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Lesson Title Global Diversity Through Literature and Technology

General Information
Name: Amanda Murphy
School/Mentor Teacher: Cook Primary School/ Mrs. Connie Hilliard
Grade Level: Pre-K
Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Social Studies (Multicultural Understanding)
Date Taught: 3-26-07
Total Duration of Lesson:  55 minutes.

Primary Learning Outcomes (PLO)
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
A. Student will be able to use the mouse while operating the computer
B.  Student will be able to respond to questions about diverse cultures.
C.  Student will listen to a children’s story to learn about another culture
D.  Student will work cooperatively in small group to make a story picture account of

      events in the story.

Related GPS Standards
LD1: Children will develop skills in listening for the purpose of comprehension.

a) Listens to and follows spoken directions

b) Responds to questions

SS2: Children will develop a respect for differences in people.

b) Demonstrate an emerging awareness and respect for culture and ethnicity.

Materials and Equipment
1. Computer with Internet connection
2. My Global Diversity Web Page http://www.valdosta.edu/~admurphy/global.html
3.  Map or globe
4. Colored markers, crayons
5. Paper for individual drawings or other art supplies that are relevant to the story (list them)
6. Lesson plan adapted from Dr. Heath
Teacher will also need:
1. Pencil and paper (to make notes for assessment and reflections
2. Copy of lesson rubric 1 for each group member.  (See rubric below)

Technology Connection:
Technologies that will be used in this lesson include: computer with Internet connection, a picture developed using a computer drawing program, and a designed website that includes a computer painted picture related to the book “The Egyptian Cinderella”

Procedure:
Part I Step One: Introduction
1. Work with a small group of students (2-5).  NO LESS THAN 3 STUDENTS
Introduction questions. (Introduction questions are for the teacher, to find out about the students’ previous knowledge of the subject content.
2. Show the children the globe or the map. Ask them questions such as:

a. What is this called?
b. What colors do you see on it?
c. What does the blue represent?  (Tell them that the big blue areas are oceans and the small     ones are lakes, or rivers, etc.)
d. What do these many colors represent?
e. Can anyone point to our country, to Georgia"
f. We are going to learn about a person who lives in Egypt
g. Does anyone know where Egypt is?. 
h. Ask the students if they think Egypt is far away or near to Georgia.
I. Do you have to go over water to get to Egypt from Georgia?

(Estimated time 10 minutes)

Step Two: Teaching the Primary Learning Outcomes Language Experience Activity
1. Go to the computer and your Lesson 1 Global Diversity Activity website at www.valdosta.edu/~admurphy/global.html Students should be grouped around the computer with you so they can see the screen, and have access to using the mouse
2.  Let children take turns pointing to things in your picture.  They can also try to point to certain words on the screen.
3   Read each question under the Paint drawing. Ask them to respond to each question. 
4   Have a large piece of chart paper or separate sheets with each question, already prepared with the questions listed with spaces to write the children’s responses underneath.
5. As each child responds to the questions, write exactly what they are saying when they make their responses.
Write students’ names next to each response.

a. Describe what is happening in the picture?
b. How do you think the girl in the picture is feeling? Why?

c. Describe the weather.

Part 2
1.  Read the paragraph under the questions to the children. Then show them the book
2.  Do a BRIEF picture walk and talk about the book
3.  Explain to the students what the author and illustrator do. Then tell the students the

      author of the book is Shirly Climo and the illustrator of the book is Ruth Heller
4.  Read the story to the children.
     (10-15 minutes)

Closure:
1. After you read the story, review their responses made prior to reading them the story and compare their responses with the actual events in the story. 
2. Ask them to tell you some things they learned from the story.
3.  Give the students markers or crayons, and let them color and add words or pictures that they learned about in the story on the chart paper.
4.  Ask the students to draw a picture of something relating to the story.

5.  Exhibit children's work or let them show the things they made to others.
(Estimated time 15 minutes)