UNIT : Spice of the Caribbean Learning Plan: of 6 Class: Theme: Our Region the Caribbean: In an Interdependent World Duration: 2 days Topic: Food Tourism Context: CONSIDERATIONS: The Caribbean islands are visited by tourists mainly for reasons ☒HFLE such as climate and culture. However, there has been an increased interest in the Caribbean’s various foods within recent years. Literacy Additionally, culinary shows have influenced tourists to visit places ☒Reading to taste unique and exotic flavours. Subsequently, the Caribbean’s ☒Writing unique usage of ingredients and spices has encouraged the ☒Oral Communication ☐Media & Information increasing trend of food tourism. Indeed, many of the islands Literacy promote various food festivals such as Taste T&T (Trinidad and Tobago); Blue Food Festival (Tobago); Trelawny Yam Festival Numeracy ☒Problem Solving (Jamaica); and Victoria Food Fest (Grenada) to enhance tourist ☒Critical thinking arrival every year. ☒Communication ☒Representation ☒Reasoning Outcomes: ☐ICT Skills At the end of this learning experience students will: ☒Differentiated Instruction relate how the local cuisine of Caribbean islands enhances visitor arrivals ☒Assessment for learning create promotional material, using at least one form of media, to promote food tourism solve one-step and multi-step addition and subtraction problems involving whole numbers create number stories involving addition and subtraction using appropriate language comprehend content in print, visual, audio and electronic media apply multi-meaning words in technical vocabulary in speaking, writing and reading in context create a presentation which showcases one festival from one Caribbean country recognise their creativity develop self-confidence develop an appreciation of their Caribbean based festivals gain an awareness of the features of festivals from other Caribbean countries. Activities: Researching Caribbean cuisines (see table, paragraph and guide) 1. Students research the types of cuisines on at least five islands in groups. 2. They link the chosen cuisine to a food festival on the particular island. 3. Small groups describe selected Caribbean dishes using guidelines from a recipe such as name of dish, ingredients and description. 4. Teacher reminds students of the need to show respect and consideration toward the different Caribbean dishes. 5. Students recall the meaning of tourism from any type of media. 6. They explain food tourism by writing a few lines. 7. Students distinguish at least two ways in which Caribbean cuisine is linked to visitor arrivals. Creating promotional material (see checklist) 8. Small groups choose the type of media (print or broadcast) for the promotion of the chosen cuisine from particular islands. 9. The groups explore the creative process using images or/and words to promote food tourism. 10.Students use multi-meaning words in speaking, reading and writing in the creation of the promotional material. 11.They design the promotional material for the chosen cuisine in groups. 12.Groups present the promotional material. Drama Festival 13.In groups, students choose one of the festivals from one of the Caribbean countries to research. They discuss and brainstorm how they are going to showcase this festival through drama. (Costumes and props may be used as far as possible) Applying mathematical skills (see worksheets and PowerPoint) 14.Students solve addition and subtraction problems involving whole numbers as it relates to food tourism by completing worksheets. 15.Groups create number stories in food tourism through the use of appropriate language. Resources: laptops with internet access-search words-cuisine of (insert name of country) e.g. cuisine of St. Lucia OR Caribbean food recipes magazines, encyclopaedias, food brochures laptops with internet access-search words-food tourism guide for describing Caribbean dishes stationery fact sheet on Caribbean food festivals fact sheet on food tourism different types of media to produce promotional material worksheets example of a food tourism story Assessment: Oral questioning Checklist for description of Caribbean dishes Checklist for promotional material Teacher observation Caribbean Cuisines Country Example of traditional cuisines Food festivals Cuba fried plantains Havana Carnaval - July pollo frito (fried chicken) Santiago de Cuba - July pollo asado (grilled chicken) ajiaco (a typical meat, garlic, and vegetable stew), fufú (boiled green bananas mashed into a paste) empanadas de carne (meat- filled pies or pancakes) piccadillo (a snack of spiced beef, onion, and tomato) Moors and Christians (black beans and rice) helado (ice cream) flan (a baked custard), chu (bite-sized puff pastries filled