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A Children’s Taste of African Heritage Teacher Resources

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Videos & photos for lessons 4-7

Lesson 4 (Whole Grains)

4-1: How West Africans pop sorghum for a snack (2 ½ minutes)
4-2: How Injera is made (4 minutes)
4-3: How Senegalese chef Pierre Thiam cooks fonio and explains how many popular foods in the South came from Africa (2 ½ minutes)

Lesson 5 (Beans and Rice)

5-1: Clifford Owusu’s song “Your Jollof” (4 minutes)

5-2: Sweetgrass baskets View 1 – View 2 – View 3

Lesson 6 (Tubers and Mashes)

6-1: Eating Fufu

6-1: Fufu with side dishes

Lesson 7 (Fruits, Vegetables and a Healthy Lifestyle)

7-1: Ackee

7-1: Ackee growing

7-1: African Horned Cucumber — Kiwano

7-1: Assorted bananas

7-1: Citrus

7-1: Coconut

7-1: Fruit and vegetable rainbow

7-1: Guava

7-1: Mango

7-1: Papaya

7-1: Passion Fruit

7-1: Pineapple

7-1: Star Apple

7-1: Starfruit

7-2: Baobab fruit

7-2: Baobab Trees

7-3: Michelle Obama and Sam Kess Planting in the White House Garden, 2009

7-3: Michelle Obama in the White House Garden, 2013

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Click the link to access a folder with promotional resources. You may use these photos and graphics to advertise your class.

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