To assemble the Food Around the World brochure, give a copy of both pages to each student. Have students place the two pages back-to-back and staple them together. Instruct them to fold the brochure into thirds along the dotted lines, making sure that page 1 is on top.

R id dle #1

This word means a personWho sells things that we buy,Like a shopkeeper or salesman.You can guess it if you try!

Ri ddle#3

Riddle #2

Word Bankcattle vendor sushi

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orld

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ays t

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the w

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wor

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own

favo

rite f

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. Peo

ple o

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eat p

lants

and

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at ca

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People often eat foods that are found where they live.

SouthA

mericaA

rgentina

Japan

Ind

ia

Asia

Europe

Australia

Africa

North

Am

erica

We all need to eat! But people

in different parts of the world eat

very different things. Let’s take a look at som

e ways that food is

the same and different all around

the world.

Every part of the world has its

own favorite foods. P

eople often eat plants and anim

als that can be found w

here they live. They have great w

ays of using foods that grow

close to home.

In North and South A

merica,

people eat with forks, knives, and

spoons. So do people in Europe and A

ustralia.P

eople in Japan and other

parts of Asia use tw

o sticks called chopsticks. They hold the chopsticks in one hand.

In parts of Africa, India, and

the Middle East, people eat w

ith their hands.

In some countries, people pick up food

with their fingers.

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# 1

This word m

eans a personW

ho sells things that we buy,

Like a shopkeeper or salesman.

You can guess it if you try!

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Ridd le#2

Word

Bank

cattlevendor

sushi

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Japan is an island country.

There is water all around it.

The people of Japan eat lots of

fish. One favorite dish is called

sushi. It is rice topped with raw

fish, vegetables, or other food.

Sushi is made.

in bite-size pieces.It is eaten w

ith chopsticks.

Argentina is a country in South

Am

erica. It has lots of grassland. The land is good for raising cattle. P

eople in Argentina eat lots of beef.

Bananas grow in m

any countries in A

frica. You might eat bananas

raw, but people in A

frica cook them.

They even make banana soup!

Each country has favorite foods. But rice is eaten all over the w

orld! It is eaten at alm

ost every meal in

Japan. In m

any countries in South A

merica, people enjoy rice w

ith m

ilk. And in A

frica, people like rice cooked w

ith tomatoes. They also

enjoy seafood and peanut stew

poured over rice.

More beef is eaten in A

rgentina than in any other country.

Rice is eaten all over the w

orld.

This is a food vendor in North A

frica. He is

selling hot and cold food for people to eat.

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3 4

List three supporting details:

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Why do you think the map is included?

Food Around The World

What Is the Main Idea?

SouthAmerica

Argentina

JapanIndia

AsiaEurope

Australia

Africa

NorthAmerica

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