food market – excellent variety in produce)
Queen Victoria Market, Elizabeth Street, City
Prahran Market, Commercial Road, Prahran
South Melbourne Market
Alternatively, if you are unable to visit a local fresh food market the following website provides an excellent glossary of ingredients for students to investigate and print pictures. This would be equally as effective in exposing students to an array of Asian ingredients.
www.asianonlinerecipes.com
Your Task on the excursion:
To Market, To Market...
Using the photographs obtained on the excursion or on the Internet, the task now is to work individually and design a pictorial guide of the ingredients that are unique to different Asian countries and the ingredients that are common throughout Asian cuisine.
This is to be a creative task, so students can use an organisational chart from Microsoft Word and import the pictures into a concept map or Venn diagram.
(Note: these are examples only; students will need to include more detail).
Alternatively, print out the photographs and design a poster in the form of a concept map or Venn diagram to identify the origins and use of different Asian ingredients.
The pictorial guide to Asian ingredients needs to be included in the portfolio and will count towards final assessment.
Using the photographs obtained on the excursion or on the Internet, the task now is to work individually and design a pictorial guide of the ingredients that are unique to different Asian countries and the ingredients that are common throughout Asian cuisine.
This is to be a creative task, so students can use an organisational chart from Microsoft Word and import the pictures into a concept map or Venn diagram.
(Note: these are examples only; students will need to include more detail).
Alternatively, print out the photographs and design a poster in the form of a concept map or Venn diagram to identify the origins and use of different Asian ingredients.
The pictorial guide to Asian ingredients needs to be included in the portfolio and will count towards final assessment.