Global Diversity
Through Literature Activity

Papa, Do You Love Me and the Masai Culture
by Joy Botting

Graphic Organizer
Table of Websites
Photo Gallery
A Picture in Paint-Papa, Do You Love Me?
Samples of Work
Lesson Plan 1
Lesson Plan 2


 Graphic Organizer on the Masai Culture
graphic organizer of book questions

                                                                                                                                                        


Web Answers to the Questions


1.

The Masai people are....

2.

The Serengeti looks like....

3.

An "enkang" is...


4.

Some foods that the Masai eat are....






Photo Gallery of the Masai




 A Picture in PAINT

Papa, Do You Love Me?

By
Barbara Joosse
Illustrated By
Barbara Lavallee







Critically Thinking Questions
1. What is love?

2. Do you think there is anything that Tender Heart could do that would make his father stop loving him?




Samples of Work
Created by Mrs. Norwood's Pre-K Class 2005


"Look at us on the internet !"

 

Response to Critical Thinking Questions


1. What is love?

L.A "when they hug"    K.M "they want you to be safe"    R.T "when people miss you"
J.B " i like my uncle a lot"    S.M "they miss you when you go to sleep"


2. Do you think there is anything that Tender Heart could do that would make his father stop loving him?

S.M "no"    S.B "No he loves him"   J.B "No, because he won't stop hugging him and kissing him"


                                                                            

"SOMETHING I LEARNED FROM THE WEBSITE"
S.M "A tree in the Serengeti"
K.M, A.A, S.W, K.H "a cow"
K.H, R.T "a house"
J.B " a man in a necklace"    






Lesson Plan for Global Diversity Web Activity
Parts
1
& 2

(suggested plan for use with this webpage)




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Mentor Teacher's Signature
____________________
Date

 Lesson I  Learning With Technology About Our World  
Learning about the Masai
General Information
Name: Joy Botting
School/Mentor Teacher: Lanier County Elementary School/ Mrs. Norwood
Grade Level: Pre-K
Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Social Studies (Multicultural Understanding)
Date Taught: November 3, 2005 tentative
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 a diverse cultures and languages other than English from the cultures.
 
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
2. Colored markers, crayons, and chart paper
3.  Plain white paper for individual drawings
4. Pencil and paper (to make notes for lesson plan assessment and reflections)
 
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.  Copy of my Global Diversity Activity website is included with this lesson plan.  Website Title: Global Diversity Activity and Papa, Do You Love Me? (Masai Culture).
 
Procedure:   StepOne: Introduction
  1. Work with a small group of students (2-5).  Tell students, "today you are going to read them a special book, Papa, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse and illustrated by Barbara Lavallee that is about a son named Tender Heart and his father who loves him. The story takes place in Africa in the Serengeti. It is about a culture called Masai".
 

2. Ask students introduction questions.
- Today we are going to learn about a tribe of people and a culture called Masai. Does anyone know what a tribe is?
-We are going to learn about some things in Africa. Does anyone know where Africa is?
-Do you know what Africa looks like?
-Do you know what they eat?

3.  List the responses on the board or on a sheet of paper so they can see them.
  (Estimated time 10 minutes)

Step Two: Teaching the Primary Learning Outcomes
List the 4-5 question that relate to web sites about the culture that you are going to present to your students. (These questions are at the top of the Global Multicultural Activity website and each corresponds to a link)  
a. Who are the Masai people?
b. Describe the Serengeti.
c. What is an "enkang" and what does it look like?
d.  What foods do the Masai people eat?
 
1. Have students go to your Global Diversity Activity website at http://www.valdosta.edu/~jlbottin/global.html. Students should be grouped around the computer with you so they can see the questions on the screen, and have access to using the mouse
2. Read each question out loud and ask them to predict the answer, then ask a student to click on the link to get information and discuss the information with the students.
3. Allow students to take turns using the mouse to click on the links on your Global Diversity Activity website.
4. After each question, relate the information from websites to students' lives past, present, or future.
5. Assist students, if needed, to scroll up and down on websites. Give students a brief overall view of your Global Diversity Activity page. Be sure to click the link for the photos of the Masai.

