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ERIC Number: EJ595641
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0044-0728
Cooking Up a Learning Community with Corn, Beans, and Rice.
Howell, Nancy M.
Young Children, v54 n5 p36-38 Sep 1999
Describes using cooking as a vehicle for creating community among three culturally diverse classrooms of prekindergartners and third graders. Notes how the choice of corn, beans, and rice in the cooking exercise planted the roots of understanding, tolerance, and compassion, and an appreciation of diversity. (SD)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooking Instruction, Cultural Pluralism, Culturally Relevant Education, Culture, Culture Contact, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Food, Foods Instruction, Multicultural Education
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Corn; Rice