Cultural Resistance and Environmental Resilience

Cultural Resistance and Environmental Resilience

Grades 9-12

What are black-eyed peas? What is the cultural significance of black-eyed peas? Why are beans considered an environmentally sustainable crop? In this lesson, students will describe the cultural and environmental significance of black-eyed peas as part of African diaspora and African-American foodways, explore how foods have historical, political, environmental, and cultural stories. They will also elevate, center, and experience foods that are often underappreciated and underutilized.

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