TPACK Lesson Plan

Name and Grade Level: Japan Unit: Grade 3, Lesson 4

Title: Culture

Content Knowledge - Objective: What beliefs, ideas, celebrations,

traditions, and values make up the culture of Japan?

Students will look at images gathered online by the teacher that

represent Japans beliefs, ideas, celebrations, traditions, and culture to
gain an understanding of Japans culture and participate in a Kahoot
about Japans culture.

Common Core/ISTE Standard:

Geographic
Reasoning

Recognize that characteristics (cultural, economic, and physical-environmental) of regions affect the history of
communities, civilizations, and nations.

ISTE Standards

1c. Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to
demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessment

a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to
promote student learning and creativity

Pedagogy:

Direct Instruction- Students will be shown images gathered online and

have direct instruction on the culture and beliefs in Japan.

Class Discussion-Students will participate in a class discussion about

the culture, traditions, and beliefs in Japan.

Assessment Plan: Check off which apply: Detail How

___X__: Informal ____: Formal

___X__: Formative ____: Summative

Notes:
Students will be informally assessed throughout the lesson during the
class discussion.

Technology for Learners Being Used

Students will view the images gathered by the teachers through the
SMARTboard. Students will use computers or iPads to complete the
Kahoot.

Technology for Teachers Being Used

The teacher will use the internet to gather images of Japan culture.
The teacher will use a computer to create a Kahoot for the students.
What 21st Century Skills are Students Using?

Critical Thinking: Students will use critical thinking skills during our
class discussion about the culture, traditions, and beliefs in Japan, as
well as during the Kahoot.

Creating:

Communication: Students will be communicating through the class

discussion during the lesson.

Collaboration: Students will be collaborating during the discussion when

they build upon each other's ideas.

Which Blooms Taxonomy? And Which Bloom Taxonomy for Digital?

Remembering/Understanding- Students will use the images in the

lesson to recall information about Japans culture, traditions, and
beliefs.

Analyze-Students will analyze the online images gathered by the

teacher to examine and make connections during the lesson.
Essential Vocabulary: Japan, culture, traditions, kimono, oragami,
bowing, Haiku

Materials: Computer, SMARTboard, images gathered from online

Introduction/Engagement:

Students will have images or words on their desks that have to do with
Japanese culture traditions, and/or beliefs; students will have to try to
match their picture with the correct name. Students will get 5 minutes
to go around the classroom and try to find their match. After the
lesson, we will go around the room to see if students matched correctly.
For example, someone will have the word Kimono and someone will have a
picture of a Kimono and the students goal is to match the pictures and
words correctly.
Lesson: (developmental procedures)

Students will start the lesson with the matching engagement

activity.
Students will then learn about Japans culture, traditions, beliefs,
and more through looking at images online that the teacher
gathered, while listening to the teacher talking about each image.
After the lesson, students will go around sharing their picture and
the word they matched it with, to see whether or not the
students were correct. As a class we will correct the ones that
were incorrect.
Students will complete a Kahoot about Japanese culture.

Modification:
Scaffolded note packets based on the students tiers.

Enrichment:

Students can create a Haiku poem using information they learned

about the Japanese culture.