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 * ===Title of Unit or Project:  ===
 * ===  If the World Were a Village…..based on the book by David Smith     ===
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 * ===Grade Level and/or Subject Area:  ===
 * ===Grades 3-5  ===
 * ===<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  ===
 * ===<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Summary of Project: Using the book "//If the World Were a Village//" by David Smith, students will use various projects to explore our world and the people in it. Students will be looking at how people in other parts of the world are differerent from ourselves; how other parts of the world differ from the United States; look at statistics to help us understand the world and its people; illustrating and/or graphing of information discovered. Student focus will be on language, geography, and life expectancy.  ===
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 * ===<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Curriculum Framing Questions  ===
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 * ===<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Essential Question-  ===
 * ===<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="COLOR: #b500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Why live in another country?   ===
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 * ===<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="COLOR: #b500ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Unit Questions-   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">    ===
 * 1) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Hello…it’s me. How important is communication? (language and communication)
 * 2) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Based on my current location, how long can I expect to live?
 * 3) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">I’m from America….where are you from? (various nationalities in the world

===<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Content Questions- <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">  ===
 * 1) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Why do you think that speaking, reading and comprehension is important for survival in the world?
 * 2) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Whose language should you speak if you are in a foreign country?
 * 3) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Based on your prior research, which country has the longest life expectancy?
 * 4) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">What are some of the factors that contribute to a long life?
 * 5) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The United States is a melting pot. Can you figure out how many nationalities there are in the world.
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,48)">Visual Ranking
 * **List your idea for using Visual Ranking in your unit.**
 * The idea for visual ranking in my unit would be to expose the students to the many languages in our world, thus increasing their awareness of multiple cultures.
 * **List concerns you have using Visual Ranking in your unit.** (Revised)
 * **TMI....will have to decrease the amount of information and only look at one area such as language**
 * **Will need to redo this area for this particular lesson and decrerase verbage**
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,48)">Seeing Reason <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,48)">
 * **List your idea for using Seeing Reason in your unit.**
 * The idea for using the seeing reason in my unit would be to increase the students knowledge of the various factors that affect life expectancy.
 * **List concerns you have using Seeing Reason in your unit.** (Revised)
 * **The amount of information that I started with. I think I would allow the students to map w/o making the relationships to begin wtih.**
 * **Would need to populate the information for the students so they do not get caught up in reading/searching for items that are not relevant.**
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,48)">Showing Evidence <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,48)">
 * **List your idea for using Showing Evidence in your unit.**
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">In order to know what it would be like to live in another culture, students were asked to revisit the website  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/countrylisting.html to determine which country in their opinion has the best living conditions.
 * **List concerns you have using Showing Evidence in your unit.**
 * **Time....this is a big project, albeit one that would be very educational as well as time consuming. It would have to be modeled in a way (possibly as a whole group) to maximize the benefits to the students before turning them loose on their own.**
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 * ===<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The project idea-real world connections, authenticity ===

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===<span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This project has real world applications, connections, and authenticity because the students are looking at factual information from a reputable site. It has the potential to impact a lot of students' thinking and inquiry skills .===

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