Library

=**Unit Title: What is a Culture?** = =**C. Collier, Grade 3** =

=**What you want your kids to know and why it matters: (Learning Goals)** =

**What do you want your kids to be smarter about? (Knowledge)** Storytelling in general and the more specific method of Japanese storytelling. Evaluating websites as they research for new information. **What do you want your kids to be able to DO better? (Skills)** Tell stories with fluency. Be able to use websites intelligently - compare similar websites and be able to transfer this knowledge when looking at a new website.

**What do you want your students to be pondering/concerned/caring about? (Understandings)** I would like them to be pondering similarities in folk tales and what they reflect about cultures. Students will be able to evaluate websites and determine their usefulness and value.

__**Big Idea/Enduring Understanding**__**:** What do you want students to remember in 10 years? **//Respecting, participating and enjoying other cultures will lead to curiosity and enhance Global Citizenship.//** __**Essential Question(s):**__ **What is a Culture? How can websites and literature promote cultural understanding?**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**Product/Performance Task**__**-** What will students create to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and understanding?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Students will perform a variety of folk tales using Japanese story cards or their //Kamashibai//. (Japanese Storyboarding/Digital Storytelling) Students will successfully navigate, compare and evaluate websites.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**Real world purpose/audience:**__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Students will perform for their learning community.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**Real world models**__ **(e.g. mentor texts, etc.):** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">//Kamishibai Man by Allen Say//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Possible resources that students will use to help them uncover topic:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Students will use authentic Japanese story cards and Japanese Folk Tales. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Students will also use culturally- specific websites.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//I Can// Statements for Content & Skills Formative/Summative Assessments**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">//I can read and compare folktales.// || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Teacher led Discussion and Student generated Graphic Organizers ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">//I can search a website successfully.// || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Teacher observation and individual student answered questions ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">//I can retell a story with a group// || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Teacher observation and student performance ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">//I can use a culturally specific story telling technique.// || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Observation of student performance ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">//I can evaluate a website.// || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Student discussion and student generated graphic organizer. ||

=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**Library Grade 3**__ = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//LIBRARY ORGANIZATION//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Benchmark C:** Explore and use various forms of literature for schoolwork and personal enjoyment. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">3. Participate in choral speaking, creative dramatics and other literary enrichment activities. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Benchmark C:** Tell stories and facilitate multidisciplinary reading experiences. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Benchmark C:** Utilize a research-based process, in collaboration with teachers, to integrate the library program with academic content standards and the district curriculum. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Benchmark H:** Share multicultural children's books in culturally conscious ways.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//LIBRARY BASED TECHNOLOGY//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Benchmark C:** Demonstrate effective usage of library-based technologies, including the Internet and other electronic resources for teaching and learning.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//INFORMATION LITERACY//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Library Organization <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">2. Understand that information books are arranged on the shelf according to their subject using the Dewey Decimal System. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Benchmark C:** Explore and use various forms of literature for schoolwork and personal enjoyment.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//Reading Encouragement//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">3. Participate in choral speaking, creative dramatics and other literary enrichment activities. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">5. Read for pleasure and information. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Benchmark D:** Describe types of information including facts, opinions, primary/secondary sources; and formats of information including number, text, sound, visual, multimedia; and use information for a purpose. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">2. Recognize that information gathering is based on a need (e.g., gather <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">information to learn more about a topic or gather information to answer questions).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//TECHNOLOGY LITERACY//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Benchmark B:** Use the Internet to find, use and evaluate information. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">2. Type a simple search term in a teacher- or librarian-selected search <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">engine to find general information (e.g., weather or Japanese Culture).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//MEDIA LITERACY//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Benchmark A:** Explain the intended effect of media communications and messages when delivered and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">received by various audiences and for various purposes. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">2. List and label the various ways in which people are presented andrepresented through costume and setting in a variety of media <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">communications delivered and received.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">//Media Messages// 3. Recognize what type of information is delivered through a specific <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">media message and chosen format (e.g., informational, recreational, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">personal greeting).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">//Media Elements// 1. List and describe the various visual elements and techniques used to <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">design and construct a central idea in print and nonprint media <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">documents and presentations (e.g., color, graphic symbol, sound and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">motion, camera angles, light and shadow).

