Stephanie Vivas

CSN-EDU 280

Music By: Matisyahu-One Day

 STANDARDS
3rd Grade Reading Standard: (3)11.2 use a variety of library
resources, media, and technology to find information on a
topic.
Observable Objective: Students will be able to describe what
they learned about the different countries they researched.
(Comprehension)
Multicultural Goal: Students will be able to recognize an
educational environment that promotes respect for
differences.
 STANDARDS
Learning Styles
AUDITORY VISUAL KINESTHETIC
• Students will present • Students will be able • Students will be able to
to read about the write facts about the
their passports out countries they
loud to the class. researched. different countries.
• Students will be able • Students will be able • Students will pretend they
to listen to music to look at pictures of are traveling to the
the different different countries to find
from the countries monuments and
they researched. cultures what they enjoyed about it.
• Students can listen • Students will write • Students will be able to
to the way people what interest them learn about the different
the most about the activities people from
speak in the countries they
countries they researched. different countries do such
research. as sports.
 STANDARDS
Gardner’s Intelligence
Musical Intelligence Interpersonal Intelligence

Students will be able to listen Students will be able to think

and make a connection with about and understand people
the music from different from different cultures.
countries.
 Materials
• Generate Random Countries -Students will come up and click generate link to see
which two countries they will research.
• Passport- Students will cut out and put together passport which they will use to write
in what they have learned. (scissors and stapler)
• Websites student can use to find information: (Students will use iPads and
headphones)
o https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/world/
o http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/
o http://googlesightseeing.com/countries/ and https://www.google.com/earth/
o https://www.youtube.com/
• The Travel Book: A journey through every country in the world (Lonely Planet Kids)
• PowerPoint with student instructions
 Instruction-Learning Process
First step- (5 minute discussion)- Ask students to name some
countries. Ask students what country they or their parents are from.
Ask students if they know something about a different country. Ask
students if they have visited any countries before. Teacher will pick
students as they raise their hand.

Mini Lesson-(25 minutes) Teacher will pull up PowerPoint

presentation (labeled: Lesson Plan PowerPoint presentation for
students) and assist students with questions about what they are
supposed to do.
 Instruction-Learning Process
Continued
Guided Practice (15 minutes)- Teacher will :
• Demonstrate how to put passport together using scissors and stapler
as students are putting it together.
• Go on a website and give examples of what I can write for each
country such as music, food, traditions, sports, and historic
monuments.
• Go around the class and make sure students are on the right websites
and are able to find information on their countries.
 Instruction-Learning Process
Continued
Independent Practice (40 minutes)
Students will be researching the countries they were assigned. They
can read facts, listen to music, and interact with google maps to look at
the different countries. Students will be learning the objectives and
why it is important to learn about different countries. They will also
find out if there is similarities or differences in those countries
compared to the United States. Students will learn how to use different
resources to look for information.

Exit Slip (5 minutes) I will go around and make sure all students are
done and students who will like to present one thing they learned can do so.
 Resources
Clark County School District. (2006). Grade Three. Retrieved
fromhttp://sites.csn.edu/education/education_department_CSN/Resources
_files/grade3.pdf
Google (n.d.) Google Earth. Retrieved fromhttps://www.google.com/earth/
Lonely Planet Kids (2015). The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country
in the World. London,England: Lonely Planet
National Geographic Kids (n.d.). Explore the world. Retrieved from
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/world/
Random Lists (n.d.). Random Countries. Retrieved from
https://www.randomlists.com/random-country
 Resources Continued
Scholastic (n.d.). Global Trek. Retrieved from
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/
Teachers Pay Teachers (n.d). International Passport/Play Passport for
Little Learners/Around the World. Retrieved from
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/International-
Passport-Play-Passport-for-Little-Learners-Around-the-World-2792649
Turnbull, A and J (n.d). Google Sightseeing. Retrieved
fromhttp://googlesightseeing.com/countries/
Youtube (n.d). Youtube Home. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/
 Reflection
1. With this lesson plan students are able to develop their reading, writing and
researching skills. They learn how to use books and other resources such as
different websites to find facts about different countries. The handout allows
them to think and compare information they learned with their own personal
lives.
2. Students learn different things such as sports, traditions, language, music,
historical monuments for different countries. Students achieve finding
similarities and differences between different cultures.
3. Students engage during the introduction, learn how to follow instructions and
ask questions during the PowerPoint presentation and guided practice, and work
quietly during the independent practice.
4. The strength of the lesson plan is that students will be able to find their own way
of learning about each country they are assigned. The lesson is easy to follow
and students will enjoy pretending to travel. The weaknesses of the lesson plan is
that students may feel pressured to finish on time. There may not be enough
resources for students to really find all the information they are looking for.