The History of Chocolate

Sometimes you study world history and sometimes you study the history of the United States but in this course you are going to be studying the History of Chocolate!! When you finish your research you will have plenty of information to develop your final project. Thanks to the Field Museum in Chicago for the background for these lessons.

1. Lesson #1--Where Does the Chocolate Story Begin?

2. Lesson #2--What is the Anatomy of the Cacao Tree and How is it Cultivated?
   
3. Lesson #3: Who Grows Chocolate and How Does it Affect Their Lives?
   
4. Lesson #4--How did the Maya and the Aztec Use Chocolate?
   

5. Lesson #5--How did the Europeans Use and Influence the Development of Chocolate?

6. Lesson #6--Chocolate: A Contemporary Confection
   
7. Lesson #7-Introduction: Eating and Using Chocolate
   
8. Lesson #8--Making Chocolate
   
9. Lesson #9--Chocolate Recipes
   
10. Lesson #10-- Just for Fun