Lesson Title:  Global Diversity Through Literature and Technology
Name:  Jasmine Long
School/Mentor Teacher: Cook Primary/Melissa Betts
Grade Level: Pre-K
Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Social Studies (Multicultural Understanding)
Date Taught: 03/26/07
Total Duration of Lesson:  55 minutes. (This lesson can be presented in 2 sessions)

Primary Learning Outcomes
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
A: Pre K
Language Development/Technology Integration
LD1: Children will develop skills in listening for the purpose of comprehension.

B, C, D: Pre K
Social Studies/Geographic Understandings
SS 2 b Demonstrates an emerging awareness and respect for culture and ethnicity (this also includes the cultures represented by children from other countries represented in children’s literature and those who are enrolled in our schools.
 
Materials and Equipment
1. Computer with Internet connection
2. My Global Diversity Web Page http://www.valdosta.edu/~along/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.)

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 Kallaloo.

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:
What is this called?
What colors do you see on it?
What does the blue represent?  Tell them that the big blue areas are oceans and the small ones are lakes, or rivers, etc.
What do these many colors represent?
Can anyone point to our country, to Georgia?"
We are going to learn about a person who lived in the Caribbean Islands.
Does anyone know where the Caribbean is?
The teacher points to the place on the map and then asks a child to point to Georgia. 
Do you think the Caribbean is far away or near from us in Georgia?
Do you have go over water to get to this place from our place?

(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 http://www.valdosta.edu/~along/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 your questions 
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.
  

•  What do you think the weather is like where the story takes place?
• What color is the Kallaloo soup cooking in the pot?
• Do you know what kind of a shell is at the bottom of the tree?
  

Part 2
1.  Read the paragraph under the questions to the children   Then show them the book
2.  Complete a brief picture walk and talk about the book
3.  Tell them the title, author, illustrator of the book.
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.  Complete an activity that relates to the story.  Describe the activity that you will do.
5.  Exhibit children's work or let them show the things they made to others.
(Estimated time 15 minutes)

EVALUATION:
Rubric:  Use this chart to evaluate each student
Copy the rubric below (1 per group member)