Making Fry Bread

DESCRIPTORS

Curriculum Areas: Social Studies, Culture

Recommended Levels: Middle

Time Frame: 2 days (1-2 hours total)

Tribal Affiliation: Seminole Tribe

Geographic Location: Southeast

Developed by: Jessica Cohen, Leroy King, Renee Morales, Celesta Osceola, Lenora Roberts and Lee Zepeda

Email address for further questions: www.semtribe.com and tribune@semtribe.com

Date lesson was developed: July 27, 2001

American Indian Standards:

Social Studies

Standard 1: Culture

American Indian Foods

Standard 2.2: Products of Culture

Standard 5.2: Lifelong Learning

INSTRUCTION

Goal: To have students learn how to make Seminole fry bread.

Behavioral Objectives: Students will:

• Observe a guest speaker preparing Seminole fry bread
• Take notes of steps in making fry bread
• Prepare their own fry bread

Prior Knowledge Needed:

• Note taking skills
• Cooking safety skills
• Measuring skills

Materials and Resources Needed:

• Guest speaker
• Deep fryer
• Self-rising flour
• Water
• Bowl
• Two-prong fork
• Lard
• Pan
• Plates
• Napkins
• Measuring cups
• http://www.nativepeoples.com/np_features/np_recipes/winter97_recipe.html http://www.members.tripod.com/~shamm/food.htm http://www.seminoletribe.com/culture/food.shtml

Culture Content and Strategies:

• Learning how to make Seminole fry bread
• Listening to guest speakers
• Visiting various web sites (see materials and resources)

Lesson Summary and Performance Tasks:

Teacher will invite a guest speaker to show the preparation of Seminole fry bread. Students will observe and take notes of the steps in making fry bread. The following day, students will mimic the process and make their own fry bread.

Assessment:

• Participation
• Completed activity (teacher-made checklist)

EXTENSION

Technology Integration:

• Use digital camera to take pictures of each step of fry bread making
• Use a photo printer to print out digital pictures
• Locate and view various sites about Seminole food (see materials and resources)

Enrichment/Remediation:

Students will create a class book showing the recipe steps using the digital photos. Students can research other Seminole recipes to make and add to the class book.

Teacher Reflections

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