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Title:
| Pioneer Life: Food |
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Description:
| These sites have information about the types of food the pioneers ate and how they prepared and preserved their meals. Includes recipes for johnnycakes, brown sugar candy, snow ice cream, and molasses cake. Also includes some recipes for Native American and early African American dishes. There are links to eThemes Resources on pioneer life and Westward expansion. |
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Grade Level:
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Resource Links:
| PBS: Frontier Life
This PBS site explains what the settlers ate and how they prepared their food. This site is dedicated to the popular TV show. Watch the video diaries to hear about the challenges of living as a pioneer. Click on "Resources" for lesson plans.
The Food Timeline
This is an extensive timeline with links to recipes and information about popular food from different years. NOTE: Teachers should double-check the external links that they want to share with students.
Food
This page describes four different plants that the settlers used or ate. Includes pictures and short descriptions.
ThinkQuest: Pioneers
This student-created site has information about pioneer cooking and utensils. From the pioneer home page, scroll down and click on "Cooking" to find out more and to read recipes.
ThinkQuest: Food of the 19th Century
Learn more about the type of food eaten by pioneers. Also includes some recipes.
Missouri Department of Conservation: Food on the Frontier
This article explains the types of food the early settlers ate. There is also descriptions of early cooking methods, food preservation techniques, and a description of fire building.
Missouri Department of Conservation: Frontier Foods
This site has recipes for frontier food that was eaten by Missouri pioneers.
Missouri Department of Resources: Gooseberries
Find out how you can prepare gooseberries in recipes.
ThinkQuest: Pioneer Food
This site has recipes for making pioneer dishes, including snow ice cream, molasses taffy, and brown sugar candy.
Heritage Gateway: Recipes
This site has several recipes for common pioneer food, including cornmeal pie.
Heritage Gateway: Cooking: Pioneer Ways of Preparing and Cooking Meat
This page describes how pioneers cooked various kinds of meat. Includes some recipes.
Heritage Gateway: Cooking: Bread: The Staff of Life
This page explains different types of bread the pioneers ate. Includes some recipes at the bottom.
Heritage Gateway: Cooking: Cakes/Cookies
According to this site, cake was a luxury for early settlers. This page gives recipes for different types of cakes.
ThinkQuest: Cooking History
This student-created site explains the history of African American cooking and includes recipes.
Native American Recipes
This site lists several Native American recipes that you can try.
The Life of Early Pioneers
Read about the challenges pioneers faced in growing and preparing their food.
eThemes Resource: Westward Expansion: Pioneers of the Frontier
These sites focus on the American westward expansion during the 1800s. Includes information about the men, women, and children who came West. Learn about Kit Carson, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, and more. There is a Missouri Heritage video about Westward expansion.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.2, 1.3, 1.7, 1.9, 1.10, 3.8, 4.2, 4.3, 4.6, 4.7, 3, 6, 7, 2, 4, 5, 6
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