The Global Diversity Literature Lesson

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The Bicycle Man
By: Allen Say

Allen Say is the author and illustrator of this book. He began taking interest in reading and writing as a young boy when his family started moving from town to town. He enjoyes illustrating the books he writes because his best ideas for a story, many times, come from his pictures.

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This book is written about the Japanese culture and would be beneficial for students to learn about other cultures, besides their own. By studying and learning about other cultures, children can gain appreciation and respect for other cultures and ways of life.

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Questions that Encourage Critical Thinking

Questions:
1. What is the man doing on top of the bicycle and why is he up there?
2.Tell me some of the things people use bicycles for?
3. What country do you think this story takes place in, and why?
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This is the story is about some children who received a very special and interesting surprise from foreign visitors, at their field day!




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Lesson Plan
 Global Diversity Through Literature and Technology

 

General Information

Name: Sarah Perry Tatum

School/Mentor Teacher: Center Elementary/ Mrs. Tison

Grade Level: 2nd

Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Social Studies (Multicultural Understanding)

Date Taught: March 3, 2007

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 diverse cultures.

C.  Student will listen to a children’s story to learn about another culture

D.  Student will work cooperatively in small group to make a story picture account

of events in the story.

 

Related GPS Standards

A. Grade: K

Technology Integration

Strand: Basic Skills

5 Topic: Basic Skills

Standard: Operates basic technology tools and applications.

 

B,C, D 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 represented in children’s literature and those who are enrolled in our schools.

  <>Materials and Equipment:

1. Computer with Internet connection

2. My Global Diversity Web Page- http://www.valdosta.edu/~seperry/global.html

3.  Map or globe

4. Colored markers, crayons

5. Paper for individual drawings

Teacher will also need:

1. Pencil and paper (to make notes for assessment and reflections

2. Copy of lesson rubric 1 for each group member.  (see rubric below)

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 a computer painted picture related to the book The Bicycle Man, by Allen Say.

 

Procedures:

Part I Step One: Introduction

1. Work with a small group of students (4). 

Introduction questions (Introduction questions are for the teacher, to find out about the students' previous knowledge of the subject content.)

 

2. Show the children the globe or the map. Ask them questions such as:

What is this called?

What colors do you see on it?

What does the blue represent?  Tell them that the big blue areas are oceans and the small ones are lakes, or rivers, etc.

What do these many colors represent?

Can anyone point to our country; to Georgia?

We are going to learn about children who live in Japan.

Does anyone know where Japan is?

The teacher points to the place on the map and then asks a child to point to Georgia. 

Do you think Japan is far away or near from us in Georgia?

Do you have go over water to get to this place from our place?

(Estimated time 10 minutes)

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Step Two: Teaching the Primary Learning Outcomes Language Experience Activity

1. Go to the computer and your Lesson 1 Global Diversity Activity website at, http://www.valdosta.edu/~seperry/lesson1.html

Students should be grouped around the computer with you so they can see the screen, and have access to using the mouse

  <>2.  Let children take turns pointing to things in your picture.  They can also try to point to certain words on the screen.  <>
3.   Read each question under the Paint drawing.  Ask them to respond to your questions. <> 
4.  Have a large piece of chart paper or separate sheets with each question, already prepared with the questions listed with spaces to write the children's responses underneath. <> 
5. As each child responds to the questions, write exactly what they are saying when they make their responses.

Write students’ names next to each response.

  <>List your 3 questions here:

1. What is the man doing on top of the bicycle and why is he up there?

2. Tell me some of the things people use bicycles for?

3. What country do you think this story takes place in, and why?

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Part 2

1.  Read the paragraph under the questions to the children. Then show them the book.

2.   Conduct a BRIEF picture walk and talk about the book

2.  Tell them the title, author, illustrator of the book.

3.  Read the story to the children.

(10-15 minutes)

  <>Closure:

1. After you read the story, review their responses made prior to reading them the story and compare their responses with the actual events in the story. 

2. Ask them to tell you some things they learned from the story.

3.  Give the students markers or crayons, and let them color and add words or pictures that they learned about in the story on the chart paper.

4.  Do an activity that relates to the story. Describe the activity that you will do.

I will have the students to think about a visitor that they would like to have come to their field day

And then write a sentence and illustrate a picture about it.

 

5.  Exhibit children's work or let them show the things they made to others.
(Estimated time 15 minutes)

EVALUATION:
Rubric:  Use this chart to evaluate each student
Copy the rubric below (1 per group member)

Level 3 - (5 -4 points)

Level 2   (3- 2 points)

Level 1    (1-0 points)

Student is able to use the mouse to point to things and click  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 to all the critical thinking prediction questions about the story and was able to compare his/her predictions with the events in the story.

Student responded with accuracy to two of the critical thinking questions from the story and was able to compare his/her responses with the events in the story.

Student responded with accuracy to 1 or none of the prediction questions about the related to the story that was read to them.

Student worked collaboratively with others in the group and  understood the importance of  contributing and working  positively to complete  the project

Student worked collaboratively with others in the group, but did not understand the  importance of  contributing and working with others to complete  the project

Student was unable to work with others in the group and  had difficulty understanding the importance of contributing to the overall project