Botany Lesson Two
Due Thursday, November 6
In this activity you will explore the importance and history of some common
plants used in modern life.
Name _______________________
Global trade and travel are recent buzzwords, but they are nothing new. People
have always been on the move. The thing that has changed is the speed and scope
of the movements. As people traveled to new places, they took with them the
plants they depended on for survival (food, medicine, fuel, clothing and shelter).
Assignment:
Your task in this assignment is to research one plant or plant product you commonly
use and find out as much as possible of the following:
• Country of origin
• Origin or meaning of the plant name
• Earliest recorded use
• How it got to the Americas
• 2 interesting facts about the plant
Resources:
Our
Vegetable Travelers http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/vegetabletravelers/index.html
Common
plant country origins: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~patters/culinary/pages/croporigins.html
Geography of
Spice: http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/spice_geo.html
Origin
of Crop Plants: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/history/lecture05/lec05.html
History
of Food Plants: http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/botany/foodhist.htm
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