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Your wiki blog must clearly explain the process you took to research their __topic__. Each entry also explains the creation of the visual aid/activity, which must be posted on this site the day after the party, May 4th. __Students__ should write their first name and last initial as their "username" (LisaS) and include the date in each entry. Each week your entry should look like the following:

LisaS - April 12, 2012

Paragraph One - Full Sentences with proper grammar and spelling. Answer the questions below.

Paragraph Two - Full Sentences with proper grammar and spelling. Answer the questions below.

Answer the following questions in 2 paragraphs per week for each __student__ in the group:
 * 1) What books/websites did you use for research?
 * 2) How to do you know that they are reputable sites?
 * 3) What are your goals for the week? Did you complete each goal?
 * 4) What specific tasks do you have to complete as a part of your group?
 * 5) What difficulties have you encountered? How did you solve the problems?
 * 6) What is your favorite/least favorite part of the project this week?
 * 7) Self evaluation - How did you __work__ individually and/or with your group?
 * 8) Do you think you contributed as much as the other members of your group?
 * 9) What are your goals for next week?
 * 10) Other information you think is relevant and significant to include.

BEGIN STUDENT ENTRIES- WEEK ONE:

4/16/12 Graham Doughty

Today my research was a little slow, I was able to begin looking for different sources of information, but I didn’t find any sources. we were able to figure out what parts would need to be __completed__, and whether they needed to be completed as a group or individually. I was __working__ on the __allergy__ form with nicoll. we looked up two different lists of the most common __allergies__. The final form included a checklist of the eight most common __allergies__.

**The form that was made today also included a checklist for possible dietary preferences, such as vegetarian, vegan, kosher, pescitarian, or other. I believe that nicoll has already began distributing the forms. The distribution process will be __completed__ at or before the next meeting. over the weekend I will complete more research for the project. **

Gabriel F. Week 1-1 Research. For me researching didn’t start well at all. I started by searching for “1960s foods” this yielded few results. I did happen to find a website called [|__http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/food-ads-1960s__] From there I found there to be a common ad for Campbell's soup this sent me on a search to find the origin of the soup. I had little luck, it was Zach that found the answer. Apparently, production of the soup started in the 1890s. I’ve found a few sites that say this but others say the 1860s. I don’t feel it would be right to present links of unconfirmed things. After that I started looking for mocktails from the 60s but to no avail. So far the information gathering stage has not gone well. In time I suppose, it’s only week one and I’ve still got time.

Gabriel F Week 1-2 Research 2: Research Harder. I’ve been hitting wall after wall with food research and I’ve stumbled upon some “interesting” sites. by this point I’ve given up on the internet giving me info about food from 50 years ago. Lucky for me, my __mom__ remembers a lot of the food my grandmother cooked for her in the 60s, not to mention party food. The funny thing is, that I have been eating 60s food all my life without knowing it. So, right now I’m trying to compile a list of the many foods. It’s going to be a long list... Jamie S4/16/12 The main thing I did today was research on what the foods and drinks were like in the 1960’s. I found it very interesting that there are a lot of similar foods they had back then that we still have now. One of the websites i used for research was http://www.foodtimeline.org/fooddecades.html#1960s and went to the 1960’s and they had signiture dish ideas and popular trends with food. Since we decided to do a buffet type food, the buffet notes and menus will help. It had different ideas for all different types of buffets you can have. One of the things i found interesting, is that one of the big foods back then was “soul food”, which is cuisine that originated from African Americans. It is really homemade and wholesome.

I think that it's good we have things we need to work on in a group and also individually so we each feel like we did contribute something to the party. Also some people may work better alone or with someone. My favorite part of the project this week is that i get to start learning about what was popular back then and how it is different from now. Our goals for next week are to narrow down the food lists for the menu, pick the roles because we split the things we need to do up, and we need to do another blog.

