I decided to duck into the Parthenon Restaurant on Connecticut Avenue to see about having students watch the making of Baklava or allowing students to light cheese on fire while screaming Opah!Unfortunately these ideas were met with "we can serve you lunch." So instead of an anticipated hands-on experience I must realize that this would be simply a trip to eat at a restaurant which is hard to justify...unless it topped off a day of visiting St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Cathedral on Massachusetts Avenue (see Field Trip #28).
But the greeter insisted that I take a lunch menu so that I could go over it with my students at school before coming to the restaurant and this gave me an idea.I realize that many of these trips may seem hard to do because you will need to think so much about logistics and costs. So here is a posting that enables you to connect your classes with the outside world without taking them outside of the building.
Why not bring in menus from area restaurants that relate to the area of the world you are studying? This will enable students to get a sense of all the different types of foods that are available and you could turn that into a mini research project. Students could look up dishes that are unfamiliar, they could research the history of famous dishes or they could use menus in class to choose what to eat and then go with their families on the weekends.
It is not a perfect way to do a field trip but consider it a resource that will enable students to think about the real world and maybe even look forward to doing their homework!Contact Info:
Parthenon Restaurant
5510 Connecticut Ave. NW - Washington, DC 20015
TEL. (202) 966-7600 FAX (202) 244-2187
www.parthenon-restaurant.com
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