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September 27, 2017 : Time for Tea

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers

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Activities:

1. Draw a lar ge teacup on a piece of paper. Paste newspaper words and pictures that illustrate something about tea around your teacup.

2. Conduct a survey about tea drinking among your friends and family members. Ask them what kind of tea they drink – how many different kinds or flavors. What is their favorite tea drink? What common preferences did you find?

3. In the newspaper, circle any ads – for stores or restaurants – that feature tea. What kinds of tea were advertised?

4. How are these important to your understanding of tea: (a) the Tea Act, (b) British East India Tea Company, (c) Shang dynasty and (d) tea ceremony?

5. Use the Internet to find different ways tea can be used in cooking. Then design a meal that uses some tea - related food for each course: entrée, side dish, dessert and drink. Use these sites: https://www.teatulia.com/cooking-with-tea.htm and http://www.delish.com/cooking/g841/tea-food-recipes/?slide=2

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them.

This week's standard:
Students understand factors that influence food choices, e.g. culture and personal experience. (Health: Nutrition)

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)

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