Sophia W. 4/16/12 After being absent for the __work__ day last week, I'm trying to start on my own. I researched some different foods that might have been popular in the 1960s. A lot f the same stuff is still popular now, they're not things one necessarily deem 'Oh that's from the 60's.' I asked my parents what they remembered eating at parties when they were younger. They told me about fondue parties and luncheons with deviled eggs, along with a lot of other foods. I'm going to maybe look in some cookbooks that came out around the 1960's to see what some of the recipes were and how they might be different from todsys recipes.

Jordan S. 4/17/12
 * I used 2 websites so far and they are ehow.com, and foodreference.com. I know these websites are reputable because I checked them with other great websites to make sure the information was the same. My goals for the week are to do a lot of research and to be a team player. One of my goals are completed but not the second one yet. So far I just have to research about food in the 1960s. The difficulties I have encountered were finding websites that relate to the food of the 1960s. I solved this problem by persevering with my research.**


 * My favorite part of the project so far is learning about the foods that I found were popular in the 1960s. My least favorite part of this project is all of the research we have to do but I can live with it. So far, individually, I have worked really hard, but I haven’t gotten to the group work yet. I contributed a lot so far with my research. My goals for next week are to work extremely hard and to be a team player.**


 * Zach D.**


 * I think I did good this week. I started making a list for the food that we will make for the party. My goal was to hind five foods for the party and that was achieved with some difficulty. The sight I used the most was foodtimeline.org. The way I know this is the other sights I checked (vintageadbrowser.com and chow.com) had most of the same things. The main challenge for me was to thinking of roles and jobs of the group as well as the individuals since we had not split into are sub groups yet. **


 * My favorite part of this week was seeing the pictures of the the delicious foods. Next week I plan to decide what sub group to be in. I hope that I am in the coordination group. Either that or working on the menu which better include soul food because i work at a good take out place. All in all I think that I work just as hard if not harder than everyone else. **

= = =Nicole Rogers= = **Thursday was the first day we started to work on our project. I am in the Catering group. Today we setup the things that we needed to do for the project to be finished. Some people came up with some food ideas. We came up with some dinner type foods, snacks, and party foods.We also came up with the idea of making a food allergy/preference list. We listed some allergies and food preferences (vegetarian, vegan etc.) and had everyone fill them out. ****My favorite part of the project this week was making the allergy list and handing them out. I was surprised when no one said that they were allergic to peanuts, peanuts are very common for people to be allergic to. I mostly worked with Graham and Ty. It was fun to work with them and we got things done quickly, while having fun along the way. Next week we plan to make a master food list and pick what we think what would be best. I am quite excited to work on it. ** =

**STUDENT ENTRIES** **WEEK THREE - 4/24/12**


 * Jordan S.**
 * 4/17/12**


 * My goals for the week are to work hard, be a team player, and finish the visual aid with Zach. I completed two out of the three goals for the week. I have to complete the visual aid with Zach and to bring in Jello Molds and Hot Dogs for the party which is on May 3rd.** **The difficulties I have encountered were that the websites don’t really have 1960s history for hot dogs and I have found two things that represent a hot dog in the 1960s so far. I have solved the problem by working harder to find history about hot dogs. My least favorite part of the project is the research. The research is really hard for me.**


 * My favorite part of the project is looking at the images of the food which look really delicious. I am trying my best individually. Group wise I am doing okay. I think I contributed an average amount of work so far for the project. My goals for next week are just to prepare everything for the party and work extra hard. Everyone is working very hard and doing a great job.**


 * Graham D.**
 * 4/19/12**


 * This week I had to leave early due to a throat illness. Before I left however, I was able to create a list of what I need to do as an individual for the party. I will be bringing in the the chips, the table ware, and approximately 18 burgers. Along with bringing in these items I also must do research on them, which is usually the hard part for me. I plan to get some help from tori in order to complete this.**


 * once I complete the research I will have to put together the notes that I took in a reasonable way. once I manage to bring the stuff in And do the other things as well I will be finished with my individual responsability. I am really looking forward to this party and am hoping that It will be as good as it sounds.**


