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1 Paint Activity
2 Culture Graph
3 Cultural Geography Graph
4 Student's Work
5 Lesson Plan One
6 Lesson Plan Two
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Pakistani Folk Tales
The Rat Who Made One Bargain Too Many
by
Ashraf Siddiqui and Marilyn Lerch
Illustrated by
Jan Fairservis

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Picture Drawn by Tammy Young

There once was a rat that was very nosey. Everywhere he went, he ran into someone with problems. He tried to solve everybody's problems through bargaining. In the end, he gets more than he bargained for.

Critical Thinking Questions:

This rat was very clever.
Have you ever used this to get something that you wanted?

Have you ever wanted something really bad and then
when you got it, it wasn't what you wanted after all?

Learning About the Culture
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Food Click on the food link to learn what ingredients
are in Mango Ice Cream. A Pakistan favorite!
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Music Click on the music link to hear sone songs that
people listen to in Pakistan.
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Language Click on the writing link to find out which
language is spoken more often in Pakistan.

Learning About the Culture of Pakistan

Culture Diversity Activity for Grades 3-5
Integrating Math and Science
Getting Information from Graphs

Which location has the coldest temperature in January?
How cold does it get?

Which location has the warmest temperature in July?
How warm does it get?

Which location gets more rain? Why do you think it gets more rain?

In which location does the temperature get close to freezing?

Which location would you like to live in? Why?

Pakistan is very large. It is approximately the size of France and the United Kingdom combined. Pakistan has many different kinds of scenery. It has sandy beaches and swamps like we do in Georgia. The climate is like ours in Georgia as well. They have cold winters and hot summers. Pakistan also has many natural disasters that people in Georgia may never see. These include earthquakes, tsuanmis, floods, wind storms, as well as droughts. Some of these natural disasters happen quite frequently. There are also some interesting landforms in Pakistan. These include the Arabian Sea, forests, and mountains such as the Himalaya, Karakoram, and the Hindu Kush mountains. There are also deserts in Pakistan. The Thar Desert has shifting sand dunes.

Map of Pakistan
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Children's Work

Look What We Did...

	These children were amazed at the money I brought in from Pakistan. They thought it was very cool. They have never seen a $500.00 bill before...then again, until I borrowed the money from a friend, neither had I!
This student drew money for her picture. She said she liked all the mountains and the desert but she liked the money from Pakistan the best!
	This student couldn't decide what she liked best about Pakistan so she divided her page in half. She drew money and the water.
This student couldn't decide what she liked best either so she drew money and the water like her friend did.
	This student likes bushes so he drew bushes and the sun. He liked the money as well but said he would rather just draw a bush.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!!!
	We tried Mango ice cream like the children in Pakistan do. The students liked it so much, they came back for more!

Lesson Plan One

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Mentor Teacher's Signature
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Date

One Too Many

Lesson I

Learning with Technology about Our World
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General Information
Name:
School/Mentor Teacher:
Grade Level:
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
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.

Questions:

This rat was very clever. Have you ever used this to get what you wanted?
Have you ever wanted something really bad and then when you got it, it wasn’t what you wanted after all?

Write their responses individually on a large sheet of chart paper that also has the questions on it.

Reading the story:

Introduction to story:

Read the title of the book: Pakistani Folk Tales: Toontoony Pie & Other Stories, author: Ashraf Siddiqui, illustrator: Marilyn Lerch, and do a picture walk with the students.
Ask some questions or point out words or objects:

I will bring in items of interest from Pakistan such as copper tea set, coke bottle, military pistures, shells from a gun, etc.

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 Pakistan, tell me 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 Two

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Mentor Teacher's Signature

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Let’s Visit Pakistan

General Information:

Name:
School/Mentor Teacher:
Grade Level:
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 diverse cultures and languages other than English from the cultures.

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

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 www.valdosta.edu/~tjyoung/global.html
2. Multicultural children’s book: Siddiqui, Ashraf. (1998). Pakistani Folk Tales: Toontoony Pie & Other Stories. Hippocrene Books, Inc.
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, paints, etc.

Technology Connection
Technologies that will be used in this lesson include:

Computer with Internet connection set to www.valdosta.edu/~tjyoung/global.html
A hand-drawn picture scanned into the computer that links to www.valdosta.edu/~tjyoung/global.html that represents Pakistan in Pakistani Folk Tales: Toontoony Pie & Other Stories.
Elementary students will use computers to view www.valdosta.edu/~tjyoung/global.html developed for Pakistani Folk Tales: Toontoony Pie & Other Stories.

Step One: Introduction

Spark the student’s interest by telling the students that today we will learn more about Pakistan from my website. Have the each student sit at a computer set to www.valdosta.edu/~tjyoung/global.html.
Have each student observe the paint picture drawn by Tammy Young and see if they can relate it to the book that was read yesterday. Ask:

Why does the bride look sad?
What is the rat in? Why?
Why does the mother-in-law look so happy?

Show the students the chart paper that they completed yesterday. Review the critical thinking questions that the students answered on the chart paper.

Estimated Time: 10 minutes

Step Two: Teaching the Primary Learning Outcome

Have each student look at the Learning about Culture section of the website. Ask:

When you click on the food link and see the recipe for the Mango Ice Cream, is this something that you would like to try? Why or why not?
When you click on the music link and listen to the music that people in Pakistan listen to, how is it different? How is it the same?
When you click on the language link, what language is spoken most often? Have you ever heard of that language before?

Have each student look at the climate graph of Pakistan and Waycross on the website. Ask:

Which location has the coldest temperature in January? How cold does it get?
Which location has the warmest temperature in July? How warm does it get?
Which location gets more rain? Why do you think it gets more rain?
In which location does the temperature get close to freezing?
Which location would you like to live in? Why?
What did you think about the natural disasters that happen in Pakistan?
Which mountain did you think was the prettiest?

Look at the map of Pakistan. Ask:

What is the capitol of Pakistan?
Which two cities are closest to the Arabian Sea?

Estimated Time: 20 minutes

Step Three: Assessment

Give the students a sheet of 11” x 14” paper and ask them to write words and/or draw a picture of their favorite thing that they learned from the web sites.
When the students finish with their drawing, ask them to describe and tell what they drew and/or wrote to the class.

Estimated Time: 20 minutes

Closure

Have each student read another student’s response on the chart and tell what it means to them.
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

Estimated Time: 5 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.

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 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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