Introduction
Standard: 3.I.Q.1 Ask compelling questions about the interactions of diverse groups of people.
Learning Target: By the end of this lesson, I will have formulated two questions on how I could interact with a student my age from another country.
After watching this video, it is incredible to consider the reality that students all over the world live differently according to the place they have been placed geographically. Today we will be considering the many differences between groups of people. After considering differences between several groups of people around the world, I want you to think of two questions you have about how you could interact with a student your age from another country.
Task
During this lesson, you will:
1. Read through the two article links about children in Kenya and Russia.
2. Answer the two questions after you have read the articles. Write your answers on a piece of paper.
3. Draw a picture on paper to give to your teacher. I will explain this further after you have completed reading the article and thought about the questions.
4. After reading the directions, click on the hyperlink to fill out the Google form.
Process
Read the following two articles discussing how children live in Kenya and Japan:
Kenya:
Life in Kenya | Educate the Kids
Japan:
In Japan, Small Children Take the Subway and Run Errands Alone - Bloomberg
After reading the entirety of the two articles, Answer these two questions:
1. What are three ways your life is different from a child's life in Kenya and Russia? Write down you answer using complete sentences. Write at least two sentences to answer.
2. What does it mean to be friends with another child? Answer this question with a complete sentence.
After you have written your answers to these questions, turn your paper in to your teacher.
After you have thought about these two questions, I want you to draw a picture (as big or little as you would like) of you where you live. I want you to pretend that you are going to give this picture to a child in Kenya or Japan. It should show them what kind of house you live in so they can see how you live and give them an idea of how you and them may be different because you come from diverse cultures.
After you have completed your picture, write your name on it and give it to your teacher.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE ABOVE TASKS, I want you to formulate two questions you have about how you could interact with a child from Kenya or Russia. When thinking of you question, pretend you are asking a professional on diverse people groups. This person knows how to help people make friends with and connect with people that come from very different backgrounds. Click on this hyperlink to write your two questions: Webquest Quiz - Google Forms
Evaluation
The assignments for this lesson total 10 points.
The written answer to the first question (What are three ways your life is different from a child's life in Kenya and Russia?) is worth 1 point. You will receive 1 point only if you write two full sentences explaining three differences between your life and a child's life in Russia.
The written answer to the second question (What does it mean to be friends with another child?) is worth 1 point. You will receive 1 point if you write at least one complete sentence.
The picture I have assigned you to draw is worth 2 points. You will receive 2 points if you draw where you live and include major details that would hint to another child what the most important parts of where you live are.
For the quiz, each question you formulate is worth 3 points. You will receive 3 points if you formulate a question that is a complete sentence. The question needs to show proof that you really thought about it. For example, the question, "What is your name?" is not acceptable. The question "What does your family do to make money?" is acceptable.
Conclusion
The goal for this lesson was to be able to say, "I will have formulated two questions on how I could interact with a student my age from another country."
You have done this upon completing your quiz!
In this lesson, we thought through how children live in different parts of the world, specifically Kenya and Japan. You read articles on how kids live in these countries. You created a drawing of how you live! When you were finished with these things, you got to develop two questions you have on how to interact with children your age from a different country.