 * RichardS **
 * 1960’s Party Blog Week 2 **


 * This week I am aiming to find out more about the foods that I am bringing to the party, and so far that is going well. I have already got a noticeable amount of information regarding cornbread and where it was first created. The information I have on ribs is significantly less than the amount I have on cornbread, but I’m certain that I will be able to learn more about ribs. I am a little back on how much I know about buffalo wings but the internet is a VERY big place, I’m sure I’ll find what I need, and if I can’t find anything online, I can just ask my parents for help since they are both great cooks, they’ll be sure to know a thing or two. **


 * While I haven’t had much trouble with this project I have been have a difficult time finding websites that talk about the foods I’m researching. While there are plenty of websites about how to make the food, but very few sites that are actually ABOUT the food. This problem is very prominent when I look for information on ribs, the search will usually show up with links for rib recipes, an organization called RIB, and several locations with rib in the name. I had this problem with cornbread and buffalo wings, but it was much easier to find links to reliable sites then it was when I looked for ribs. I was able to solve this problem a little by going to wikipedia and finding some links to sites that were used as outlines for their ribs page. **

Today I looked at tang and it’s history. I learned the supplies you need for it also, water...and tang powder. I am also going to be making cakes with Jamie. We used the Betty Crocker site to help us since Betty Crocker was big in the 60s. We haven’t decided what cakes we are going to make, but I’m sure we will make good decisions when choosing.
 * Nicole Rogers **

I mainly worked with Jamie today deciding what kinds of cakes would be good for the project. We have decided today that we should make a chiffon cake. The cake has a light, moist texture to it. Chiffon cakes tend to be lower in saturated fat so I think it will be a bit healthier. We have not yet decided what type of chiffon cake we are going to make yet, but I’m sure it will be good.

Sophia W. ===This week I met with the catering group for the first time. We assigned roles to each person and food that people could bring in. I choose to research fondue,and found out a lot about it's originsl origin in Switzerland as well as it's popularity in the '60s. I have a recipe at home for it that I already know I can use for the cheese fondue, and for the chocolate fondue I'm going to make a thin ganache. I found put a lot about how people threw fondue parties and always had a fondue pot in their house laying around.===

===I also signed up for bringing chafer dishes for the day of the party. After researching he fondue I had the idea to research and see when Julia Childs first came out, which ended up being 1963! So I had the idea to maybe bound our recipe book in the same pattern as her recipe book cover, but I didn't get a chance to talk to the group about it. This next week I'm going to be rehashing the fondue recipes I have and also researching the two other items I got at the end of class; Ritz crackers and Pop tarts. I've never had either of them, bt researching them should be fun.=== Gabriel F. Week 2-1 Research 3: Research, With a Vengeance Jesus grandma! I can’t find anything on lemon meringue pie. How hard do you think it would be to learn about one of the most popular types of pie? I’m sick of turning up rumors and recipes. Where’s the history? Where’s the knowlege of 50 years ago? I’ve had even less luck with deviled eggs. not even a slight lead. Just bridal shower planning and 60s party appetizers. The latter of which sounds helpful but isn’t. I did run across one piece of good info. according to foodtimeline.org, Elizabeth Goodfellow is credited with the introduction of lemon meringue pie in america. I’ll get that info one way or another!

Week 2-2: Again and Again At this point I feel as though saying “I can’t find any info” would be repetitive so I’m not going to say that. Maybe it’s just that I don’t know where to look but I still find it stupid that there’s nothing. If I ever have the money to register a website domain, it will be a site dedicated to knowledge of food from all parts of history. That way no one will have to go through what I’m going through. If there’s a site like that already then where is it?! Oh well back to looking... **STUDENT ENTRIES** **WEEK THREE - 4/27/12**

RichardS <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1960's Party Blog Week 3

This week I started and finished working on my visual presentation for the foods that I am bringing in. At first it wasn't working because I couldn't edit the document on a PC and had to use a MAC instead, but I was able to work with it. The actual task itself was in all, a quick, fun process that I enjoyed doing. The end results were three, well written slides, each for one of the foods I was going to bring, Ribs, Cornbread, and Buffalo Wings. I felt very good after completing the slides and was glad that I had gotten it done and out of the way.

