Asante Empire: Daily Life & Culture — Food & Farming

Asante Empire: Daily Life & Culture — Food & Farming Asante Foodways & Agriculture Illustrated Menu | No Prep Plans | Grades 6–10

Help students explore how food, farming, family, and community connected in Asante society with this ready-to-use research and group project lesson.
Students investigate traditional crops such as yams, plantains, cassava, cocoyam, and cocoa, along with traditional dishes, preparation methods, communal eating, cooperative farming, and cocoa’s economic importance. They examine how Asante foodways connect environment, culture, work, and community across generations.

Students then apply their research by creating an Asante Foodways & Agriculture Illustrated Menu, featuring traditional dishes or crops, ingredients, preparation methods, farming connections, and cultural significance.

What's Included
- Teacher Directions + lesson flow
- Overview + Mini Research Questions
- 5-Step Group Activity
- 3 student research, analysis, and planning pages
- Farm-to-Table investigation
- Food, Family & Community analysis
- Research-to-Menu Planner
- Online research resources
- Color + black-and-white student pages

Why Teachers Love This
- No prep and ready to print
- Moves beyond basic fact-finding into analysis and application
- Connects agriculture with everyday life and culture
- Builds research and historical-thinking skills
- Explores cooperation, communal eating, and cultural values
- Incorporates the economic impact of cocoa farming
- Combines visual learning, creativity, and collaboration
- Culminates in a meaningful illustrated group project

Perfect For
- World History
- African History
- Asante Empire
- West African Civilizations
- World Cultures
- Research Projects
- Group Work
- Sub Plans
- Enrichment

Students don't just learn what people ate—they trace food from farm to table and discover how agriculture, cooking, and shared meals reveal the daily life and values of Asante communities.