Fernando M. Reimers et al.

4. Students will learn about the many uses of water (common values).

5. Students will study water—related poetry (arts) and write their
own.

6. Students will learn about the foods that people eat around the
world, both those that are different and those that are similar (di—
verse cultural perspectives).

7. Students will learn about the needs of plants (and maybe animals)
and how they differ from human needs (common values).

8. Students will read versions of the story “Stone Soup” from many
different countries and cultures.

Overview

In this unit, students learn about two of the universal human needs: water
and food. They learn about geography and the difference between salt
water and freshwater, about how other cultures access water, and about
what foods other people eat. They will compare the foods that they eat
with the foods that others eat, with the goal of making “foreign” foods
seem less foreign. Finally, they will examine different versions of the story
“Stone Soup.”

(In science class, students can learn about the makeup of water, the water
cycle, and other information about water. In order to learn about the wa—
ter cycle, students can use the following experiment: https://www3.epa.gov/
safewater/kids/ .)

ACtiVity 1.2.1

Freshwater versus Salt Water

The teacher asks students about the differences between oceans, rivers, and
lakes. On their maps, students color salt water dark blue and freshwater
light blue. They talk about the parts of the world that have less freshwater
than others. Students label the oceans on their maps.

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