Student Activities
Chocolate and Early Technology write a brief essay about the importance of technology to the development of today's chocolate industry.
Gloucester Fisherman and trade in the early history of the Americas...money you could eat?
Chocolate Money? research some of the keys to the development of today's chocolate industry.
Toll House the Toll House cookie recipe and some questions about this cookie that is more than just a nibble in the history of the chocolate chip.
From tree to tabletop what and who are needed to bring the chocolate from the treetops in Central America to the tabletops in the kitchens in New England.
Persuasive speech write an essay about the pros and cons of chocolate. 
History Essay Chocolate made its debut in Europe in the early 1500s. While it got off to a slow start, by the mid 1600s chocolate had become a popular commodity among the wealthy classes of Europe and by the 1900s it was one of the most widely consumed delicacies in the world. This evolution of chocolate impacted the economic, social, political, and cultural life of world civilization in many important ways...why?
Everyone needs to be careful of what you read! We tend to believe what we read, and now we tend to believe what we read on the Internet.  The Internet is a source of information...information that should be reviewed carefully...here is a story we found on the Internet that makes you wonder!

Interesting information about Chocolate...

The History of Chocolate
West Coast Chocolate Gold
How to Make Chocolate
Trees in Trouble

More on Tree Canopy
The Smithsonian likes chocolate! 
Valentines Day
Highlights from Worcester, MA, 

Women and Science & Technology
Process and Inventions
Culinary Changes in the 1900's Designs, Americans Love Their Chocolate!
No chocolate for your pets?
Commonwealth of Cookies
Cookie Recipes


Additional resources, sources and a web Bibliography to help you with your research!