On The Chocolate Trail Bonus Materials
Would your group enjoy a sumptuous adventure through the history of one of the world’s favorite delicacies—chocolate?
On The Chocolate Trail explores the fascinating intersections of Jews, Quakers and other Protestants, pre-Columbians and Catholics along the chocolate trail and explores the lasting rituals involving chocolate that the world’s faith traditions have practiced.
This exciting book includes twenty-five unique and delicious recipes that can be made and shared with your group!
Lesson Plans
- Lesson Plan I - Jews Brought Chocolate to the World
- Lesson Plan II - Shopping for the Best Chocolate
- Lesson Plan III - B’rachot for Chocolate and Chocolate Making
These plans may be used to teach topics such as Jewish food, the expulsion of Sephardim from Spain, Jewish merchants in the Colonial Period in North America, Jews in commerce, and Jewish food.
They also enhance learning about Jewish values, kashrut (Jewish dietary laws), Passover and Chanukah. They are intended for grades 5 and above and may also be used with adults. Please feel free to modify and adapt. All chapter and page numbers refer to On the Chocolate Trail.
- “Negroes” Specialized in Chocolate Grinding
- Branding of Chocolate Prior to Baker’s
- Chocolate Making Implements
- Milling of Chocolate
- Negro Prince Updike Grinding Chocolate for Aaron Lopez
- Output of Mills
- Quality chocolate
- Silver
- The Title “Chocolate Maker”
- Women in the Colonial Chocolate Business
- Assorted Shipping of Cacao- 1700-1765
- Aaron Lopez Correspondence
- Aaron Lopez Outfits Ships
- Aaron Lopez Retails Chocolate
- Daniel Gomez Account Books
- Daniel Gomez Shipping Notes
- Nathan Simson, New York; Letters Regarding Shipping
- Nathan Simson Account Books
- Nathan Simson Shipping Forms
- Estate Inventories - Non-Jewish
- Estate Inventories - Jewish