4th Grade Food Truck Project

4th Grade Food Truck Project

1. Researching the Country/Cuisine

   • Students will research the country their cuisine will represent including famous cities, landmarks, typical cuisine, languages spoken, traditions, etc.

2. Designing/Building Interior and Exterior of the Truck

   • Students can draw or use technology to design the look of their truck, inside and out.

3. Reading Lemonade Wars by Jacqueline Davies

   • As a class, we will do a novel study on Lemonade Wars as a whole group, in small groups, and listening to audiobooks. Students will engage with multiple literary elements in the novel study.
   • Multiple business strategies are explained in the novel. Students can connect to these and implement them into their business plans.

4. Creating Business Plan

   • Students collaborate to decide how the truck functions, company name, slogan, logo, etc. This creativity promotes voice by being flexible enough to allow them to make choices that express creativity.
   • A full menu with prices should be designed and printed
   • We will watch videos and look at pictures to explore food truck businesses across the country. This will educate the students on food trucks, but also inspire aspects of their own business.

5. Marketing and Advertising

   • Write and record a jingle
   • Film a commercial
   • Create a functioning app for the business
   • Design print advertisements
   • Design and print business cards and coupons for guests

6. Presentation Day "Expo"

   • Students will present their business and hear about their classmates' businesses
   • Students will take and place orders at each other's businesses
   • We will celebrate cuisines from many different parts of the world