Class Enrichment Information for Cheese

The “fun facts” section about cheese can give you additional background information to use to develop your own classroom plan.

• Colonial Cheese Activities and Lessons:
  In the days of colonial and frontier settlers, the technology we take for granted today was not available. This lesson looks briefly at the differences in the working and eating conditions between the late 1800s and today. A video survey of life in the 1880s and a trial butter-making activity, as well as an Internet Quest for information on cheese will culminate in a hands-on cheese-making experience and tasting activity:
  
  www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntti/resources/lessons/h_saycheese/index.html
  
  
• History of cheese making:
  
  www.windward.org/ush/cheese.htm
  
  
• Fun activities and games about dairy including cheese:
  
  www.horizonorganic.com/kids/color.html
  
  
• Information about cheese:
  
  www.ilovecheese.com/