Aaron Lloyd’s Literature Lesson Plan

Name:​ Aaron Lloyd Book Title:​ Everybody Cooks Rice ​Grade Level:​ K - 2

Anti-Bias:

This book helps the children to understand that just like rice can be made in many

different ways and be good, so can people. People come from many different cultures that

will be different than yours, but just because they are different doesn’t make them bad.

Objectives:

The object of this lesson is to relate differences in culture and ethnicity with how rice can

be different depending on how it is prepared. This should be a simpler concept for the

students to comprehend.

Michigan Common Core:

http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-28753_64839_65510---,00.html

 Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.4​ - ​Describe people, places, things, and events with

relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

Social Studies:

1 – G4.0.1​ - Use components of culture (e.g., foods, language, religion, traditions) to

describe diversity in family life.

Technology:

PK-2.RI.1​. - Interact with Internet based resources

One extension Activity:

After reading the story we will open up discussion on what we learned and/or found

interesting. Discuss the differences between the dishes and cultures and if we may think

of why they are different. As the discussion starts to slow, redirect to discuss where we

think these cultures are on Earth. We then can make a list of where the dishes from the

book came from and any additional that were brought up in the discussion. The class will

discuss which ones they think have traveled the farthest to get to the United States. We

will then open google maps and see where these cultural dishes came from and how far.

Materials:

Internet

TV/Projector/Smart Board

Whiteboard & Marker

Introduction:

“Ok class now that we have discussed these dishes and cultures origins, which one do

you think traveled the farthest? How about the shortest? Let’s rank them from farthest to

nearest. Then will check on the map and see how close we are!”

Procedures:

Guide the discussion to allow all points of views and questions to be discussed. Make a

list on the whiteboard of all the cultural origins of the dishes form the book and any

additional that were brought up in class. Rank them by farthest to shortest distance away
from United States, based on majority. They open up the internet and use Google Maps to

locate the origins and record how far away they are and document on the list on the white

board.

Accommodations:

For any student that is knowledgeable about their culture and/or cultural dishes, allow

them to explain to the class with firsthand experience.

For any student that doesn’t know what their culture or is unsure, ask them to explain

some dishes that they make or have at special occasions to help get an idea.

If students are unsure of what some of the ingredients are from the book we can also look

them up on the internet to get a better understanding.

Assessment:

We will assess the students understanding by observation of their listening, participation,

and discussion with the class.

Closure:

Upon getting ready to close this lesson, go around the room and ask the students to share

which dish they most want to try and the most interesting thing the learned from this

lesson.

Extension/Homework:

Have the students at home ask about a family recipe or dish related to their culture that

includes rice, where it originated from, if they have ever had it and write down its name,

the recipe, origin. They will bring this back to class to share and discuss with the class.
We can even look the origins up on Google Maps like we did for the lesson the day

before.