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Lesson Title Global Diversity Through Literature and Technology

General Information

Name: Anastasia Clinch
School/Mentor Teacher: Sallas Mahone/Stephanie Whelchel
Grade Level: K
Subject Areas: Social Studies (Multicultural Understanding)
Date Taught: March 23, 2007
Total Duration of Lesson:  40 minutes

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

Related GPS Standards
A. Grade: K
Technology Integration
Strand: Basic Skills
5 Topic: Basic Skills
Standard: Operates basic technology tools and applications.

B,C, D Grade: K
Social Studies Georgia Performance Standard
Geographic Understandings
SSKG1: The student will describe American culture by explaining diverse community and family celebrations and customs (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/~arclinch/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

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, and a picture developed using a computer drawing program.

Procedure:
Part I Step One: Introduction
1. Work with a small group of students (2-5).  NO LESS THAN 3 STUDENTS
2. Show the children the globe or the map. Ask them questions such as:

1        What is this called?

2        What colors do you see on it?

3        What does the blue represent?  Tell them that the big blue areas are oceans and the small ones are lakes, or rivers, etc.

4        Can anyone point to our country? to Georgia?

5        We are going to learn about a person who lived in the Middle East.

6        Does anyone know where The Middle East is? (relate to Afghanistan and the letters they wrote)

(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/~arclinch/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 the brief paragraph explaining the story and describe what is in the picture.

4. Read each question under the Paint drawing and ask them to respond to your questions. 
5.  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.
6. 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.

Write you brief paragraph here:

This story is about a princess that wishes to find a prince to marry. She can choose between three princes, two of which are very wealthy/rich and one that is not. The princess wants the prince that is not wealthy because he is handsome and to choose, she sends them off for one year to find the greatest gift in the land. The one that comes back with the best gift gets the princess’ hand in marriage.

List your 3 questions here
a. Which prince in the picture do you think will be chosen?
b. Which gift looks to be the most helpful?
c. Which gift would you like to have and why?

Part 2
1. Do a BRIEF picture walk and talk about the book
2.  Tell them the title, author, illustrator of the book.
3.  Read the story to the children.
(10 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 that happened in 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 paper provided by the teacher.
 4.  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)