Lesson

Plan

Date


Length
40 minutes

Topic and Context
Communities Around the World
What is a community? Focus: What do we all need?

Task Outcomes and Expectations
- recognize and use pictorial symbols (e.g., for homes, roads), colour (e.g., blue
line/river), legends, and cardinal directions (i.e., N, S, E,W) on maps of Canada and
other countries;
- identify the earth as a sphere and half the earth as a hemisphere;
- demonstrate an understanding that the globe is a model of the earth;
- find the equator and the poles on a map and/or globe;
- locate on a globe or map their local com- munity in Ontario; Canada; and the
various countries and continents studied
- identify similarities and differences (e.g., in food, clothing, homes, recreation, land
use, transportation, language) between their community and a community in
another part of the world.
- present information about children around the world (e.g., country of origin,
language, food, clothing, homes, games);
- compare how people living in different climates (e.g., near the poles and near the
equator) meet their needs for food, shelter, clothing, and recreation.

Materials
Bag of Items (see below)
Country/Item T-chart
The Things We Need worksheet
Too Much Stuff by Robert Munsch

Assessment Opportunities
- Oral, visual, and written communication

Accommodations

Activity
Begin

During

Lesson Structure

Lesson Structure Focus (key teaching points;
monitoring/assessment criteria)
Needs
- Read-Aloud: Too Much Stuff by Robert Munsch

Time
10
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10
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1. Bag of Items
- Each table group will have a bag of items: play foods,
article of clothing, water bottles, toys, (un)necessary
things
- Examine items, decide how to group them together
(similarities), are there things they can omit, report
findings
- Think about where the items are made
- Students will fill out Country/Item T-chart

2. The things we need
- students will brainstorm The Things We Need, then they
will answer the reflection questions (this can be done based on
the items in the bag, or on their own personal opinion)
After
Next Week:

Reflection
- If the World Were a Global Village DVD
- Produce from other parts of the world
Conclusion Record in Activity Log

Teacher
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Reflections

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