The Development of the Environment Teaching Material “Japanese Food”―Considering Food and Environment by “Making a Glossary of Words for Haiku Poets” ―

家庭科は，家庭生活の創造に必要な能力を育成するとともに，直面する生活課題を主体的に解決することができる力を育てる役割を持っており，社会や家庭の変化に合わせ学習指導要領の指導内容も変化してきている。平成18年に教育基本法・学習指導要領が改正され，いくつかの重要項目が掲げられた。本研究では，学習指導要領で扱うべき内容として新たに補強された環境と文化の学習を行う教材の開発を行い，実践を通して教材の効果を検証することにした。 食の歳時記作りを行うことによって，食と環境のつながりについて自らの生活を振りかえり，食と環境の相互関係について考えるとともに，文化の継承を大切にする気持ちを育てる教材を考案した。A purpose of home economics course is to nurture the ability required for pupils to create their life and solve the facing issues in their daily living independently. The Ministry’s official guideline of Home Economics have been changing by according to the social change. The Fundamental Low of Education was revised and added to some important items in 2006, and made some impact on The Ministry’s Official guideline. In this study, a teaching material was developed for environmental and Japanese cultural study; the new Ministry’s official guideline emphasized the importance of teaching these two new fields. Further, the effectiveness of the teaching material was tested through the practice teaching. The teaching material was designed to make the students think about the relationship between the foods and environment and to awake them the importance of cherishing the succession of Japanese culture. For this aim, students made glossaries of seasonal words for haiku poets about foods, and were given their opportunities to look back their own daily food life in relation to the environment