Global Community Lesson Plan

Grade: 6 Objective: Subject: Social Studies Students will be learning what it means to be part o a global community by using the site ePals to connect with a classroom in another country! "e will be ma#ing a presentation or them showing all o the great things about our local community! $aterials:

One Computer, One Projector:

Computer with internet access Library boo#s Local newspapers and other paper items %pamphlets, tourist guides, maps, etc& 'S() Standards: *b! Create original wor#s as a means o personal or group e+pression ,b! Communicate in ormation and ideas e ectively to multiple audiences using a variety o media and ormats cultures Common Core Standards ,c! -evelop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners o other

CCSS!)L./Literacy!SL!6!0 Present claims and indings, se1uencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, acts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes2 use appropriate eye contact, ade1uate volume, and clear pronunciation!

CCSS!)L./Literacy!SL!6!* )ngage e ectively in a range o collaborative discussions %one/on/one, in groups, and teacher/ led& with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, te+ts, and issues, building on others3 ideas and e+pressing their own clearly! CCSS!)L./Literacy!45!6/6!7 .naly8e the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic!

Lesson: 'ntroduction: 9sing Google )arth and :ational Geogrphic or #ids, loo# online to see the ideas o what countries they are interested in learning about! Create a class list o all the countries researched! http:;;www!google!com;earth; http:;;#ids!nationalgeographic!com;#ids;places; ind; Part *: location o other countries, and the eatures that ma#e them uni1ue! .llow students to suggest

. ter generating a list have a class vote to pic# the top < countries the students are most

interested in! (hen visit the ePals global community site to ind a classroom rom one o these countries, and contact them to see i they would be interested in being our online partners! http:;;www!epals!com; ind/ region?Asearch>te+t? Part ,: classroom!php=age>range?@Acollaboration?@Acountry?Alanguage?@Anum>students?@Ap?*A

Once a classroom has accepted our online riendship, have students research $ichigan, and our city, to put together a presentation to send to our new riends! 5ave students wor# in small groups each with a di erent ocus! Groups can include ood, geography, plants and animals, hobbies, un acts, $ichigan 'nventions, what we li#e to do or un, etc! (he small groups will wor# around the classroom visiting di erent stations! Stations include boo#s rom the library research, newspapers, writing to synthesi8e in ormation, etc! Part B: . ter students have gathered all the in ormation they believe is important they will present to the class! "hile one group is tal#ing the other students will ta#e notes on the acts they believe are the most important! "e will then discuss the in ormation and pic# our avorites to include in a pre8i presentation to share with our new international riends! ' will create a template or the in ormation, and each group will get the chance to put in their in ormation! "e will view the presentation together, and will only send it when we all agree that it3s what we want our https:;;pre8i!com; inal product to be! %this could be more than one station depending on the amount o boo#s&, computer or online

Part 0: . ter the presentation has been sent and viewed by our riends students will write their own global community member, and why it is important! re lection paper about wor#ing in a small group, what they3ve learned, what it means to be a