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Task:

 Students prepare a complete 3 course Roman meal for family and friends. They will do research on Roman foods and eating habits, find recipes, do their own shopping, prepare and serve the meal themselves, and do the clean-up.

 In the course of this project, students will also prepare a portfolio documenting its process.

The portfolio includes  

• Recipes with shopping list (20)
• Photos (5), or Video 1 min.) showing the student shopping, cooking, serving, eating, and cleaning up (25)
• Parent & guest evaluations    (25)
• Self-evaluation of student, 50 words( "I liked …", "I learned …", etc.  (10)
• Menu (with Latin names & descriptions of meals)(10)
• Invitation in Latin (10)

The recipes need to be genuinely Ancient Roman and must be approved by the teacher.

Parental Evaluation Form (to be filled out and signed by a parent) (10):

Name of student: ______________________ Date of meal: _____________________
  

Name of parent: _______________        Signed: _____________________
 

Guest Evaluation Form  (15):
  (if more than one guest, forms need to be collected and averaged by parent)

Name of student: ______________________ Date of meal: _____________________

How would you evaluate the 3 courses of the meal? Please include in your evaluation flavor, and appearance of food, as well as service.
 

Name of guest: _______________        Signed: _____________________
 

graphic source: http://www.roma2000.it/zmonum2.html

created by Joachim Körner, November 6, 2002