Once again, the power of Facebook connections and the willingness of generous educators to share a bit of themselves became a wonderful resource that is now available for teachers to explore with their students.
I asked a simple question, “What’s in your Fridge?” I got 21 fridges from around the world, an unbeatable multicultural gastronomic richness.
Here are some ideas to work with such a wonderful fridge collection:
– In my case, I asked my students to identify my fridge and to tell me why they thought it was mine.
– I also asked them to identify which fridges were Brazilian (many of my friends contributed to it), but you can also ask about other nationalities and even prepare a quiz with how many fridges are from Europe, North America, South America, etc…
– You can explore the people behind those fridges. What kind of lives they have, how many people there are in the house. Powerful storytelling opportunity.
– Students can compare different fridges, saying how different or similar they are. The teacher can explore with the whole group if there are significant differences in the fridges related to different cultural backgrounds or not.
This is just the starting point, because, in fact, I needed those fridges to practice count and non-count expressions related to food, but the opportunity for critical thinking and going beyond was simply unmissable with all this Facebook collaborative effort.
Any other ideas for such wonderful classroom material?
If you need to know where the fridges come from, let me know. I’d be more than glad to share the information with you.
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