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Driving Question: How does food insecurity impact culture and identity?
Food insecurity can change how people feel about themselves and their culture. When families don’t have enough food, they might not be able to cook the traditional meals that connect them to their culture. This can make people feel sad or like they are losing part of who they are. It can also affect how people celebrate holidays or family events. Learning about food insecurity helped me see how important food is for keeping culture and identity strong.
Dolo's Pizza Chef Visit
Dolo's Pizza Chef Visit
November 13th, 2024, during Chemistry and Art class, a Caribbean Pizza Chef came to visit the school, We learned about food in the Caribbean culture, and we split of into groups and made pizza dough and then we sampled some pizzas! That was fun! We even got to take the pizza dough home!
PBL Showcase - Ceramic Project
PBL Showcase - Ceramic Project
On January 16, 2025 We had a PBL showcase, and I presented my ceramics that I made for Dr. Kurt to my parents and other parents. I also liked what the other kids prepared and presented for their recipes card from World Literature class. We also did posters Ms. Wilson's geometry class. During the showcase, I told the parents and my parents about food in Columbian exchange.
Tessellation Place Mats (Geometry)
Tessellation Place Mats (Geometry)
For our project, I made a tessellation drawing. A tessellation is when shapes fit together without leaving spaces. I used my drawing to show how some communities don’t have enough healthy food. These places are called food deserts.
I connected this to hunger because when there are gaps in food access, people can’t get what they need. My drawing helped me think about how everyone should have the same chances to get food, like how the shapes in a tessellation are all connected.
This made me see that art can help tell stories about problems like hunger and how we can work to fill the gaps in our communities.
Recipe Card- World Literature
Recipe Card- World Literature
Me, Marielle, Jada, London, and Chrisette made a cake based on where were from. We are all from Georgia. For our project, my group made a recipe called Peachy Pecan Delight Cake. We started by talking about foods we eat at home and in our culture. I picked peaches and pecans because they remind me of family gatherings and southern desserts. Other people in my group picked ingredients that were important to them too. It was fun to mix our ideas and create a new dish together.
We made a recipe card using Canva and even recorded a video where we talked about how identity and culture are different but connected. In the book Persepolis, we learned that identity is personal and sometimes people hide parts of their identity because of what’s happening around them. In our recipe, we showed how food is part of identity because the ingredients tell a story about where we come from and what’s important to us.
Making this project helped me feel proud of my culture and learn more about my friends' cultures too. It made me realize that even simple things like cake can tell a story about who we are.
Hemisphere Cook-off (World History)
Hemisphere Cook-off (World History)
For World History, I cooked the food for the Columbian exchange, I did southern hemisphere. As you see on the left, I made Candied Yams.
In the Columbian Exchange, yams, particularly from Africa, were a significant part of the transatlantic slave trade. They were a vital food source for enslaved Africans transported across the Atlantic, and in the US, yams were often substituted with sweet potatoes due to their absence in the New World. Yams were also an important symbol of abundance and fertility in some African cultures, with tubers representing prosperity.
No Mas/High Museum Field Trip (Culminating Event)
No Mas/High Museum Field Trip (Culminating Event)
On January 17, 2025 the day after the PBL showcase, the whole 10th grade went on a field trip to the High Museum Of Art, at the museum. Dr. Kurt gave us a scavenger hunt to look for all of the stuff in the museum.
For lunch we went to No Mas! Cantina to eat some delicious Mexican food to experience hispanic food to explore food from different cultures. As you see on the left I got a Chicken Quesadilla. It was fun, and the food was good!
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