Lesson Plan I

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  Learning About Our World Through Literature and Technology 

Learning about the Ukraine

 Lesson I  Learning With Technology About Our World  
Learning about the Ukraine  

 Lesson I  Learning With Technology About Our World  
Title of Lesson: Learning about the Ukraine 

General Information
Name:
School/Mentor Teacher:
Grade Level: 1^st Grade
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: 1
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.

Throughout the long, cold, winter Babushka carefully painted beautifully intricate designs on eggs that she would enter into a contest at the spring festival. One day after a snowstorm, Babushka went outside and was watching some caribou, when a goose fell from the sky. It had been injured by a hunter. Babushka carefully picked the goose up and took her inside to nurse back to health. Babushka named her Renchenka. Babushka fed Renchenka and gave her a special bed. Renchenka grew stronger daily and was so grateful to Babushka that she laid her an egg every morning for breakfast. Soon Rechenka was well enough to waddle around Babushka's home. One day she jumped onto the table where Babushka was painting her eggs and knocked over the egg basket, sending Babushka's beautiful eggs crashing to the floor!

a What do you think Babushka did after Rechenka knocked over the eggs?

b. How do you think the story will end?

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Reading the story:

Introduction to story:

1   The title of the book is Rechenka’s Eggs. It is written and illustrated by Patricia Polacco.

Show the students the cover of the book. Show them some of the illustrations in the book.

a Talk about the eggs Babushka is painting, point out the tiny detail work. Ask how long they think that took her to do.

b Talk about the great care Babushka took of Rechenka.

c. Point out the clothing and buildings in the book. Talk about how these differ from the ones we see around us.

Read the story to the children

Ask the children to decorate or enhance the chart picture with their own words or pictures related to the story.

Assessment of the Primary Learning Outcomes
Now that we have visited my website, and listened to a story about Ukraine, 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:

Lesson Plan II
Learning About Our World Through Literature and  Technology   


Culture of the Ukraine

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Lesson II  Learning About Our World Through Literature and  Technology   
Title of Lesson: Culture of The Ukraine 

General Information

Name:
School/Mentor Teacher:
Grade Level: 1
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.

Related QCC & GPS Standards
A. Grade: 1
Technology Integration
Strand: Basic Skills
5 Topic: Basic Skills
Standard: Operates basic technology tools and applications.

B. Grade: 1
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 http://www.valdosta.edu/%7Emhmorgan/global.html

2. http://www.learnpysanky.com/designs.html, http://pages.prodigy.net/l.hodges/examples.htm, http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/4795/national.html

3. Multicultural children’s book: Rechenka’s Eggs by Patricia Polacco.
4. Colored markers, crayons, and chart paper
5. Markers, crayons, points, etc. (Students’ work will be scanned or saved and will be posted on you 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 Ukraine and also how it relates to the story you read them earlier.

1. Students will visit a website about art in Ukraine. http://www.learnpysanky.com/designs.html. They will use the site to answer the following questions. Which egg design do you think you can draw? Why did you choose this design?

2. Students will visit a website about the people of Ukraine. http://pages.prodigy.net/l.hodges/examples.htm. They will use the site to answer the following questions: How is the way we dress similar to the Ukrainian people? How is it different?

3. Students will visit a website about the food of Ukraine. http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/4795/national.html. They will use the site to answer the following questions: Which recipe do you think you would like to try? Why did you choose this recipe?

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(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:

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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