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**LESSON 7**

** __Grade Level:__ ** 3rd Grade Social Studies

**__Unit:__** World Geography

__**Lesson Objectives:**__
 * Students will learn about 7 seven continents and many of their countries
 * Students will know important characteristics of countries such as their culture, holidays, food, resources, and topography
 * Students will understand where the continents are in relation to each other and Colorado.
 * Students will learn how to do a research project and learn how to compare characteristics of a different land to what they have previously learned about Colorado to learn how to come to a logical conclusion
 * Students will develop research, organization, presentation/communication skills
 * Students will learn how to use resources and how to do a bibliography

**__Time Required To Complete This Lesson:__** One week, two days

**__Title Of Lesson:__** Continents and Countries  **__Description Of Lesson:__** Students will learn about the seven continents and the culture, customs, land, bodies of water, resources, and food of other countries in each. We will read about it in our geography book, view selected pictures and videos of their dress, music, and customs,  perform dances each day from another country, use our world map, globe, and the Internet to view the geography and and do an online research project to compare the country they pick with what they have already learned about Colorado. They will compare the two places and decide whether to "stay" or "go" and explain why. This will help develop literacy skills in many areas including oral presentation/communication, research, and organizational skills. <span style="color: #fb680e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">

__**In-class Assignment:**__
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We will read the chapter on World Geography in our textbook
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">We will do the continent worksheets series 1-3
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">We will experience authentic world music and dance by listening to and watching world music videos selected from the Internet
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">We will view a digital media presentation of countries and their dress and customs
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">We will use our world map, globe, and the Google Earth web application to view each continent
 * Each student will learn how to do a research project in which they will compare the features they have learned about Colorado to another country in another continent using an online bibliography of resources and audio and video directions from tumblr.com

<span style="color: #fb680e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__**Resources/Materials Needed:**__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Geography text <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">book
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Audio Video computer setup
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Continent worksheets series 1-3
 * Digital media presentation of different dress and customs
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Bookmarked world music videos from YouTube
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">World map, globe, and Google Earth
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Tumblr research project lesson
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Reference book and website list
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Grading rubric
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Paper rolls, markers, tape for flags

<span style="color: #fb680e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**The Technology We Used:** __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**The Technology We Used In This Lesson Changes The Teaching/Learning In This Way:** __ By using technology in this lesson, students were able to prepare for a lesson, view and hear digital media crucial to the understanding of the assignment, view topography of other countries, conduct research using many online resources, and learn about the topic of their research in-depth in order to weigh factors and come to an intelligent, informed conclusion in a fun, exciting, interactive way! Technology also allows us to complete this lesson in less than two weeks.
 * We are using a <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">digital media presentation about the dress, culture, and daily life in other countries
 * We are using world music videos from YouTube.com for daily dance activities
 * We are using the Google Earth web application to view different continents, countries, and bodies of water
 * We are using Tumblr.com to experience and learn how to do individual research projects <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">to compare the country they pick with what they have already learned about Colorado
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Students used easybib.com for their bibliographies
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I used shelfari.com for my recommended book list and rubistar.org to make the assessment rubric

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 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">ASSIGNMENT DUE **

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