Explain that each group will plan a menu with at least five items for a religious ceremony celebrated by one of the religions featured in the photos.
Groups research religious food rituals.ĭirect students’ attention back to the Food Ritual photos, and reveal the religious celebration featured in each.
Ask: What food rituals do you observe and do they have any special meaning? If students struggle to provide responses, suggest thinking about times in their lives that mark an event, such as birthdays, different times of day (breakfast, lunch, dinner), holidays, etc.Ĥ. Many celebrations, both religious and non-religious, involve food rituals. Explain that each photo depicts a family’s religious celebration. Ask: Did different groups make different observations about the same photo? If so, why? Encourage a variety of responses. Have a class discussion about the similarities and differences between the observations made by groups with the same pictures. Define “food ritual” and discuss students’ personal food rituals. Have each group share their observations with the class before displaying the next photo.ģ. Ask students to think about who is seated, what items are on the table, and at what point in the meal they believe the people are. Have groups discuss what they think is going on in each picture. Display one photo at a time from the Food Rituals Photo Gallery, and have students discuss and analyze the photo with their group. Students analyze photos of food rituals in small groups.
Review the term “culture” with students, and ask how the vocabulary they just learned fits into the culture of each religious group.Ģ. Pre-teach the following vocabulary: Passover, seder, kosher, leaven, matzo, Easter, Maundy Thursday, Ramadan, suhoor, iftar, halal, Eid al-Fitr. Activate previous student knowledge about Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.Īsk students to share what they know about each of the three major religions that call Jerusalem home.
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