Transcript Global Studies

Global Studies
Rosa Parks Elementary
Terri Hogarth, Lynette Wagner, and
June Gaston
Aussie Vocabulary (Strine)
 Grizzle
 Mate
 Shout
 Jackeroo
 G’day
 Sheila
 Barbie
 Bonzer
 Oz
Joey
Tucker
Bloke
TaTa
Outback
Dingo
Prawns
Chook
Arvo
Places to Study
 Kindergarten – North America
 First Grade – Africa
 Second Grade – Asia
 Third Grade – South America
 Fourth Grade – Australia
 Fifth Grade – Europe
 Library - Antarctica
Purpose
 Students to gain a deep understanding
of the world around them. Fourth grade
students did a global studies of Australia
(Sweden and Germany). Students will
see similarities and differences of land
forms, populations, cultures, economy,
history, government, climate,
animals/plants, habitat, river systems,
and other factual information.
How Did We Start?
 Formed a Global Studies Committee
 Visited school that implemented Global
Studies into their Curriculum
 Collaboration with grade levels
 Researched and ordered resources
 Mapping Global Studies into Social
Studies and Science Curriculum.
Align to the State Standards
 Looking at our state standards, we
mapped out our four quarters for
Science and Social Studies. This was a
year-long implementation for this project.
 See handout
21st Century Skills
Collaborating
 Collaborating. Students compared each region
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of the US to Australian states:
Northeast Region of US – Queensland
Southeast Region of US – New South Wales
and Victoria
Midwest – Northern Territory
Southwest Region of US – South Australia
West and Pacific States – Western Australia
Australian States
Problem Solving
 Are you SMARTER than an
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Australian game.
Making decisions on who
should be the “Young
Australian Award” during
Australian Day.
(Collaboration)
Determining cause-effect
relationships with Aborigians
and Australian government.
Summarizing about
Australia during Photo Story
3
Guided Reading – working
together in groups to find
the text features in
Australian books.
Analytical Thinking
 Writing Projects – If I could go anywhere
in the world, I would travel to…
 Epals – Writing to Australian friends
 Science Animal Probes
 Aborigian Art
 Photo Story 3 projects
 Atlas
 Penny Wars – Service Project
Finding and Evaluating
Information
 Fact Monster – School Year Around the World
 Culture Grams
 Time for Kids – World Edition
 InfoBits
 Power points
 World Books for Kids
 Photo Story 3
 Research Energy Sources around the World
 Learn 360
 America the Beautiful
Creating And Innovating
 Power points
 Photo Story 3
 Wax Museum
 United Nations Day
Implementation
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First Quarter
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Designed Australian flags for the school wide assembly.
Designed Boomerangs and tested them.
Science – compare/contrast Australian animal, adaptation, habits,
biomes and climate. Research Australian animals, and complete a
probe.
Significant tasks – Compare US National Parks to Australian National
Parks
Social Studies –
A. Compare/contrast rights and responsibilities to Australian
culture. Compare/contrast Australian resources (Junior Achievement)
B. Provide knowledge Australian regions, land forms, states/territories,
political divisions, flag, hemispheres, oceans, and climate
C. Compare/contrast Midwest vs. Australian Northern Territory (land,
economy, culture)
D. Compare/contrast Northeast vs. Australian Queensland (land,
economy, culture)
Guest Speaker – Vic (granddaughter of 401 student)
Field Trip to the Outback Restaurant
Australian power points
FLES – Foreign Language in Elementary Schools for 15 minutes/day.
Implementation – Second
Quarter
 Science – compare/contrast with Australian metric system.
 Writing – Started the process to communicate with an
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Australian classroom through epals
Social Studies –Compare/contrast Southeastern Region of US
with New South Wales/Victoria.
Compare/contrast Southwestern Region of US with South
Australia
Compare/contrast Western Region of US with West Australia
Learn Aussie Christmas songs and carols to classrooms and
the office.
Learn Aussie slang (vocab.)
Technology –Morning Message Finding Places in the World
Holidays Around the World Power point
FLES – Foreign Language in Elementary Schools for 15
minutes per day.