I felt like this week's assignment was fairly easy to deal with and get done, and it also finally let me know what I was taking notes for. Before today I honestly didn't know why I was taking notes about the food, I was probably told that we were going to use it for a presentation but I either forgot or didn't pay attention, it was probably the latter. I was very glad to see that my notes had enough information on them for the slides to look presentable. So all in all I was very happy to see that my notes had the needed amount of information.

Nicole Rogers Week 3

Today we decided on what cakes we are going to make. We have decided on a Chiffon cake, tunnel of fudge cake, and nepolitan cake bars. I have also been studying the orgin of brownies. They were around since the early 20th century. The true creator is unknown, but we thank them very much for making this delicious treat. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chocolate brownies didn’t become very popular until the 1920s when chocolate was more available.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have also studied candy. Surprisingly, there were a lot of candy options in the 60s. Some of the most popular ones that we still see today are, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Caramel Creams, Razzles, Tootsie Rolls, and Necco Wafers. I have done research on what they are made of, and when they became popular. I think that I will be bringing in a lot of it, so I think a lot of people who have a sweet tooth will be very happy.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Zach
 * 4/24/12 **


 * This was a slow week for me, I didn’t do that well. I was slow and it was hard to find a reputable sight. I resorted to going back to the foodtimeline.com websight for my reserch and even then I had trouble takeing notes. on the other hand we finalized who’s doing what and I’m still doing the same things (which is a good thing for me). **


 * I got started on the powerpoint by having everyone put their info on the page with their name on it. Later Jordan and I will place it into a real powerpoint, and place animation. The main thing I have to do is get the food for next week because ribs take forever to make. Even with the place I worked at. All in all this was an ok week not good, not bad just ok. **


 * Jordan S.**
 * 4/24/12**
 * I did not use any books for my research this week. I used 2 websites for this week’s researching process which are science20.com, and blogspot.com. One website is actually an image of a hot dog and the other is very reputable because I compared it with the top websites. My goals for this week are to just finish my part of the visual aid. This goal has not been completed yet. I have to complete my part of the visual aid. I haven’t really encountered any difficulties this week.**


 * I did not need to solve any problems because I did not have any problems. My favorite part of the project this week is we are pretty close to done. My least favorite part is nothing. I worked pretty well indvidually because I have done a lot to contribute to the work load. Group wise I have done great. I think I have contributed as well as other people. My goal for next week is to just put on the finishing touches of our project. Everyone in our group has done a terrific job.**

Graham D 4/24/12

This week I made a huge amount of progress. I found an entire 5 pages dedicated to the history of potato chips. I really enjoyed reading about the reason that they were invented! I also had no idea that a single broiler from the 1960s could handle 2000 burgers each hour! I wasn’t very surprised to find out that burgers were eaten with fries and soft drinks. I was also surprised to here how successful the fast food industry was then.

I also got my information onto the group power point. I was relived to hear that all we needed to type was a couple of bullet points. While I spent most of my time working on the project I had to work on some of my math homework as well. Personally, I think that this party will be a huge success!

Sophia W.
===This week I finished my research on both Ritz crackers and pop tarts as well as making slides in our presentation for all three of the foods I researched. I was interested to find that Kellogs wasn't the first company to make pop tarts they just made a better rendition that sold more widely throughout the states and over all 'won,' out the two competing brands.=== ===I also started a set up list for what we'll need on the day of the 1960s party for setting up the food outside the theater, including tables, extension chords and such. I didn't get to finish it put I plan to work on it our last class because I'm not entirely sure of all we need. My julia child's recipe cover idea fell through since we may not have time to actually make a recipe book.===

Gabriel F. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Week 3-1: The sweet sound of progress <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Yes! i did it i tracked down the source of deviled eggs. the concept dates back to the 16th century! i guess i was looking in the wrong places all along. unfortunately no such luck with lemon meringue pie. i’ve done some field work (by fieldwork i mean going to the diner and eating pie and coffee) and from what i’ve learned, egg white thing used to make the puffy white part is not what i find appealing. the lemon part though is amazing. i’ve still got some tracking to do but nothing will stop me!

