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Shang food

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Shang Dynasty Farming and Food

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Objectives

History

  • Children should undertake a depth study of The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China.

Design and Technology

  • Know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.

Lesson Planning

Describe ingredients. Devise a Shang recipe of your own using a selection of ingredients that the Shang farmers would have grown.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To make some food available in the Shang dynasty.
  • To explore raw ingredients and make some food.

Children will:

  • Describe the ingredients.
  • Devise a recipe of their own using a selection of ingredients.
  • Observe safe and hygienic cooking practices.
  • Learn to follow a recipe.

Provided Resources

  • Ingredients available to peasants in the Shang Dynasty’ sheet
  • Sample recipe template
  • Some additional recipes

You Will Need

  • Selection of ingredients
  • Cooking utensils
  • A kitchen

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