Cooking With Context:
Grades 7-12 Foods Classes
Lesson: The Story Behind Your Chicken Strips
A digestible course on local poultry, animal welfare, and the journey from farmer to consumer, to satiate your stomach and mind. We won't leave you hungry! We cater to your needs by including recipe books and chicken for you and your students to cook a delicious meal. Have we whet your appetite? For starters, look at what we're serving below to broaden your students' palate for consumer conscientiousness.
Cooking demonstration is not included in the presentation. Schools are responsible for providing all other ingredients required for the recipe.
Key Objectives:
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Cooking with Context is an advanced presentation, designed to deepen students' understanding of their role as a consumer in society. Farmer Amanda will introduce your class to the following:
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Being a conscious consumer and shopper: learn about the labels you see in the grocery store, Canadian food standards, and how to recognize targeted and misleading marketing.
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Poultry industry food chain: learn about the people and jobs that are responsible for the food we eat; the relationship between farms, processors, and retailers, and the government.
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Supply Management: learn how the government works with farmers to maintain stability in the market; ensuring farmers are paid fairly and the price of chicken stays affordable.
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Canadian farming standards and practices: learn about animal welfare in Canada, why raising healthy chicken is so important to farmers, and what farms do to protect their bird.
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What to expect:
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Farmer Amanda will visit one class per block, delivering a presentation adjusted to the grade and length of each class. The presentation will close with an interactive activity, requiring students to work in groups using a phone or laptop.
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She will need access to a projector and wall outlet, and if available, a clicker.
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At the end of the presentations, one student from each group will need access to a laptop or phone for the activity.
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In addition to the presentation, we will provide chicken for you to cook with your class. A cooking demonstration is NOT included in the presentation.
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Refrigerated chicken will need to be received and stored upon arrival.
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If you would like the chicken to arrive frozen, you will need to make a specific request.
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Poultry in Motion presentation days require a minimum participation from three blocks. We ask teachers to collaborate when creating the presentation schedule to ensure a full day of presentations is scheduled (template will be provided).
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If you do not have three food blocks in a school day, see our Hybrid booking. This option allows schools to book multiple presentation types in one day, meeting the minimum required participation.
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Cooking with Context dates are limited. Before requesting a booking,
please make sure you meet the requirements above.
Choose a Recipe
Each class will prepare Crispy Chicken Sliders or Popcorn Chicken from the chicken provided at the end of the presentation. Recipes can be found below, or in the Student Cookbook.
Classes will be asked to send pictures of their completed meal.
*Please note that the pictures will be used online, so they should focus solely on the completed project. To protect the privacy of students, please do not include faces or names in your pictures or review.
