Unit Title: Welcome to the Food Service Industry
Grade Level: Culinary 1
Timeframe: 15 Blocks
Essential Questions
  • 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):
Instructional Plan / Reflection
Pre-assessment Unit 1 Pre-test / Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 1 Multiple Choice/ True False Questions

SLO - WALT / Student Strategies / Formative Assessment / Activities and Resources / Reflection
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 / Inquiry Based Learning
Cooperative Learning
Small Group / Charts
Online Questions / 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. / Foundations Level 1 text page 32 questions
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 1 Essay Questions

Explain how the travel and tourism industry generates over $1 Trillion in sales a year.
9.2.12.C.6
9.3.HT.2 / Inquiry Based Learning / Lists
Online Questions / Help students generate a list of reasons why people spend money on vacation. / Foundations Level 1 text page 32 questions
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 1 Essay Questions

Demonstrate knowledge of foodservice history creating a timeline and planning a banquet.
9.3.HT.2
9.3.HT‐RFB.3 / Project Based Learning / Time Lines
Banquet plan / 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

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 / 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

Understand and explain the lodging industry, why people travel, the difference between leisure and business.
9.3.HT.2 / Project Based Learning
Inquiry 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

Describe and analyze ratings and the affect rating organizations have on the lodging/foodservice industry.
9.3.HT.2
9.3.HT‐RFB.3 / Analyzing Data
Applying Knowledge / AAA Rating Analysis / 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

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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