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Cultural Diversity Activity for Grades 3-5
Integrating Math and Science
Getting Information form Graphs

Geography and climate

    Tokyo has a climate similar to ours.  They have hot summers and cold winters.  They do not experience extreme weather conditions at any particular time. 

1) What are two types of precipitation?
2) What does "F" stand for?
3) In what month is the temperature the highest?
4) In what month is the lowest?
5) Is five inches of rain

Map of Japan+


Children's Work

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson Plan 1

 Lesson I:  Learning With Technology About Our World    

General Information
Name: Carrie Calicutt
School/Mentor Teacher: Clyattville Elementary School/ C. Galbraith
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Social Studies (Multicultural Understanding)
Date Taught:
Total Duration of Lesson:  55 minutes. (This lesson can be presented in 2 sessions)

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 to find information related to a multicultural children’s story.
B. Students will listen to a story about another culture.  

C  Students will work cooperatively in small group to make a story picture about  things they learned. from the story.

Related QCC & GPS Standards
A. Grade: K
Technology Integration
Strand: Basic Skills 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 computer painted picture and links to cultural websites that represent the country in multicultural literature book.  Elementary students will use computers to view website developed for multicultural literature book.

Part One: PAINT PICTURE ACTIVITY
1. Work with a small group of students (2-5).  Show students the PAINT picture on your page.  Ask the children to use the mouse to point to various objects in the picture and tell them to describe them or name them.

Read the text under the picture:

Lily's grandmother, on her death bed, gives Lily two items that will one day bring luck her way.  But, before she died, she insisted that Lily wear a wooden bowl over her head to cover her beauty.  Lily struggles with this obstacle and is teased constantly.  One day while working in the fields, she is approached by the farmer who wants her to come to his house and help his wife.  Here, she meets her future husband who wants to see her beautiful face.

 Read the questions:

Questions:
1) Why are the objects in this picture important to the story?

2) Why does the young girl in the picture wear something covering her face?

  Write their responses individually on a large sheet of chart paper that also has the questions on it.

Reading the story:

Introduction to story:

1        Read the title of the book, author, illustrator, and do a picture walk with the students.

Lily and the Wooden Bowl: written by Alan Schroeder illustrated by: Yoriko Ito

Show students pictures of the three main objects in the story:

1. paper crane  2. wooden spoon 3. bowl

Ask some questions or point out words or objects:

a) Why do you think these things important to the story?

b) Do we use these things in our culture today?

Read the story to the children

Ask the children to decorate or enhance the chart picture with their own words or pictures related to Lily and the Wooden Bowl.

Assessment of the Primary Learning Outcomes
Now that we have visited my website, and listened to a story about the Japanese culture, tell us what you wrote or drew on the chart paper from the story and why you  chose to put it on the page.

 

Rubric:

Level 3	Level 2	Level 1
Student is able to use the mouse to control the computer with no or little assistance.	Student is able to use the mouse to control the computer with much assistance.	Student is not able to use the mouse to control the computer.
Student responded with accuracy to all the questions about the culture and were able to draw or write words accurately that related to the story.	Student responded with accuracy to some the questions about the culture and were able to draw or write words accurately that related to the story.	Student was unable to respond with accuracy to questions about the culture, and did not draw pictures that accurately represented the story.

Lesson Plan 2

Lesson II  Learning About Our World Through Literature and  Technology   
Title of Lesson  

General Information

Name: Carrie Calicutt
School/Mentor Teacher: Clyattville Elementary/ C. Galbraith
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Social Studies (Multicultural Understanding)
Date Taught:
Total Duration of Lesson:  55 minutes. (This lesson can be presented in 2 sessions)

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 a diverse cultures and languages other than English from the cultures.

Standard: Operates basic technology tools and applications.

B. 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 who are enrolled in our schools, whose native language is other than English)

Materials and Equipment
1. Computer with Internet connection set to your Global Diversity Graphic Organizer web site: http://www.valdosta.edu/%7Eclcalicu/global.html
2. Multicultural children’s book: Lily and the Wooden Bowl, written by Alan Schroeder
3. Colored markers, crayons, and chart paper
4. Paper or props related to the multicultural story that you read in lesson I 
5  Markers, crayons, points, etc.  You can also use the PAINT program if there is time for each student to create a PAINT picture.(Students’ work will be scanned or saved and will be posted on your Global Diversity page.)

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 computer painted picture and links to cultural websites that represent the country in multicultural literature book.  Elementary students will use computers to view website developed for multicultural literature book.

Step One Introduction
Show students the graphic organizer and talk about your country and also how it relates to Lily and the Wooden Bowl.

 (Estimated Time 15 minutes)
 
Step Two: Teaching the Primary Learning Outcome
Ask the students to take turns reading the questions for each web site and ask them to tell you what they see or to provide the information from the questions:

a)     Where is Japan? http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ja.html

b)    What does the flag represent? http://www.japanorama.com/hinomaru.html

c)     Where are some places you could visit if you went to Japan? http://www.thereareplaces.com/Guidebook/pdest/Asia/jppts.htm

Step Three: Assessment
a. Give students props or paper, and ask them to write words or draw pictures that relate to what they learned from going through the web sites.

b. Ask them to describe and tell what they drew or wrote.

(Estimated Time: 15 minutes)
 
Assessment the Primary Learning Outcomes
A. Technology Integration
Student will be assessed through observation while using the mouse to control the computer.
B. Social Studies
Student will be assessed through answers to questions, illustrations, and discussions about diverse cultures.

(Estimated Time:  15 minutes)

Closure
Read student responses together, or ask each student to read or tell what they drew on the chart
You will need to save the students’ pictures and answers as evidence for your lesson plan learning goals.  Later you will scan the students’ papers to place in your ECE Portfolio.  You will also share your chart in class when you present your activity