Grade 8 Social Studies

Recently, during socials studies class, we went to the dining hall where Mr. Dukelow taught us how to make sushi. We are currently learning about feudal Japan, where sushi originated. To get more into the Japanese culture, Mr. Loiselle arranged for us to experience a little bit of Japanese cuisine, and who better to teach us then someone who not only lived and taught in Japan, but makes sushi, and teaches others to make it, on a regular basis. Mr. Dukelow is also very interested in many aspects of Japan, especially the Bushido code of the Samurai, which upholds ideals such as respect, honour, loyalty, and sacrifice, some of which Duxbury House uses in their own code. Mr. Dukelow also taught the students who make our school’s sushi, how to make sushi that is simple, but tastes great! We made fairly basic sushi, with some ingredients that you probably wouldn’t find in traditional sushi, such as shredded carrots, lettuce, imitation crab meat, cream cheese, as well as mayonnaise, ginger and wasabi, which we wrapped in seaweed, with rice (vinegar, sesame seeds, and sugar), using a bamboo mat. It tasted amazing, and was really fun to experiment with different flavours, making our own original sushi.

Sushi Haiku
Rain beating outside,
The taste of ocean and fields,
Our sushi is great!

– Fiona Z., Grade 8 Social Studies