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 Introduction:
Welcome to "Let's Open a
Restaurant" - a WebQuest where you will prepare for a
grand opening of an Italian restaurant at your own
school! You will go through the application process of
obtaining a job at the restaurant. After you have your
position, you will work in teams to learn all about
Nutrition, Customer Service, and Italian art, culture,
and history. Our goal is to cooperate as a team to bring
a taste of Italy to our neighborhood and serve a fabulous
lunch prepared by our STUDENTS to our entire
staff!
 Task:
During this WebQuest you will be
assigned to a particular job working for a restaurant
that you will run. Possible jobs include
Greeter/Host/Hostess, Food Servers, Food Prep (Salad,
Bread, Lasagna), Dessert Chefs, Bus boys/girls, and a
Restaurant Manager. You will come up with a name for your
restaurant and plan a timeline of how long it will take
to "learn the ropes" before opening day.
After you are assigned to your group,
you will work together to use resources on the internet,
encyclopedias, and other various sources to compete your
research and assignments. After completing the
assignments you will create and share a Multimedia
presentation to share with the rest of the
class.
Finally, you will train for your
position and "work" on opening day in your very own
Italian Restaurant at your school. Your final goal is to
serve an Italian style lunch to your entire staff of
teachers one one day only!
 Process
and Resources:
You will be divided into 5 different
groups to determine your role for the duration of this
WebQuest.
The following groups are:
Service Staff (2
groups): You will learn about
manners, social skills, health code, and obtain your
very own food handlers card.
Artists: You
will learn about the Renaissance Art period, study
famous works, define the style of art in Italy, and
search and create your own art.
Historians:
You will learn about the history and culture of Italy.
You will define important people in Italy's history,
way of life, and styles of cooking and
eating.
Nutritionists:
You will learn about kitchen saftety, basic food
groups, nutrition facts, recipes, and practice
cooking.
Customer Service
Team: You will learn hints on
good management, how to make your customers happy,
mathematical skills to handle money, and manners
leading you to be the best customer service
representative out ther
Now that you are assigned to a job, find
the links and assignments that go with your group. Get
together with the other students in your group to work
together and come up with a plan to get all assignments
done. You are each responsible for all work and you will be
creating a Power Point presentation to display all of your
new discoveries.
Click on the Power
Point tutorial for step-by-step
directions to create a Power Point Presentation.
Service Staff:
Kitchen
Safety for Kids Find 5 tips
for Kitchen saftety by visiting this page. Take
notes!
Cooking
with Kids Click on Simply
Kids. Find "Shopping" and then click on Kid's Kitchen.
Read all about kitchen supplies for kids. Pick one or
two items and come up with a commercial selling your
product to an audience.
Dole's
5 a day Click on 5
different "food people". Take notes on their important
roles/vitamens - what they are known for. Include
graphics and highlights of these "characters" for your
Power Point presentation.
Artists:
An
American living in Italy
Scroll down and click on Italian Culture, "In a
Nutshell". Read the article and find and act out 5 key
points on Italian culture
Art
of Ancient Rome Read the
article and take notes on Intro, Influence, Style, and
Subject.
Leonardo
Da Vinci's Biography Read
his bio and present 2 - 3 slidea "all about Leo" and
his work.
Historians:
Italy
on the Grand Tour Name and
describe 5 famous tourist attractions by exploring
this site filled with tours.
History
of Gladiator Games Print
out or take notes on the following. Gladiator,
expeience, Ampitheatre, and Culture I
Roman
Culture Read and
compare/contrast this new information with what you
just found in the previous site.
Secrets
of Lost Empires Search this
site to what interests you. Make a slide of 5
surprising facts about Roman culture. Also go to Roman
recipes and find one recipe that interests
you.
A
Diary Entry Read the diary
entry and each student needs to create their own diary
entry as Constantine the Great. Make your journal as
accurate as possible and do not copy what was already
written. Be creative!
Nutritionists:
Kitchen
Safety Tips Find 5 tips for
Kitchen saftety by visiting this page. Take
notes!
Cooking
with Kids Click on Simply
Kids. Find "Shopping" and then click on Kid's Kitchen.
Read all about kitchen supplies for kids. Pick one or
two items and come up with a commercial selling your
product to an audience.