Implementation – Third
Quarter
 Science – Compare/contrast Australia’s water forms and
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rainfall, season, time zones.
Social Studies –
A.Compare/contrast SD government with Australian
government
B. Compare/contrast SD Native Americans with Aborigines
C. Compare/contrast history (homestead act, gold rush vs
Burke and Wills expedition
D. Compare/contrast SD agriculture vs urban to Australian
ranching vs. mining
E. Compare/contrast Native American conflicts and
establishments of reservations vs Australian conflicts (British vs
Aborigines)
3. Language Arts – Significant task Students researched best
energy sources in US with energy sources in Australia.
Continue – Quarter Three
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4. Australian Day – January 26th Activities included:
A. Game – Are You Smarter Than an Australian
 B. Tasted Lamingtons
 C. Young Australian Award
 D. Students met, Australian, “Mark”, who is going to school
at Indiana State University. He visited with 4th Rosa Parks
students through the DDN system. He gave an hour long
presentation and students could ask questions about
Australia.
 E. In gym, students hiked 6 miles on the base of the spiritual
mountain – Uluru
 F. Aboriginal Art
 G. Principal, June Gaston, read Mem Fox books to the
students.
 H. Wool Chart
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6. Field Trip to the Washington Pavilion. Students watched the movie “Australia”,
and went to the Discovery Center.
7. Power points – Major Cities in Australia.
8. Create a Photo Story Presentation as an assessment.
9. Movie on the Great Barrier Reef
10. Holidays Around the World Power point
11. Morning Message Finding Places in the World
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Implementation – Quarter 4
 Compare/contrast notable South Dakotans with notable
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Australians (Wax Museum)
Prepare for Festival of Nation’s Day in May.
Continue with writing to Australian friends – epals
Science – A. Disease Prevention – Australian flying
doctors
B. Physical Fitness – Australian sports (Cricket, Rugby,
surfing)
C. Interpersonal Communication – Australian Schools –
games
Significant Task – Wax Museum and Coffeehouse
- Research and presentations.
FLES – Foreign Language in Elementary Schools
for 15 minutes per day.
3rd Grade Highlights
 We learned about the history of our 3 countries
in S. America (Chile, Bolivia & Brazil). Each
class studied facts about the country and then
the kids made icons to represent the
facts. Lastly they had to figure out where to put
the fact on the giant timeline. After each class
was familiar with their country's history, we
presented our timelines to the other 2
classes. This was more teacher lead as far as
presenting the information.
3rd Grade Highlights
 3rd Grade Water Carnival- This is our
Service Project. We have been
researching water facts and will present
them to the student body the week of our
Water Carnival. All proceeds will go
towards Blue Planet Run Foundation.
The website is attached for your viewing
pleasure. 0) http://blueplanetrun.org/
3rd Grade Highlights
 We studied landforms in social studies and then
plotted specific landforms on maps using
chocolate chips (mountains), glue gel (rivers
and lakes), and other dessert items. Then we
learned about specific land forms in S. America
using a Smart Board presentation. The kids
used a S. American map to show landforms
using dessert items. This is called Candyland
maps. The idea came from the Essentials, but
we extended the lesson by putting a Global
Studies twist on it.
3rd Grade Highlights
 In April and May, 3rd Grade students worked on
their Non-Fiction Books for Writer's Workshop.
Each student chose a country in S. America to
research. The majority of the research was
done online, as well as some reference
materials as well. There were several chapters
to construct They range from general
information such as literacy rate, major exports
and population to a school day and places to
visit.
3rd Grade
 In Science we studied plant and animal life and
how it relates to ecosystems. The students
studied ecosystems in S. American countries.
 We have 2 former S. American friends that we
blog with online. They are living in the states
(married), but one is originally from S.
America. The kids come up with their own
questions. It's really interesting to see what they
come up with and what our S. America blog
friends respond with.
Highlights from 5th Grade
 Postcards from Europe
 Tallest Building
 Using the 5 W’s with the article read.
 (World News)
 World’s Weirdest Festivals
 Travel Agent Business Cards
 Europe Research Project
 Christmas Around the World
 Current Events
 Creating Photo Story 3