Instructions: Choose a cultural group covered in the text and develop a presentation that provides an in-depth look into the food and culture of that group. Be sure to include the food guidance system of that nation/culture, health status, common and prominent foods, preparation techniques, holiday observances, religion, food taboos, and medicinal uses of food. Create a multiple slide narrated PowerPoint presentation which includes your voice over narrative saved on each slide. This is an individual assignment.
Scoring: This assignment is worth a total of 100 points. The scoring for this assignment will be as follows:
Content (description of nation/culture, food guidance system, health status, common and prominent foods, preparation techniques, holiday observances, religion, food taboos, food etiquette, medicinal uses of food; must go beyond basic information provided in book/lectures) – 60 points
Creativity (creative presentation and slide content using PowerPoint.) – 20 points
Clarity (information presented is clear/concise in manner; grammatically correct, no typos) – 10 points
References (minimum of 4 peer-reviewed or scientific references cited properly in APA format) – 10 points 
Purpose: This assignment meets the following course learning objectives (CLOs #1, 2, 3, 4, & 5)
Explain how societal and personal economics affect food intake and nutritional adequacy of diets.
Identify and discuss common foods and meal composition of various cultural/ethnic groups.
Explain how food and eating habits influence the health of the community.
Discuss the impact, practice, and facilitation of pleasurable eating in a variety of cultural/ethnic groups.
Identify and discuss factors affecting food and nutrition on various cultural groups.
Directions: Download the assignment specifications Download assignment specifications. Make sure your assignment has all the requested components. Submit your assignment to this page. Reference in APA format all information obtained from a source (including your textbook, lectures, websites, etc.)
Rubric: This assignment is worth a total of 100 points. The scoring for this assignment will be as follows:
Content (a multi slide PowerPointpresentation with your voice recording with description of nation/culture, food guidance system, health status, common and prominent foods, preparation techniques, holiday observances, religion, food taboos, food etiquette, medicinal uses of food; must go beyond basic information provided in book/lecture) – 60 points
Creativity (creative slide development and creative content) – 20 points
Clarity (information presented in clear/concise manner; grammatically correct, no typos) – 10 points
References (minimum of 4 peer-reviewed or scientific references cited properly in APA format) – 10 points