Assignment - Our Diverse Society

Below are some great sites to help you understand how food is connected to the world.

Diets differ for individuals. Food is prepared differently, and food has different meanings for different cultures.

  3. Which country has the best food?
  4. 22 Holiday Foods from across the Globe
  5. A list of National Dishes around the World

Required:

The Canada Food Guide is a general guide for healthy eating. However, Canada is a culturally diverse country where food means different things to people with different cultural backgrounds. Think about how your culture or another culture of interest, celebrates a special occasion with food. Use the links above to help you prepare your meal plan.

    1. What is the occasion?
    2. Why is it special?
    3. How is it celebrated with food?

Based on your culture or another culture of your choice, provide a detailed meal plan for a special occasion, and summarize the importance of the foods chosen and the connection to the your/another culture.

Submission

Use the "Our Diverse Society" link on the main page of this section of the course to upload your assignment to your teacher for marking.

Your assignment will be graded using the following rubric.

Knowledge of Diversity

Demonstrates sophisticated understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its food and special occasion.
4 points

Demonstrates adequate understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its food and special occasion.
3 points

Demonstrates partial understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its food and special occasion.
2 points

Demonstrates surface understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its food and special occasion.
1 point

Unacceptable.
0 points

Presentation/
Appearance

Presentation was very creative.  It contained excellent colour and detail.  Summary was excellent.
4 points

Presentation was creative.  It contained very good colour and detail.  Summary was detailed.
3 points

Presentation was good.  It contained colour and detail.  Summary was adequate.
2 points

Presentation lacked colour and detail.  Summary was unsatisfactory.
1 point

Unacceptable
0 points

Subject Knowledge

Demonstrates full knowledge (more than required) by presenting an excellent diverse and detailed meal plan.
4 points

Demonstrated an understanding of the expectations but fails to elaborate.
3 points

Does not demonstrate an understanding of the expectations so the answers fail to meet expectations.
2 points

Does not grasp the information and assignment does not demonstrate expectations.
1 point

Unacceptable
0 points

Mechanics

No misspellings or grammatical errors
4 points

No more than two misspellings and/or grammatical errors
3 points

Has three misspellings and/or grammatical errors.
2 points

Has four or more spelling errors and/or grammatical
l point

Unacceptable
0 points

Submit your responses to the questions in the online text box or attach a file to the assignment submission link.