Food in Pakistan

Introduction

Did you know that one of the official languages of Pakistan is English? This Webquest wants to show you a little bit of the culture of this English speaking country, concretely, food and typical dishes from Pakistan. This country has a different food tradition and it would be interesting to expand our knowledge and see which kind of products and food they use to cook their famous dishes. 

 

This WebQuest has a lot of activities that will introduce you into this topic in a dynamic and funny way. In order to complete those activities, you will have to create groups of 3 or 4 people and carry out them colaboratively. Try to complete them and show the results to your teacher so that he/she can give you the consent to keep on doing the activities.

Keep in mind that English is the language we are going to use during the realization of these activities, try to use it as much as possible!

We want you to experiment, create, discover and overall enjoy learning!!

Task

In this section, you can find all the activities you will have to do in your groups. There is a brief description of each and the different materials and websites you may use to complete them.

Activity 1 Activity 2
Description
  • Each member of the group will have to create a free reproduction using the species as paint.
  • Search on the internet which  are the names of the species used. Read about them. You may use the web provided.
  • Write the name of the species used behind the painting
  • Search on the internet typical touristic places of the capital of Pakistan (Islamabad) and create a tour guide for 3 days.
  • Look for the most famous restaurants of those places and which kind of food they offer.
Materials and Websites

You have a detailed explanation on the Process section of this WebQuest!

Process

Remind: Before start doing the activities, READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY!

ACTIVITY 1

We are going to experiment with some typical food from Pakistan, this time we will not cook them, we will create art with it.

Firstly, each member of the group needs a white DIN A-4, brushes and a pen. Once, you have the material, you have to take the species and smell them. Can you notice the difference between them? Now, take these species and water and mix them as you want. There is no specific rule to use them, just be creative!

Once you have got your production, try to guess which species have you used, if you don't know them, search it on the internet and read the information provided. You have these websites that can help you:

Write the names of the species you used to create your piece of art behind the paper. 

Finally, give the production to your teacher, if she gives you the content, you can move on to the next activity!

ACTIVIY 2

Imagine you want to visit the capital of Pakistan (Islamabad),and you just have 3 days to see the most important things of the city and you want to eat the best dishes from the best restaurants as well. 

In groups, create a tour guide for 3 days. Although this activity is in group, each member of the group has to have her/his own tour guide.

This tour guide has to include:

- Different places of the city and a map of the location of those places

- The best restaurants of the city

- Typical dishes that those restaurants offer

Finally, give the production to your teacher!

Evaluation

Hand in all the activities to your teacher, she will give you the consent to keep on doing the other activities!

Conclusion

We hope you enjoyed doing these activities and overall, you learn a lot of the Pakistani culture! I'm sure you all could now cook a delicious dish and give a brief explanation of the ingredients and food used.

Thanks for using this Webquest!

Teacher Page
Activity 1Activity 2
Integrated AreasArt and CraftGeography
Learning objectives
  • To search information about one of the main ingredients of the Pakistani cuisine.
  • To read information about one of the main ingredients of the Pakistani cuisine
  • To analyse information about cultural aspects of Pakistan
  • To select appropriate information about the topic
  • To write a coherent and cohesinate text.
  • To read about cultural aspects of Pakistan.
  • To locate different places in a geographical zone.
Resources/websites