1. Analyze the geography of countries in Central and South America.
2. Determine how the climate of these countries influenced the culture of the people.
3. Recognize how geography affects the food that is grown and eaten in a specific locale.
4. Research and identify foods that are part of the culture of Central and South American countries.
5. Describe the relationship of food to the Latin American culture (specific Latin American countries).
Latin America +
OR your country name +
OR Caribbean +
food recipes
cuisine spices
plants fiestas
festivals
Name of food + recipe
Climate + food + (country)
EXAMPLE:
Caribbean spices
Latin American plants
Food of Brazil
Brazilian recipes
Tamale recipe
Bolivian festivals and culture
http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blindex.htm#below
Contains links to countries of the world. For some of the countries, click through until you see a link for "plants." Those links will tell you some information about plants that are grown for food.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
This Library of Congress page has links t to countries worldwide. Many of the links take you to other pathfinders or links. Be patient, you might have to click through a few pages to get what you want but there is a vast amount of great information hers in our Nation's library.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
This site provides a variety of information about every country in the world.
http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/food_and_drink/countries_and_cultures/
Links to the food and drink of many cultures including Mexico, Cuba and Chile
http://expedition.bensenville.lib.il.us/CentralAmerica/Guatemala/recipes.htm
http://www.studentbmj.com/back_issues/0699/data/0699l5.htm
Provides some background information about Bolivian culture for travelers.
http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/south_america/bolivia/index.php
Has links to food and festivals of Bolivia
http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/south_america/
Links to food and festivals of othe South American countries.
http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/central_america_and_caribbean/
Links to food, festivals and more of some Caribbean nations.
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/hpages/asiapage/hispanola.html
Links to food, geography and much more of Haiti and the Dominican Republic
http://www.adventure-life.com/chile/chile_food.php
A bit of information about food of Chile, with links to some other Latin American countries.
http://www.lkwdpl.org/lhs/foreignfoods/
This site, prepared for a Gourmet Foods class contains links to many Latin American resources.
http://www.sallys-place.com/food/ethnic_cusine/ethnic_cusine.htm
Links to food and drink of many countries + much more!