How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World
From Reading Rainbow · 1996
28 minK1st2nd3rdReading & Writing (ELA)Social Studies
Summary
Marjorie Priceman's picture book sends a girl around the world collecting ingredients for a simple apple pie — wheat from Italy, eggs from France, cinnamon from Sri Lanka. LeVar Burton explores world geography through the food on our plates.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A girl discovers that making one apple pie involves ingredients from six different countries.
- Name two countries the girl visits and what ingredient she collects there.
- Why can't the girl just go to the store to get her ingredients?
- Look at a food label at home. Where does that product come from?
- How does global trade connect us to people in other parts of the world?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: ingredient, geography, import, trade, continent.
Try it: Draw a blank world map and mark three countries where common foods come from (e.g. Brazil → coffee, France → bread). Write the food next to each country.