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Harvesting Information About Food We Eat

Book and Video Resources

• Aliki.Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians.NewYork:Crowell,1976.

• Anton,William.Corn: From Farm to Table. Northborough,MA:NewbridgeEducational,2007.

• Bernard,Jan,andDanMcGeehan.Peanut Butter Before the Store.Mankato,MN:TheChild’sWorld,2012.

• Bial,Raymond.Corn Belt Harvest. Boston:HoughtonMifflin,1991.

• Braly,JulieA.,JenniferKarno,LynneOkun,andKristaInchausti.From Farm to Table.Wynnewood,PA: SchlessingerMedia,2006.

• Burckhardt,Ann.Corn.Mankato,MN:BridgestoneBooks,1996.

• Burckhardt,Ann,andChuckKostichka.Potatoes.Mankato,MN:BridgestoneBooks,1996.

• Caduto,Michael,andJosephBruchac.Keepers of the Earth. Golden,CO:Fulcrum,1989.

• Cole,Joanna.Best Loved Folk Tales. GardenCity,NY:Doubleday,1982.

• Corn: From Farm to Table.ElDoradoHills,CA:100%EducationalVideos,2004.

• Corwin,JudithH.Harvest Festivals Around the World.Parsippany,NJ:JulianMessner,1995.

• Cusick,RichieT.,andJossWhedon.The Harvest.NewYork:Simon&Schuster,1998.

• DePaola,Tomie.Strega Nona’s Harvest.NewYork:G.P.Putnam’sSons,2009.

• Eager,George.Bread: From Farm to Table. Chatsworth,CA:AIMSMedia(Distributor),1994.

• Eager,George. Milk: From Farm to Table.Chatsworth,CA:AIMSMedia(Distributor),1994.

• Eager,George.Oranges: From Farm to Table.Chatsworth,CA:AIMSMedia(Distributor),1994.

• Erlbach,Arlene,andJackieUrbanovic.Peanut Butter.Minneapolis:LernerPublications,1994.

• Fleischman,Paul.Seedfolks.NewYork:HarperCollins,2004.

• Fowler,Allan.Corn—On and Off the Cob.Chicago:Children’sPress,1994.

• Fowler,Allan.The Wheat We Eat.NewYork:Children’sPress,1999.

• Gabbert,Lisa.An Apple Festival: Orchards in Autumn. NewYork:PowerKidsPress,1999.

• Gabbert,Lisa.A Midwestern Corn Festival: Ears Everywhere.NewYork:PowerKidsPress,1998.

• Gerson,Mary-Joan,andCarlaGolembe.People of Corn: A Mayan Story.Boston:Little,Brown,1995.

• Gibbons,Gail.Apples.NewYork:HolidayHouse,2000.

• Gibbons,Gail.Corn.NewYork:HolidayHouse,2008.

• Gibbons,Gail.From Seed to Plant. NewYork:HolidayHouse,1991.

• Gibbons,Gail.The Pumpkin Book. NewYork:HolidayHouse,1999.

• Gibbons,Gail.The Vegetables We Eat.NewYork:HolidayHouse,2007.

• Harvest.NewYork:DorlingKindersley,2007.

• Head,Honor.Harvest Festivals Around the World.NewYork:PowerKidsPress,2009.

• Huggins-Cooper,Lynn.Festivals. NorthMankato,MN:A+,SmartAppleMedia,2005.

• Hughes,MeredithS.,E.T.Hughes,andG.B.Karas.The Great Potato Book.NewYork:Macmillan,1986.

• Jackson,EllenB.,andJanD.Ellis.The Autumn Equinox: Celebrating the Harvest.Brookfield,CT:MillbrookPress,2000.

• Jennings,TerryJ.,andEdBarber. Beans. Ada,OK:GarrettEducationalCorp.,1994.

• King,Elizabeth.Backyard Sunflower.NewYork:DuttonChildren’sBooks,1993.

• Kudlinski,KathleenV.,andJeromeWexler.Popcorn Plants.Minneapolis:LernerPublications,1998.

• Landau,Elaine.Corn. NewYork:Children’sPress,1999.

• Landau,Elaine.Wheat.NewYork:Children’sPress,1999.

• Llewellyn,Claire.Bread.NewYork:Children’sPress,1999.

• Llewellyn,Claire.Peanuts.NewYork:Children’sPress,1998.

• Llewellyn,Claire.Peas.NewYork:Children’sPress,1999.

• Llewellyn,Claire. Potatoes. NewYork:Children’sPress,1998.

• Llewellyn,Claire.What’s for Lunch?Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2009.

• Lynn,Sara,DianeJames,andJoeWright.What We Eat.NewYork:ThomsonLearning,1994.

• Mayo,Gretchen. Cereal.Milwaukee,WI:WeeklyReaderEarlyLearningLibrary,2004.

• Meltzer,Milton. The Amazing Potato: A Story in Which the Incas, Conquistadors, Marie Antoinette, Thomas Jef-ferson, Wars, Famines, Immigrants, and French Fries All Play a Part.NewYork:HarperCollins,1992.

