American Jambalaya
Episode of the series The World on a Plate
The episode
One pot, four cultures. In Louisiana, Spanish cooks could not find the spice that makes paella yellow, so they used tomatoes and peppers; French, African and Native American cooking did the rest. <!-- jsonld-tags-v2.1 --> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "https://thebigchallenge.com/schemas/academy/episode", "@type": "Episode", "id": "the-world-on-a-plate_ep-02", "level": "A1-", "series": "the-world-on-a-plate", "tags": { "grammar": [ "be-affirmative", "present-simple", "there-is-are", "possessive-adjectives", "prepositions-place-time", "question-words" ], "vocabulary": [ "meals", "food-drinks", "cooking-verbs", "recipes" ], "culture": [ "usa-states" ], "curriculum_axes": [ "c3-child-and-wider-environment" ], "skills_targeted": [ "listening-comprehension", "vocabulary-building", "cultural-awareness" ] }, "seo_links": { "primary_cluster": "vocabulaire", "primary_slug": "recettes", "secondary_pages": [ { "cluster": "vocabulaire", "slug": "repas" }, { "cluster": "civilization", "slug": "etats-americains" } ], "keywords_fr": [ "jambalaya", "cuisine de Louisiane", "vocabulaire cuisine anglais" ], "cta_audience": "eleve" } } </script>
Episode worksheets (2)
- Student sheet In your teacher account
- Teacher sheet In your teacher account
Teaching guide
Objective & content
This A1- documentary presents Jambalaya, a rice dish from Louisiana, and explains how French, Spanish, African and Native American cooking came together in one pot. The script describes the "holy trinity" of onions, green peppers and celery, the two types (Creole and Cajun), and the Jambalaya Festival in Gonzales. The language focus is the present simple to describe how a dish is made, with there is and there are for the people of Louisiana and food and cooking vocabulary. The main skill is listening comprehension, then the in-app quiz.
Materials & prerequisites
- Student sheet and teacher sheet (PDF and HTML versions) from the episode's printables.
- Prerequisites: the verb be, basic food words and question words.
Curriculum alignment
Tagged to the cycle 3 (6e) axis "the child and the wider environment".
Possible adaptations
- Lower levels: Offer segmented listening and additional visual aids.
- Advanced levels: Encourage an oral summary and a debate in English on the theme.
- Large groups: Organise group work with differentiated roles.
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