with meringue) churrizo (deep-fried doughnut rings) galletas (sweet biscuits) arroz con leche (rice pudding) St Kitts and goat water stew (goat meat, Food Fair to Celebrate Nevis breadfruit, green papaya, Agriculture Day-March droppers (a doughy dumpling) Eat Local Day-June in a tomato-based stew Guyfest Community pelau Festival-November seafood dishes Martinique seafood and shellfish including Martinique food show- salted cod, lambi (conch), April octopus, blaff (boiled fish with Sainte Marie Culinary chives) Week-May court-bouillon (fish in a spicy Cultural festival-July tomato sauce) boudin-a fat sausage of spicy pig's blood matoutou-spicy dish of crab and rice acras-small fried vegetable or fish cakes calalou-gumbo and vegetable soup with crab or salted meat colombo- a mutton, goat, or chicken curry ti-punch -straight rum with a twist of lemon sweetened with cane sugar planteur -fruit juice and rum shrubb -rum with marinated orange or tangerine rinds Antigua & fungee-cornmeal and okra Antigua Culinary Barbuda pudding Festival-March salted codfish with tomato Antigua and Barbuda sauce Pineapple and Mango pepper pot-a local stew Fest-May comprising beef, eggplant, Seafood Fiesta-July spinach, garlic, thyme, cloves and other vegetables and seasonings ducana-grated sweet potato mixed with coconut, sugar and spices steamed in a banana leaf calaloo-a spinach soup flavoured with cloves or crab souse-pork marinated in lime juice, onions, hot and sweet peppers and spices St. Lucia salt cod fritters Dennery's Saint Lucia grilled conch Festival-February banana ketchup made from St Lucia food and rum banana and select herbs and festival-October spices Seafood Friday Party- pepperpot soup made from December beef, spices and callaloo accra- a salty fish fritter colombo- curry made from goat, lamb or chicken sweet potato and coconut soup Caribbean lamb salad roast conch with pickled vegetables served in a yam basket Cajun Creole vegetable bakes jerk poulet sausage plantain gratin with coconut rum sauce Barbados cou cou and flying fish Oistins Fish Festival- Bajan black eye peas and rice March Bajan candied sweet potatoes Taste of Barbados Food pudding n’ souse-made of pig Festival-October intestines stuffed with sweet Barbados Food & Wine potatoes and the souse is and Rum Festival- boiled down pig head and November trotters conkies- a mixture of cornmeal, coconut, pumpkin, sweet potatoes and cornflour wrapped in a banana leaf fish cakes- deep fried fish balls are made of salted cod fish and herbs coconut bread Bajan baked custard Aruba papaya berde-stewed green Food and Wine Festival- papaya June pan bati -corn pancakes salada di batata-potato salad beregein hasa- fried eggplant kool stoba-cabbage stew Carnival calamari zult-souse stoba di cabrito -stewed beef promenton yena-stuffed sweet pepper erwten soep-pea soup giambo-gumbo bolita di keshi-cheese balls/puffs balchi di pisca-balls of fish bitterbal-meat croquettes Food tourism Tourism is the business of providing services to vacationers or tourists. Travellers, whether local or international prefer getting easily available help or things that they need when visiting different places. Some of the services that they usually require and are willing to spend money to obtain them include hotel accommodation, restaurants and tourist guides. Tourists visit various places for reasons such as relaxation; to visit family and friends; romance; religious purposes; culture; climate; and increasingly to taste exotic foods. Thus, food tourism is the business of providing traditional and unique food flavours for the persons visiting a new destination. It entails the provision of ‘destination fusion’ of interesting local flavours of foods and beverages to foreigners of that specific culture. Many visitors enjoy the Caribbean’s cuisine and this has been linked to more tourist arrivals. Some of the ways in which tourist arrivals have been associated with our interesting foods include to enjoy the foods on the different islands; taking part in various food and beverage competitions; and the owners of businesses finding ways to improve the industry so that tourists would return. Therefore, this increasingly new trend of food tourism will allow anyone to experience a taste of the Caribbean as they enjoy our cuisines. Just think of the wonderful dishes we enjoy and have to offer the rest of the world! Guide to describing local cuisine Country Name of dish Ingredients Description of food Checklist for promotional materials Poster Title Appropriate words Brochure Appropriate images Advertisement Use of colours Balanced layout Power Point Title Easy to read Appropriate graphic Background enhances each slide Slides are linked Movie