Food & Stories

This unit is an invitation to reflect on the magic that comes from the small, everyday moments we share around a table, in the garden, in the kitchen and storytelling with loved ones. What can we learn about ourselves through the food we share? The stories we tell at meals? Why this recipe? Why this ingredient? Learners will reflect on their intrinsic and inherited cultural identity through the everydayness of sharing a meal with family members and begin to see themselves as storytellers. By exploring a variety of multimodal forms of storytelling like drawings, recipes, and oral stories, we hope to provide young people with authentic opportunities to narrate the richness of their own lives and family history.