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">__**Upper Arlington City Schools--District Guide to Twenty-First Century Skills**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">DRAFT VERSION—WORK IN PROGRESS Version 1.4 9/24/2010

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**A COMPLEX THINKER. . .**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**Indicator 1: Identifies and defines authentic problems and essential questions.**__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**We hear it when people ask:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**We see it when people:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**In Other Words... Teachers help students see what really matters and show them how to independently explore and solve problems.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"What's really the problem at the heart of all this?"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"What's the main idea that ties all this together?"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"How do these things relate to each other?"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Clarify and sort essential information from non-essential information.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Try to understand the root of the problem.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Find the "umbrella" concept that unites all the pieces.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Create a research question to begin exploring a problem.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**Indicator 2: Collects, assesses and analyzes relevant information.**__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**We hear it when people ask:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**We see it when people:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**In Other Words... Teachers help students learn how to do research and examine evidence.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"What's the __best__ way to research this?"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"How do I know this is true? How can I find out?"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“So what? How is this information significant?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“Does this evidence help me answer the question or not?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“How are these things similar? Different?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Break down a concept, idea, or evidence into its component parts, to understand how the parts make the whole.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Sift through pieces to learn more about a problem.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Keep a record of what they find and where to find it again.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Figure out what evidence is most relevant.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Evaluate sources of information for their credibility.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Use graphic organizers to process information as it comes to them.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**Indicator 3: Explores and develops solutions.**__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**We hear it when people ask:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**We see it when people:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**In Other Words... Teachers help students learn to develop multiple approaches to solve complex problems.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"How can we solve this? How ELSE can we solve this?"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"Is this solution really the best one? What are the drawbacks and benefits?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"What are possible unintended consequences if this happens?"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"Are we using our resources in the best way?"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"How can we make this better?"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Use evidence to support a position.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Think outside the box.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Propose answers to their research or essential question, using data.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Discuss the best way to use limited resources to solve the problem.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**Indicator 4: Makes judgments and decisions.**__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**We hear it when people ask:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**We see it when people:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**In Other Words...Teachers help students learn to evaluate positions and look for the reasoning behind actions and beliefs.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“How do we know that’s true?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“What makes this better than that?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“By what criteria is that ‘good’ work?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“What is the rationale behind that person’s position?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“How credible, reliable, or accurate is that position?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Analyze and evaluate data/evidence, arguments, claims and beliefs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Synthesize and make connections between information and arguments.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Weigh solutions and positions based on criteria.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**Indicator 5: Uses systems thinking to understand complex inter-relationships.**__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**We hear it when people ask:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**We see it when people:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**In Other Words...Teachers and students strive to understand the complexities and interconnectedness of our world systems by using the habits, strategies, and tools of systems thinking.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“What is changing? How is it changing?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“What is the relationship between the things that are changing? Is there a cause-and effect relationship at work?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“What part do we play in this system?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“What are the potential consequences of our actions?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“What happens when something gets added or taken away from the system?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Develop awareness by seeking to understand the big picture
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Develop understanding by changing perspectives
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Plan and take action by considering both short and long term consequences of actions, finding unintended and delayed consequences, and checking results and changing actions if needed.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Examine parts to see the whole interconnected system.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**Indicator 6: Reflects critically on learning experiences,****processes and solutions.**__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**We hear it when people ask:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**We see it when people:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**In Other Words... Teachers help students to think about their thinking, to make their thinking better next time.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“What were my strengths?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“How can I learn from other people to grow in new directions?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“What knowledge do I need? Skills? Understandings?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“What have I taken away from this experience?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">“What will I do differently next time?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Pause to examine their own work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Seek both “warm” and “cool” feedback to improve themselves.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Look back on the learning process steps to see where they performed well or missed the target.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Use data to inform their practice.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Make specific, measurable, attainable, results-oriented and time-bound goals and create benchmarks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Celebrate their own successes.