Creating culinary arts lesson plans can be tricky when you are a busy teacher! Whether you are a professional chef or a transitioning teacher, creating a new lesson plan for every day of the school year can be a challenge. We have ready-made, no-prep lessons for middle and high school students that will help you introduce each topic before students begin cooking. Each lesson can be taught through google classroom or with PowerPoint presentations and include student handouts in both formats. Presentations and worksheets are a great way to fill your course so you have enough materials for the school year.
For instance, providing instruction and background knowledge of types of knives, knife cuts, and knife safety when teaching a topic like knife skills can be a better way to give students a complete lesson rather than jumping into having students cut veggies and fruit. Teaching meats in culinary arts and family and consumer science can seem boring to the students, but there are ways to make it interesting. There are so many unique facts about poultry that can hook your students and pique their interest, and some good videos to help reinforce the basics.
Organizing your lessons this way ensures you have an anticipatory set to set the stage for your culinary class and an assessment to check for understanding.
Here is another example of how you can set up a lesson on teaching a topic like poultry.
Begin with a hook or anticipatory set to get your students thinking about the topic that you are about to teach. Using bell ringers or bell ringer journals is a great way to establish a classroom routine and start your class each day.
-Turkeys are originally from the Americas and were not introduced to Europe and Asia until the Age of Exploration and the Columbian Exchange in the 1500s. The indigenous people of America were cooking a turkey for centuries before the rest of the world!
-Chicken is the most sustainable meat option. Free-range chickens are one of the most sustainable and ethical choices of meat. Free-range chicken farming leaves a very small footprint on the planet and is super tasty.
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1- Show a video of Chicken Fabrication- Show a video on how to butcher a chicken. We made one in our kitchen, and it shows the step-by-step process of chicken fabrication. Students benefit from seeing how the chicken is whole and what each portion looks like.
Our full no-prep poultry lesson downloads right into your Google Drive. It includes a slideshow, questions, a web quest, and more! We also have other meat lessons, including beef, fish, and more! The visuals and scaffolding in a lesson like this can also help your special education students.
A Poultry 101 video is a great way to introduce or review poultry basics and culinary techniques with your students. The USDA is a great reference for teaching meats as a government organization. The WebQuest in our lesson has students looking at the USDA website to answer questions.
We have a scope and sequence for a year-long course that can help you set up and prepare for your school year. It also includes a semester-long intro to Culinary, Culinary 1, and advanced Culinary arts class pacing guides.
Want to avoid all the planning and spend time with your family and friends? We also have a growing bundle of instructional materials if you want to skip all the planning.
Do you need detailed lesson plans for an Intro to Culinary semester course? Check out our full semester curriculum, which includes assessments, editable lesson plans, and activities. These are great for Prostart teachers, home economics, family consumer science, and foods teachers.