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Week 3-2: I Dun Goofed <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">HOW COULD I BE SO STUPID! I DELETED ALL MY NOTES ON DEVILED EGGS! I wish you could’ve seen my expression when i realized the untitled file i got rid of was my notes. at least the slide for the eggs is done. it’s kind of funny, even though i don’t stop complaining i’m having so much fun. losing the notes was a blow to my initiative but i won’t let it grind me to a complete halt. i’m going to try to keep on truckin’. does anyone know who said that and why? ok, ok, i digress. this project is just flying by and i wish it could go on a bit longer.

**STUDENT ENTRIES -** **WEEK FOUR - 5/1/12** **DON'T FORGET TO POST YOUR FINAL PRESENTATIONS/ACTIVITY PICTURES BY FRIDAY!!!**

**Zach** **5/1/12**

**This week was amazing interms of working. I didn't have any truble this week. I finished up the presentation today it is not my best work. Nor is it really mine to begin with, it was a group project I was just overseeing it. On another hand I can not make my garlic bread for everyone, but I'm still good for the ribs and mashed potatoes. We also practiced the presentation wich is coming along which is a good thing.**

**It was a fun week as well. We had a good time working on the menu poster But some of the computers (not mine) would not let people work on the presentation.** **Which ment that we had to share, that I was fine with but did cause some delays. I'm really exited for the party.I am so hyper for it I think I might just explode!!! I hope the foods good.**


 * Jordan Schwartz**
 * 5/2/12**
 * I have not had any websites/research done this week because I finished the part I had for the visual aid. I can’t answer the second question because I did not need to do any research this week. My goals for the week are to prepare for the party and have a good time at the party. I did complete each goal as best as I could. I don’t have to do any tasks for this week because I am 100% prepared for the party. I have not encountered any difficulties.**


 * I did not need to solve any problems. My favorite part this week is going to be the party. My least favorite part is finding bell bottom jeans. I worked the best that I could this week. No because I did not have to do anything because I did all my parts for the group. I don’t have any goals for next week because the project is over. Everyone has worked very hard this whole project.**
 * Sophia Weinrott**
 * This week I was focused on buying all the ingrefients for the fondue that I needed to get s well as finding the crock pots that I needed. I was unaware that I did not own crock pots so Wednesday I was scrambling to find some. Tori let me borrow two from school, which pretty much saved me from a catastrophic result on Thursday. On Tuesday we all worked on the menu design which was actually really fun to do.**
 * My favorite part iof the whole project was getting to dress up, I don't 'dress up' very opften and it was really fun to do. I even managed to find my pillbox hat that fit in with the 60's era. I did feel really bad about getting sick in the morning on Thursday because I felt like I had abandoned my group. But I did end up getting to the party and doing my part of the presentation and trying to help as much as I could. If I hadn't been sick I think I could have been a much better help though.**

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Week 4: this week only has one entry- Gabriel F. ****<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> As a whole, the project went over well.I wish I could’ve been awake to see everyone’s reactions But I was feeling sick. I heard the food was good. I only got to taste the ribs but they were good ribs. I feel that I delivered when it came to my slides. I provided good information and interesting facts on deviled eggs and lemon meringue pie. I particularly enjoyed the setting up process. I brought down the majority of the food and set up a table. My least favorite part was when I fell asleep. But all around it was fun. **

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nicole Rogers **
==**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The party was a huge success! I was very happy with the end result. So mainly what my group did for the beginning of the party was set up all of the food. It was a little hard getting everything perfect in the certain amount of time but it was very fun. I think everyone had a lot of fun and everyone liked the food a lot too so it was good. **==