Closure: Students will discuss their work that relates to the culture of the Masai people. Ask students to describe things that are different, or may be done in the other ways that are different from the way they do things.
 
Assessment of the Primary Learning Outcomes
Now that we have visited the website links, and learned a little about the culture, I am giving you each a piece of paper and you will use it to write (or you will dictate to me and I will write) and draw pictures about the things you learned about from the web sites about the people and customs or culture of the Masai (food, clothing, etc.).

(Estimated time 15 minutes)
   
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 describe with accuracy information about what they learned about the culture from the web sites i.e. food, clothes, climate, etc. Student responded with accuracy to two of the critical thinking questions about the websites related to the culture that they were learning about. Student responded with accuracy to none of the critic about the websites related to the culture that they were learning about.
 
 
 




                                                                                                                 

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  Mentor Teacher's Signature
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            Date

Lesson II  Learning With Technology and Literature About Our World  
Learning about the Masai  
General Information
Name:  Joy Botting
School/Mentor Teacher:  Lanier County Elementary School/ Mrs. Norwood
Grade Level:  Pre-K
Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Social Studies (Multicultural Understanding)
Date Taught: November 4, 2005 tentative
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. Listening to a children’s story about another culture, and working cooperatively in small group to make a multicultural story picture map about the story and culture represented.
 
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
2. Multicultural children’s book:
               Joosse, B. (2005).Papa, Do You Love Me?

3. Colored markers, crayons, and chart paper
4. Large sheet of chart paper lined for writing sentences and student responses
5. Pencil and paper (to make notes for lesson plan assessment and reflections)
 
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.  Copy of my Global Diversity Activity website is included with this lesson plan.  Website Title: Global Diversity Activity and  Papa, Do You Love Me? (Masai Culture).
 
Step One Introduction
Introduce your multicultural book.Tell students that we will be reading Papa, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse and illustrated by Barbara Lavallee. First, do a “picture walk” of book (hold up book and show pages, allow students to tell what they think is happening on each page).  Then read the name of your book, Papa, Do You Love Me? to students.  While reading the book to students, ask  “questions to check for understanding.”  (List four or more questions to ask students while reading your story)
a. Do you think that Tender Heart's father loves him a lot? Why?
b. Did Tender Heart's father let the lion get him?
c. What does Tender Heart's father do when he gets thirsty?
d. Even though Tender Heart's father gets mad, does father still love him?
(Estimated Time 15 minutes)
 
Step Two: Teaching the Primary Learning Outcome
1.  Show the students your PAINT drawing on your website, <www.valdosta.edu/~jlbottin/global.html>, and talk about what they see in the picture, or what it reminds them about in the story they just read.
2. Read the 2 assessment questions under the picture. These 2 questions should also be copied on a large sheet of chart paper, leaving space between questions to write students’ responses.
1. What is love?
2. Do you think there is anything that Tender Heart could do that would make his father stop loving him?
 
Step Three: Assessment
1.  As students answer the question, write their responses exactly as they speak on the chart, and write the child’s name with the response: i.e. Amanda says, …
2.  Let the children work as a group using markers and crayons to decorate the chart paper.
3. Tell students that you are going to put their picture on the Internet and they will be able to go on the Internet and share their pictures with friends and family.  (If possible teacher should take notes during the lesson and concluding discussions for the lesson plan's assessment and reflections to be added later)
(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 and using the drawing program.
B. Social Studies
Student will be assessed through answers to questions, illustrations, and discussions about diverse cultures.

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.
       
Assessment the Primary Learning Outcomes
A. Technology Integration
Student will be assessed through observation while using the mouse to control the computer and using the drawing program.
B. Social Studies
Student will be assessed through answers to questions, illustrations, and discussions about diverse cultures.
 
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 two of the critical thinking questions about the story Student responded with accuracy to one of the critical thinking questions about the story Student responded with accuracy to none of the critical thinking questions about cthe story










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