Kitchen
Measuring
Blender
Activity This is your
sample kitchen activity to practice kitchen safety,
working together, and cleaning up! Set up a time with
your teacher to actually do the activity.
Kate's
Global Kitchen
Dole's
5 a day Click on 5
different "food people". Take notes on their important
roles/vitamens - what they are known for. Include
graphics and highlights of these "characters" for your
Power Point presentation.
Kid's
Health Recipes Do a search
for serving. Click on "Food Guide Pyramid". Print out
the page or read and take notes from internet. Include
Food Guide Pyramid info creatively in your
presenation.
Customer Service/Management
Team:
Dole's
5 a day Click on 5
different "food people". Take notes on their important
roles/vitamens - what they are known for. Include
graphics and highlights of these "characters" for your
Power Point presentation.
Banking
on our Future: Complete the
Budgeting section of the website.
Evaluation:
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Developing
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Accomplished
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Exemplary
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Score
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1
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2
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3
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Visual Presentation of Topic
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Inaccurate information, little or no
graphics,poor design and hard to read
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Accurate information, well organized, fair
graphics, mostly easy to read
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Complete, additional interesting information
and/or graphics related to topic. Easy to read
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Oral Presentation
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One main speaker, little participation from
others in group
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Most of the group presented.
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All group members presented
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Correct Grammar and Spelling
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Frequent grammar and/or spelling mistakes
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Less than five errors in spelling/grammar
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Less than 2 errors in grammar and spelling.
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Questions and Assignments
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Unable to determine correct answers or hard to
understand
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Most questions answered in a well organized,
easy to read format
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Complete, interesting infromation related to the
questions. Easy to follow - well organized.
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Group Work
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Little or some contribution to the group
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Works cooperatively to design the final
project
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Helps group members find information, answers
any questions
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Conclusion:
Congratulations!
You have completed all assignments
and shared your work with your class. The entire group
knows much more about Italian culture, art, nutrition,
and cooking. Now it is time to "train" for your job and
get ready to run your very own restaurant. Every good
business needs a core foundation which requires much
"behind the scenes" work. Now it's time to showcase your
smiles, enthusiasm, and teamwork and enjoy your very own
restaurant!
Reflection:
Write a short reflection, on
paper, on each of the following questions.
Did you use your class time
effectively?
Did you and your group members work
cooperatively together?
Was your part of your group's
presentation well organized, informative, and
interesting?
If you had to do the same project over
again, what would you do differently?
Do you have any suggestions for other
students trying this WebQuest?
AFTER you have worked the
restaurant, write a one page reflection paper on how the
day went. What surprised you, disappointed you, what
could have been done differently?
Extensions:
If you get finished with
your presentation and research before others:
1. Present your Power Point Show to another
classroom.
2. Make a flip-book for the younger grades.
3. Choose a DIFFERENT role and look up those
resources.
Notes to the
Teacher:
In the Spring of 2002, my class ran their very
own Italian restaurant for "one day only" to serve the
teachers lunch. They voted on their own name, "Streets of
Italy" and planned to serve lasagna, bread, salad,
cheesecake, and a soft drink.
They picked their top three choices of what their job
would be, filled out applications for their job. Included
with their application, they created their own resume
highlighting accomplishments and specific skills they are
proud of. Additionally, they will ask for 3 "letters of
recommendation" from a former teacher or adult that they
have known for at least a year. I made up a generic form
for the teachers to fill out, because we know they don't
have a lot of time!
From there, we set up interviews with myself or other
teachers for all of the particular positions. Once we
made final decisions, the students were notified of their
job and I began answering their MANY questions for the
weeks that followed.
I had a team of artists and most of my class help
decorate either your home economics room, or classroom.
We made it look like an Italian cafe with vines, plants,
white lights, "fake lattice", pictures of Italy,
beautiful table settings, and a mural. It was very time
consuming but well worth all of our time!
The day before the event, we had purchased all of our
food/drinks/supplies, and stayed late to set up the room.
At 7am the day of the opening, we started the cooking and
cooked in multiple ovens to accomodate serving over 100
people in a 3 hours period.
The day was entirely ran by the manager, hostess,
server/bussing staff, and kitchen prep. I assure you 6th
graders are responsible enough to get this done, because
it was so important to them. Good luck and email me with
any questions and I would be happy to help!
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