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Making Chocolate: Intro to Packet

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg5ed8LfR08 What is the meat of the cacao called? How much is the fat content when it is cacao butter? What other ingredients are included? What is the last stage called? Were you surprised how industrial this process is?  Why or why not? Is Chocolate Good for Cote d'Ivoire ?  Establishing the Context.  

Cote d'Ivoire

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sQYL823m3DyzhGFL1lmW38cLH_0ps2weETGKVd8qSRw/edit?ts=5adfcb15#slide=id.g38dfe0fef4_1_20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3sTh-YNlg4 Where is Cote d'Ivoire? What are some of its major agricultural products? What is one thing you see about its culture? What is one other interesting thing you saw? Is Chocolate Good for Cote d'Ivoire?  Making Global Connections, our Hook into the DBQ. What was something new for you to think about today? What is something you hope to explore further in regard to Chocolate and the Ivory Coast?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNrczlaAMYI How much revenue does McDonald's make? How many countries have McDonald's? What percent of those restaurants are in the US? What percent of the world population eats McDonald's in a day? How many burgers per second are sold? How many Fries are sold? How many ingredients are in a McDonald's French Fry? One other interesting fact you found  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eDoit7CIdCZLRJNcTsePFxztDm5MG_YcPuAjAI7DuAk/edit Work with a partner(s) to research the agricultural questions from the Textbook.  
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https://geoguessr.com/maps/58d86e1770ee846b7c3b4498 Where are some places our food comes from? Let's Compare Our Diets to Places Around the World.  At your tables fill in a Venn Diagram comparing our  class results  and the "What I Eat Posters".  What are the similarities and differences you see?  You can also use your individual results as well. What is one similarity you found? What is one difference?
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https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/4da28626-e21c-4f15-b739-ea91ee4ee463
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https://www.factretriever.com/farming-facts Go to the site and browse it for 3 minutes. What are three facts you did not know before?   What is something you already knew about agriculture?    SOAPSTONE : Work in your groups to read, annotate and analyze the articles about agriculture. A Side of Grasshoppers Chemicals in our Food: What are They We Are What We Eat NAFTA: Trade Negotiations Swedish Urban Farm Smart Growth