Unit Title: Welcome to the Food Service Industry
Grade Level: Culinary 1
Timeframe: 15 Blocks
Essential Questions
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What are the segments of the foodservice industry
What are the types of business that make up the travel and tourism industry?
Throughout the history of the United States, how has the hospitality industry grown?
What types of establishments offer foodservice opportunities within the travel and tourism industry?
What are the two categories of career opportunities in the foodservice industry?
What are the entry-level jobs in this field? What types of opportunities exist in the lodging and transportation areas?
Why do people travel?
What are the differences between leisure and business travel?
What national organizations rate commercial lodging and foodservice establishments? What factors are listed in rating judgments?
What are the characteristics of lodging operations?
What are the activities associated with the front desk operations?
Common Core Standards
21st Century Skills Standard and Progress Indicators:
9.2.12.C.1 Review career goals and determine steps necessary for attainment.
9.2.12.C.6 Investigate entrepreneurship opportunities as options for career planning and identify the
knowledge, skills, abilities, and resources required for owning and managing a business.
9.3.HT.2 Evaluate the nature and scope of the Hospitality & Tourism Career Cluster and the role of
hospitality and tourism in society and the economy.
9.3.HT‐RFB.3 Use information from cultural and geographical studies to guide customer service decisions in
food and beverage service facilities.
Standards/Cumulative Progress Indicators (Taught and Assessed):
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Instructional Plan
Pre-assessment Unit 1 Pre-test
SLO - WALT
Identify and describe
the commercial
industry and how it
can be further broken
down into 5 restaurant
segments.
9.2.12.C.1
9.3.HT.2
Explain how the travel
and tourism industry
generates over $1
Trillion in sales a year.
Student Strategies
Inquiry Based
Learning
Cooperative
Learning
Formative
Assessment
Charts
Online
Questions
Small Group
Inquiry Based
Learning
Lists
Online
Questions
Activities and Resources
Reflection
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 1 Multiple Choice/ True False
Questions
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Reflection
Using Table 1.1 in
Foundations Level 1 page 8,
have students in groups of 2
or 3 create a chart with 5
columns with each of the
restaurant segments from the
chart in a column. Give the
students a time limit to list as
many restaurants and they
can in each category. Share
lists when finished and discuss
whether restaurants have
been properly categorized.
Help students generate a list
of reasons why people spend
money on vacation.
Foundations Level 1 text page 32 questions
Foundations Level 1 text page
33 questions #1 & #2
Foundations Level 1 text page 32 questions
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 1 Essay Questions
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Foundations Level 1 text page 32 questions
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 1 Essay Questions
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9.2.12.C.6
9.3.HT.2
Demonstrate
knowledge of
foodservice history
creating a timeline and
planning a banquet.
9.3.HT.2
9.3.HT‐RFB.3
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Project Based
Learning
Time Lines
Banquet plan
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 1 Essay Questions
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Identify and explain
career opportunities
in the foodservice
industry
9.2.12.C.1
9.2.12.C.6
Inquiry Based
Learning
Cooperative
Learning
Small Group
Research
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Career
Opportunity
Project
After Foundations Chapter 1
Sec. 2 is covered…
Career Opportunity Research
Project
Break students into small
groups or individual
depending on how many
students. Assign each
student/group one of the
career topics in the text pgs.
35-45. Groups will investigate
the assigned career,
information that must be
included…
What type of
establishment falls
into the category
with specific example
of a current business
What specific
foodservice careers
are offered at this
business (waiters,
cooks, executive
chef, etc..)
What are the
requirements for
each
career…necessary
schooling,
experience.
What are the entry
level and
advancement
opportunities for the
careers, including
salary guide and
detailed job
descriptions.
Projects presented to class.
Foundations Level 1 text page 51 questions
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 1 Essay Questions
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Understand and
explain the lodging
industry, why people
travel, the difference
between leisure and
business.
Project Based
Learning
Your Hotel
Budget Project
Hotel Budget Project pg. 67 in
Foundations Year 1 text.
Foundations Level 1 text page 64 questions
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 1 Essay Questions
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Inquiry Learning
9.3.HT.2
Describe and
analyze ratings and
the affect rating
organizations have
on the
lodging/foodservice
industry.
Analyzing Data
AAA Rating
Analysis
Applying
Knowledge
AAA Ratings Analysis pg. 65
Foundations Level 1 Text
Foundations Level 1 text page 64 questions
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 1 Essay Questions
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9.3.HT.2
9.3.HT‐RFB.3
Benchmark Assessment: Unit 1 Exam
Summative Written Assessments
Unit 1 Exam
Exam Prep Questions pg. 69 Foundations Level 1 pg. 68-69
Summative Performance Assessment
Career Opportunity Project
Hotel Budget Project
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