War and the Rise of the Cannery

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Essential Question: How have history, technology, and innovation shaped the foods we eat today?

Time: 1-2 class periods (depending on extension activities)

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Explain how new technologies changed the way food was preserved and transported.
• Describe how historical events contributed to the growth of Maine’s wild blueberry industry.
• Place important events in chronological order and explain how they are connected.
• Explain how history influences the foods we eat today.

Extension Activities/Resources

• Enhancing Our World
• Growing a Nation
• Recipe: Blueberry Grunt, Hardtack with Blueberries

Materials

• Reading: Before the Berries: Maine’s Glacial Past, People of the Dawn, The Colonists, War and the Rise of the Cannery, From Common Land to Commodity
• Handouts-Cause and effect timeline sheets
• Bag of frozen blueberries, or picture of a bag of frozen blueberries

MLR Standards

Social Studies: D.1, D.2

ELA: R.4, R.6, R.11, W.1, W.3, SL.1, SL.3, L.6