• Unit Topic or Theme: Social Studies
• Grade: 3-4

• Lesson Topic or Theme: Culures around the World
• Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to...
• identify continents & countries
• identify capitols of counttries
• understand the cultures of many countries.
• Instructional Technique: lecture, webquest, class discussion
• Instructional Materials:computer, this website
• Theoretical Perspective: To fully understand the world, students must be able to recognize the many different cultures. Being a student in the United States, these students come in contact with many cultures. 
• Procedure: (As a teacher, what will you and the students do.)

A. Introductory Activity: Discuss with students the different parts of the world. Ask students what different cultures they know about, and allow them to share breifly their insight. 

B. Step-by-step:

1. Taking about 3 lesson's time, introduce countries by their culture, the main ones being United States, China, Australia, Italy, Spain, Ireland, and Russia. 
2. Introduce the capitals of these countries, as well as which continent it is located on. 
3. On a world map, have students locate continents, important countries, and capitols. Along with this, have each student write down 3 facts they feel important to the culture of each country.
4. Lastly, have students travel through the website to test their knowledge.

C. Closure: As a whole class, discuss what they likes/disliked about the website & its content. Reflect on the different countries and their cultures.

D. Adaptations for different learners: Provide extra help with students if necessary. If a troubled reader, read students the questions on the web pages.

E. Homework: Write a paragraph about the heritage/ culture they belong to. Bring in one object from their house to represent their culture.

• Evaluation:

A. How/ when will you determine if you have met your objectives?

• Please list each of your stated objectives for the lesson. Then demonstrate how you will document successful completion for each.
• identify continents & countries: map and website
• identify capitols of counttries: map and website
• understand the cultures of many countries.: worksheet with facts from each country.

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