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Grade 6 · Unit 3 · Comunicación en AcciónComida y Cultura
Comida y Cultura
Food and Culture
Food as heritage: family recipes, regional dishes, authentic menus and cooking videos — read, discussed, and cooked (at least once).
Unit objectives
- Present a dish with origin and meaning
- Follow an authentic simple recipe video
- Discuss food traditions in their own family
- Read real menus and food blogs for gist
Can-Do targets
- I can explain a dish’s story, not just its taste.
- I can follow a real cooking video in Spanish.
- I can discuss my family’s food traditions.
Vocabulary scope
el ingrediente, el platillo, típico, la tradición culinaria, se prepara, se sirve, el sabor, auténtico, la receta de la abuela
How this unit builds
The food thread (K snacks → Grade 2 meals → Grade 4 restaurant) culminates in food as cultural text — interpretive work on fully authentic materials.
Planned lessons
What this unit will contain
Lessons are produced in the same fully interactive format as Kindergarten — flashcards with audio, games, listening tasks, and take-home activities — and will unlock here as they are finished.
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Lesson 1Platillos con historia — dishes with stories
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Lesson 2La receta auténtica — cooking video
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Lesson 3En mi familia — our food traditions
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Lesson 4IPA: Comida y cultura
Cultural connection
The mole that takes three days
Oaxacan mole can take days and twenty ingredients — food as devotion. Every culture has its three-day dish; students find theirs and tell its story.