Global Diversity Through Literature Activity


1.  Paint Activity
2.  Cultural Graphic Organizer
3.  Weather Graph
4.  Children's Work
5.  Lesson Plan I
6.  Lesson Plan II


Native Americans
Eskimo Boy, Life in an Inupiaq Village

By Russ Kendall









Learning About the Culture ( Lesson II)



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Weather Graph

Lesson Plan I

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 Lesson I - Learning With Technology About Our World  
Eskimo Boy: Life in an Inupiac Eskimo Village

By Russ Kendall

 

 Lesson I Learning With Technology About Our World  
Title of Lesson  

General Information
Name: Diane Wilson                                                                                                                
School/Mentor Teacher: Donna Morris
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 then read the questions.  Write their responses individually on a large sheet of chart paper that also has the questions on it.

This is the story of Norman's life in his home village of Shismaref.  He lives on an island off of the mainlaid of the state of Alaska.  He lives with his mother, father, brother and sister in the village.A mountain stands across the bay from the village.

a.  Can you tell me what a landform is?  Do you see one in the picture?(pointing to the mountain)?

b.  Looking at the picture, can you describe the weather?

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Reading the story:

Introduction to story:

1   The book I am going to read is Eskimo Boy, Life in an Inupiaq Eskimo Village by Russ Kendall.

     A.   See the cover page, what is the boy wearing in the picture?

     B.   Why would he be wearing a coat with a furry hat?

Read the story to the students

 

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 another state, 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 II
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Learning About Our World in Literature and Technology

Eskimo Boy: Life in an Inupiac Eskimo Village by Russ Kendall

General Information                                                                                                                             

Name: Diane Wilson

School/Mentor Teacher: Berrien County Primary/Donna Morris 
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.

 
Materials and Equipment
1. Computer with Internet connection set to your Global Diversity Graphic Organizer:                             
Language - www.alaskool.org/projectsindex.html
Culture:  www.greatdreams.com/native                                                                                                                     
 Climate:  www.alaska.com/about/weather/story

2. Multicultural children’s book: Eskimo Boy Life in an Inuqiap Eskimo Village by Russ Kendall
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 state and also how it relates to the story you read them earlier

The topics on my graphic organizer are Food, Culture, and the Climate.

 

 (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:

1  What do the villagers eat?    www.greatdreams.com/native

2. What language do the older Eskimos speak?   www.alaskool.org/projectsindex.html

3.  Do they have a long summer?   www.alaska.com/about/weather/story

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.

 

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

 

 

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.

 

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