How+to+Make+an+Apple+Pie+and+See+the+World+Reinforcing+Activity

**  **D. Analyze ways that transportation and communication relate to patterns of settlement and economic activity.**
 * How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World Reinforcing Activity:

Read the book, //How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World//, aloud to the students. After the book is finished, write a list on the board of the ingredients presented in the book that are needed to make an apple pie as well as the locations the ingredients came from. Display a map of the world for the students to see. Then have student volunteers come up to the map and mark the various ingredient locations mentioned in the book.  Discuss the following questions with the students:  What do you think this book is trying to tell the reader?  Why do certain regions have and specialize in different goods?  Why do you think North American companies import, or bring in, ingredients from other countries ? 
 * Can you think of something that is made up of things from around the world? **

 Next, ask the students to get into groups of three or four. Have the students come up with a type of food that is made up of several ingredients. Have the students try their best to create a list of the ingredients found in their food product of choice. For example, hot pockets: wheat, flour, cheese, pepperoni, green pepper, garlic, salt, and milk. Next, give each student a map of the world. Have the students use colored pencils to mark the areas of the world in which they think the ingredients for the food may come from. After, have each group present their food, ingredients and maps to the class. Have the students explain why they think the certain ingredients for their food choice came from the areas that they stated.  Once the students have finished sharing their maps, discuss why North American companies import goods from other countries. Discuss the transportation of goods from other countries to North America.  Talk about the different forms transportation and how it relates to economic activity. Use the map and ask the students how they think the goods are transported to North America (by sea, land, air, etc.).

//Additional Questions:// What might happen to the economy in the Middle East if alternate fuel sources are mandatory for automobiles? Is there anything you can think of that is only made in the United States? 
 * Other Ohio Academic Social Studies Content Standards that this book may be used to teach: Economics**