Chocolate can fit into a wide variety of subjects to augment teacher lesson plans.  View the Additional Resources page for even more ideas.

Health & Nutrition
Use chocolate bar wrappers to spark a discussion of Food Facts and nutrition labeling issues. 

Media Literacy
Use chocolate to discuss with children the effects of advertising. 

• View the Mars Company's commitment to not market to children under 12.  http://www.mars.com/global/Who+We+Are/Commitment/Mars+marketing+commitments.htm
• Media Literacy Toolkit  http://medialiteracytoolbox.com/food-marketing-nutrition-p-85.html
  

Economics
Use the chocolate industry to explore issues of commodities and  globalization.  Additionally, create samples businesses to teach children the basics of small business ownership.

• All About Chocolate http://www.zchocolat.com/wswu/wswu.asp?id=h_economy&idb=h_
• Students Introduce Kids to Chocolate Business http://media.www.thetraveleronline.com/media/storage/paper688/news/2004/03/25/News/Students.Introduce.Kids.To.Chocolate.Business-640541.shtml

English & Literature
The Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

• http://www.roalddahl.com/

History
Chocolate is a food native to the New World.  Show how the history of chocolate ties in with the colonization and industrialization of the Americas.

• 18th Century Chocolate  http://www.georgewashingtonwired.org/2008/09/25/18th-century-chocolate-yum/
• The Field Museum's History of Chocolate  http://www.fieldmuseum.org/Chocolate/history.html

Science
Discover how chocolate is made and its chemical properties.

• Making Chocolate http://www.fieldmuseum.org/CHOCOLATE/making.html
• Science of Chocolate http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/exploring_chocolate/index.html