Brief Description: In small groups, children play word games to build new connections between farming, food, land, people and themselves. Children Learn to write poetry about the connections.
Level: Grades 3-12
Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics
Teaching Time (est): 2 sessions. Session 1 = 1hr. Session 2=30-45min.
c. 2003 Project, Food, Land and People
Suggested Materials for Students:
- Wildlife Concepts Imagination Book from The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Educator Resources).
- Going Pro. (2003, April 11). Scholastic Math, Retrieved from Primary Search database (INFOhio).
Books (available at most public and school libraries):
- Fleming, Denise. (1994). Barnyard banter. New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN: 0-8050-1957-X
- Fleming, Denise. (2006). The cow who clucked. New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN: 978-0-8050-7265-5
- Guest, C. Z. (2000). Tiny green thumbs. New York: Hyperion Books for Children. ISBN: 0-7868-0516-1
