Cross-Curricular Connections

Fish Cheeks

Click on the link below to learn more about the country of China and its recent economic growth.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/asian.superpower/

In the story, the narrator is embarrassed about the strange food that her family serves the minister and his family. Click on the link below to learn more about the traditional role of food in Chinese culture.

http://ethnomed.org/ethnomed/cultures/chinese/chinese_food.html