The History of Gingerbread

What is gingerbread made of?

• Bread

• Ginger

• Cookie

• House

The first known Gingerbread recipe was created in

• America

• Europe

• China

• Greece

What really made Gingerbread houses so popular?

• a movie

• a person

• a fairytale

• a store

Where was the largest gingerbread house made?

• Texas

• Greece

• Germany

• California

Some cookies were decorated with edible gold.

• True

• False

Bakers in Germany got the idea for gingerbread from an old German tale. The Grimm brothers rewrote the tale and called it ___________.

• Hansel and Gretel

• Three Billy Goats Gruff

• The Big Bad Wolf

• The Princess and the Pea

When Queen Elizabeth's friends visited, what did she give them?

• candy

• reindeer

• cookies that looked like her friends

• cookies that were flower shaped

Who came up with the idea for the first gingerbread men?

• Queen Elizabeth

• Queen Latifah

• Queen: The Band

Draw a picture or your gingerbread creation.

Add details, color and labels!

Who ate the Gingerbread man?

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