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Fast food frolics: Students will research nutritional guides from local fast food restaurants. Based on this research, students will compare menus for nutritional values and create healthy and unhealthy meal advertisement posters.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Healthful Living); By Lisa Pastor.

Opening an Hispanic restaurant: This lesson focuses on vocabulary and currency associated with food, restaurants, and menus. Students conduct research to create an authentic menu with a companion recipe books. The lesson culminates in short presentations and food samples.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Susan Canipe.

Reading and chatting: In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 16; Most Southeast Asians use woven mats somewhere in their homes, often as decorative floor coverings, but also sometimes as spaces for eating or sleeping. Mats essentially pre-date most forms of furniture in Southeast Asia, and they were originally all woven...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Favorite restaurant database: Students will be able to show their ability to independently create a database.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Computer/Technology Skills); By Elizabeth Everitt.

Restaurant sign showing crossed fork and spoon: A light blue restaurant sign shows a crossed black fork and spoon inside a circle with a white arrow pointing to the eating establishment. The sign is suspended from the side by a pole and blue sky and clouds are visible in the background. While rice farmers...; Format: image/photograph

A cafe near the tobacco market, Durham, North Carolina: A café, whose windows label it as the Farmers Cafe -- Quick Lunch, has separate entrances labeled "White" and "Colored."; Format: image/photograph

Street scene near bus station in Durham, North Carolina: Three white women approach a building with a sign "Southern Dairies Ice Cream." The entrance they are approaching is labeled "White Ladies Only."; Format: image/photograph

French fries up and down: The students will get hands-on practice working with patterns and translating them to numerical sequences. This lesson reaches visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners all at the same time.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics); By Annie Nesbitt.

Working with matrices: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.8; In this lesson, students use matrices to organize sets of data.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics); By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.

Mosque in Ellora, India: This is a mosque in Ellora, India. It is white and tall, rising above the surrounding buildings. It is covered by a large white dome and punctuated by several arches. The street, which is paved with large, flat slabs of gray stone, rises up to meet the entrance...; Format: image/photograph

Marpha, Nepal: A narrow pathway between houses in Marpha, Nepal. Two porters and one tourist stand on the path. Marpha is home to many Thakali, an ethnic group once active in the salt trade from Tibet and across the mountains in western Nepal. Since the decline of the historical...; Format: image/photograph

Hanoi woman laughing with toothpick in her mouth: A middle-aged Hanoi woman, standing in a storefront, is laughing with a toothpick in her mouth. Her hair is parted in the middle and tied back. She is wearing a dark, long-sleeved blouse with covered front buttons. The woman photographed is most likely a shopkeeper...; Format: image/photograph

Preparing the meal with a smokeless wood-stove: A woman wearing a saari stands behind a raised earthen wood stove. It is a smokeless stove, introduced as an improvement on the traditional earthen stove which generates a lot of smoke inside the kitchen and the house. Kitchen work is usually carried out by...; Format: image/photograph

Side Street Pizza & Pasta in Tryon, NC: This is Side Street Pizza & Pasta in Tryon, North Carolina. It is a favorite dining destination for those inside and outside of the county.; Format: image/photograph

Vegetable market in Tlaquepaque, Mexico: Close-up shot of cabbages and radishes for sale. Tlaquepaque is a small town outside of Guadalajara. Traditionally, it was the rural retreat of the wealthy. Today, it is an artist community that is popular among tourists looking for traditional Mexican crafts....; Format: image/photograph

Glass blowing in Tlaquepaque, Mexico: A craftsman blows glass through a long metal tube. He is rolling the glass on a thick sheet of metal. Tlaquepaque is a small town outside of Guadalajara. Traditionally, it was the rural retreat of the wealthy. Today, it is an artist community that is popular...; Format: image/photograph

Glass-blowing artists at work in Tlaquepaque, Mexico: Two craftsmen work around a small forge. They are using traditional methods to work glass. Tlaquepaque is a small town outside of Guadalajara. Traditionally, it was the rural retreat of the wealthy. Today, it is an artist community that is popular among tourists...; Format: image/photograph

Glass for sale in Tlaquepaque, Mexico: Several large, clear glass jars are on display. The jars appear to be hand-blown. Numerous cardboard boxes surround the jars. Tlaquepaque is a small town outside of Guadalajara. Traditionally, it was the rural retreat of the wealthy. Today, it is an artist...; Format: image/photograph

Plaza stalls in Tlaquepaque, Mexico: A vendor refills his stall with bottles of coca-cola. Several other stalls sit nearby, selling various products. A few pedestrians approach the line of stalls. Tlaquepaque is a small town outside of Guadalajara. Traditionally, it was the rural retreat of the...; Format: image/photograph

Public plaza in Tlaquepaque, Mexico: A stone grandstand sits in the middle of a large plaza. In the foreground a man sells multi-colored balloons. Several people and walking around the plaza. Tlaquepaque is a small town outside of Guadalajara. Traditionally, it was the rural retreat of the wealthy....; Format: image/photograph

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