1. Healthy Role Modeling in Social Studies Classrooms

2. Including Nutrition Education

3. Nutrition Education in Social Studies - Preschool O Taste test foods from different cultures/countries O Exploring the role food plays in different cultures

4. Social Studies and Geography O Prepare and taste a food from another country O Compare cultural food trends to the United States’ MyPlate model.

5. Social Studies and Geography, cont. O Where does our food come from? O Our global economy: food production O Write a report on a country or culture, highlighting popular & traditional foods.

6. History O Research how foods were prepared, preserved and stored in the past. O Look at changes in portion sizes of popular foods in America.

7. Portion Size Activity

8. Including Physical Activity

9. Physical Activity in Social Studies - Preschool O Dance to cultural music and discuss what country that music is from. O Play a game from another country.

10. Let’s Play! O Multicultural games teach children to respect other lifestyles, cultures, and become curious about the places the games are played. O Pet the Elephant – a game for children from India

11. Physical Activity during Social Studies Class O Teach historical dates O Human timeline O Before or After O Mix and match O “Reenact” historical events and lifestyles O Cultural celebrations

12. More Physical Activity in Social Studies O When studying a country or culture, play that country’s most popular sport. O Write a report on a country or culture, highlighting favorite recreational activities and sports.

13. History & Geography Class O Talk about it… O When studying a country or culture, research the rules of a popular or traditional sport and play that sport as a class. O Write a report on a country or culture, highlighting favorite/traditional recreational activities & sports. O Research how a sport/activity has evolved through different stages of history.

14. History & Geography, cont. O …Then get moving! O Try traditional dances/sports O Make “Human Maps” O Make “Talking Human Timelines” O Play “Before or After” or “This or That”

15. Let’s Make a “Human Map”! O Includes “Tornado Alley” O One state in this time zone produces nearly half of U.S. grown fruits, nuts and vegetables! O Produces roughly 14% of all the oil produced in the United States O Home to the region called “New England” O Contains Grand Canyon National Park O Location of the CDC Headquarters O Became a state in 1959