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Title: Learning With Technology About Different Cultures
General Information  This lesson involves finding information on web sites and  Developing Multicultural Awareness and  Appreciation of  Diversity
Name: Jordan K. Cayton
School/Mentor Teacher: Berrien County Primary/ B. Decker
Grade Level: 1^st grade
Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Social Studies (Multicultural Understanding)
Date Taught: March 27, 2007
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 to diverse cultures and languages by clicking to the web sites to find information
C.  Student will work cooperatively in small group or individually to make a multicultural story picture or will write information about what she or he has learned from perusing the cultural web sites.
D.  Student will be able to compare his own culture with the culture represented in the web sites.
Related Georgia PK Standards for  Bright  Start
LD 1. Children will develop skills in listening for the purpose of
comprehension
SS 2 Children will develop a respect for differences in people
SS 3 Children will express beginning geographic thinking

Related QCC & GPS Standards
A. Grade: K
Technology Integration
Strand: Basic Skills
5 Topic: Basic Skills 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 Global Diversity Page.
http://www.valdosta.edu/~jkcayton/global2.html

2. Multicultural children’s book: Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco

3. Globe to review country or continent they are learning about
4. Four Matryoshka dolls with questions on the inside.

Technology Connection
Technologies that will be used in this lesson include: computer with Internet connection, a cultural graphic organizer displayed on the teacher’s web site with links to 3 websites that give information about the culture of the country in the multicultural children's literature book.  Students will use the mouse to find information and view the websites selected by the teacher.

Procedure:
Step One Introduction:
1. Show students the graphic organizer developed as a PowerPoint slide.  Say: “Yesterday we read a book about Russia.”
Show them the globe and ask if anyone can find Georgia, the US and the place where the story took place, Russia.

2 Explain to the students that we are going to learn more about Russia.
3. Look at the graphic organizer (PowerPoint) and discuss the picture representations of the culture that they will be learning about:
              *National Anthem, Buildings in Russia, and Holidays and gifts given in Russia
4  Read each culture question  under the graphic organizer (or on the graphic organizer) and ask a student to click on the icon below to find the information
a. What is the national anthem for Russia?
b. Describe Russian buildings and what they are called.
c. What type of holidays are celebrated in Russia and what gifts are given?
5.  Go over the information on the web site with the children, and allow students to respond or make comments about what they see.
Allow students to take turns using the mouse to click on the links and read information or provide directions for them as they look at the web sites together.
(Estimated Time 10-15 minutes)
 
Step Two Reinforcement Hands-On Activity
1. Tell the children:
Now that we have visited the website sites, and learned about the culture we are going to do an activity that relates to the culture of the people in our story.

2 The students will be given four Matryoshka dolls with questions on their inside.  Each of the dolls, descend into smaller and smaller dolls.  Each of the questions will be asking about Russia.  When the students get the answers correct, they will be able to see the next doll.  After we answer all of the questions, we will discuss Matryoshka dolls, which is a common gift given during Russian holidays.

(Estimated time 15 – 30 minutes depending on the project)
 
(You will need to save the students’ pictures and projects, or take pictures of them in the activity.  Avoid photographing their faces.

Later you will add the photos to your web page as examples of the children's work.

 (This is a sample lesson plan outline for ECED 3000 Global Diversity through Technology Lessons II)

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