Description of the project

The English Club in the Pioneer Prep School of monastir has prepared this project under the supervision of Mrs. Besma Maraoui. The project is concerned essentially with traditional food in Tunisia. The aim of the project is to draw students' attention to the nutritional value of traditional food and encourage them to consume it and invite them to think before choosing to consume the junk and fast foods which are invading our market and changing teens' tastes. The pupils have investigated their peers consumption of traditional  foods and their attitudes towards it , their preferences and provided some recipes of Tunisian traditional meals. They have also explored different ways of preserving traditional foods. Another objective of the project is to exchange information and discover attitudes of teenagers in other schools in different parts of the world towards their own traditional meals and exchange some recipes. Hence, we got contributions of the participating schools concerned with traditional foods in their countries and some of their recipes. The project is done within the framework of "Learning Circles" under the supervision of Barry Kramer, the facilitator of the Learning Circles Project which is one of the projects of the International Education and Resources Network (i-EARN). The facilitators of this current circle are: Gina Denbow  and Cheryl Russell, both from Canada.The pupils prepared powerpoint presentations and videos of some dishes and received presentations of different schools which will figure in the blog as well. Within the club pupils made different outings to collect pictures and information about the different projects of other schools, they made contributions which will also show on the blog.