• Merrison,Lynne,andJohnYates.Rice. Minneapolis:CarolrhodaBooks,1990.

• Micucci,Charles.The Life and Times of the Peanut.Boston:HoughtonMifflin,1997.

• Mitgutsch,Ali.From Grain to Bread. Minneapolis:CarolrhodaBooks,1981.

• Nelson,Robin.From Peanut to Peanut Butter. Minneapolis:LernerPublications,2004.

• Parker,Victoria.All About Grains. Irvine,Ca:QEB,2009.

• Patent,DorothyH,andWilliamMuñoz.Where Food Comes From.NewYork:HolidayHouse,1991.

• Pellowski,Anne.Hidden Stories in Plants: Unusual and Easy-to-Tell Stories from Around the World, Together with Creative Things to Do While Telling Them.NewYork:Macmillan,1990.

• Powell,Jillian.Bread.Austin,TX:RaintreeSteck-Vaughn,1997.

• Powell,Jillian.Fruit.Austin,TX:RaintreeSteck-Vaughn,1997.

• Powell,Jillian. Pasta.Austin,TX:RaintreeSteck-Vaughan,1997.

• Powell,Jillian.Potatoes.Austin,TX:RaintreeSteck-Vaughn,1997.

• Powell,Jillian.Rice.Austin,TX:RaintreeSteck-Vaughn,1997.

• Powell,Jillian.Vegetables. Austin,TX:RaintreeSteck-Vaughn,1997.

• Reed,Janet.Everyone Eats Bread!Mankato,MN:YellowUmbrellaBooks,2004.

• Rotner,Shelley,andGaryGoss.Where Does Food Come From? Minneapolis:MillbrookPress,2006.

• Shaffer,JodyJ.,andDanMcGeehan.Bread Before the Store.Mankato,MN:TheChild’sWorld,2012.

• Thoennes,KellerK.From Apples to Applesauce. Mankato,MN:CapstonePress,2005.

• Thoennes,KellerK.From Maple Trees to Maple Syrup.Mankato,MN:CapstonePress,2005.

• Thoennes,KellerK.From Oranges to Orange Juice.Mankato,MN:CapstonePress,2005.

• Thoennes,KellerK. From Peanuts to Peanut Butter.Mankato,MN:CapstonePress,2005.

• Thoennes,KellerK. From Wheat to Bread.Mankato,MN:CapstonePress,2005.

• Waldherr,Kris. Harvest.NewYork:Walker&Co,2001.

• Yolen,Jane,andStemple,Heidi.Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaters. Northampton,MA:CrocodileBooks,2006.

Websites

Farmers’ Museum

http://www.harvestofhistory.org/index.html

Thissiteallowsstudentstosearchanddiscoverthedifferencebetweenfoodproductioninthe1860sandtoday.Studentscanalsocreateavideofromclipsonthewebsitetodemonstrateknowledge.

Grain Chain

http://www.grainchain.com/home.html

TheGrainChainsitecontainsresourcesforteachersandstudents,fromlessonplanstogamestovideos.

4-H Virtual Farm

http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualfarm/wheat/wheat.html

ProvidesinformationaboutawheatfarminVirginia.Studentscanlistentoseveralpodcastsandreadinforma-tionaboutwheatfarming.

University of Illinois Extension

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/food/siteindex.cfm

Thissimpleanimatedsiteexplainsfooddistributionandgoesintoseveralspecificfoods.

Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts

http://www.pitt.edu/%7Edash/folktexts.html#f

Thissiteprovideslistsoffolktalesbysubject.

Web Resource Links for Seed Crop Activities

http://www.meade.k12.sd.us/PASS/Pass%20Adobe%20Files/March%202007/BloomsTaxonomyQuestionStems.pdf

ThiswebpagecontainsBloom’sTaxonomyQuestionStems.

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm

Atabledisplaysquestionstartersandpotentialactivitiesandproducts.

http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy

ThisresourceprovicesanintroductiontothenewtermsusedinBloom’sTaxonomy.

Links for Teaching Website Evaluation

Using the Web

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/usingweb/g6-8.html

ThissiteexplainstheprocessofaGooglesearchanddelvesintoevaluatingasourcebylookingforthesite’spurpose,whocreatedit,andtheimportanceofcheckingfactsagainstanothersource.

Best Practices and Evaluation (sponsored by the University of Illinois)

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/rtrieger/evalwebsites.htm

RebeccaTrieger,thecreatorofthesite,providesavarietyofsitesforteacherstoconsiderusingwithstudentsbasedongradelevelanddesiredoutcomes.

Harvesting Questions About Bread:

A Library Research ExperienceDescribe the piece of bread. Include what you see, feel, and taste.

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Read Bread Before the Store by Jody Shaffer and write answers to your questions.

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Evaluating Sources Listyoursourcesandevaluate.

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