The Origin and History of Chocolate

All Groups -  Reading an Explanation

Resource: The origin and history of chocolate by Jo Rogers  

(Read About, Think About Book 2)

WALT read and understand how an explanation is written. (Structure and language features used in writing explanations)

Knowledge Questions: Learn

1. What does the word ‘chocolate’ mean and from where did the word originally come? The word come from two Mayan words meaning “ warm drink”
2. From which people does the legend of the prophet bringing the cacao seeds from paradise come? The Aztec people.
3. When was chocolate produced in large amounts? In the early  19th century.

Comprehension Questions: Learn, Create, Share

  4.    What is the difference between cacao and cocoa? The cacao is a dark substance seeds and the cocoa is the edible version.

  5.    In your own words describe how the cacao bean was introduced to Spain.

The spanish people and the mexicans were at war.The spanish won so then they took over the mexicans. As the mexicans had cacao beans there.

  6.    Describe London’s attitude to chocolate during the 18th century. Upload your description to your individual blog after conferencing with the teacher.

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London’s attitude to chocolate was fashionable.

Application Questions: Learn, Create, Share

  7.   Give another instance of food originating in one country and then spreading in popularity across the world? How may this have happened? Upload your explanation to your individual blog after conferencing with the teacher.

The k.f.c:

k.f.c was brought up in kentucky and in my way i think the chiefs from kentucky went around the world to make more money.

  8.   Chocolate is a Mayan word. Name five foods that have names coming from different

        cultures or countries other than your own. Upload your answer to your individual

        blog after conferencing with the teacher.

Pancakes: In Samoa there pancakes are round shaped, called Panikeke.

Curry:From India

Pizza:Italy

French Toast: French