Purpose:

The purpose of this lesson plan is to teach students about several different countries. To study the culture of these countries visited. To determine why these countries were chosen for that particular ingredients. Discuss transportation used in travel.

National Geography Standards:

• Knows and understands how to use maps, globes and other graphical tools to acquire, process and report information. Students will find the countries of a map and globe.
• Know and understand the physical and human characteristics of places by learning about the environment of each country.
• Know and understand that culture and experience influence people’s perceptions of places and experiences through learning the music.
• Know and understand the physical processes shape patterns on the earth’s surface by having students makes their own map with landforms.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills:

Social Studies: 1G; 1H; 6C ; 1C; 1L; 7C;

English Language Arts: 1Biii: 3Ai, ii, iii: 3Bii, iii: 3E; 2Cii: 2Dv

Theatre Arts: 3Ai

Music: 4Cii; 4Bi,iv; 4Ai, ii, iv; 4Cii, iii; 4Dii

Mathematics: 3E

Geography:  The student understands how humans adapt to variations in the physical environment.  The student is expected to:

A.  Describe and explain variations in the physical environment including climate, landforms, and natural resources.
B.  Identify and compare the human characteristics of selected region.

The student understands the concepts of location, distance, and direction on maps and globes.  The student is expected to:

A.   Use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places such as Sri Lanka, Asia, Europe, England, France, United States and Texas;
B.  Use a scale to determine the distance between places on maps and globes;
C.  Identify and use grid, and symbols to locate places on maps and globes; and
D.  Draw maps of places and region that contain map elements including a title, legend, and grid system.
Objectives:

Students will demonstrate their ability to read maps and globes, to understand landforms.

Students will demonstrate their ability to sing and understand music from other cultures.

Students will demonstrate their ability understand the physical characteristic other counties.

Student will demonstrate their ability to do fractions

Student will demonstrate their ability to measure ingredients and mix them up to make an apple pie.

Students will demonstrate their ability to find France, Italy, Sri Lanka, Jamaica, England, Vermont and Texas on the map and globe.

Overview of Presentation:

I will read the book, "How to Make and Apple Pie and See the World" By Marjorie Priceman. We will discuss the different ways of transportation, the countries: their history, geography, cultures. We will use math to measure and do fractions to know how many pies to make for the class. We will learn songs and make music to show about other cultures. This lesson play in spread over 5 days and will be taught in 90 minutes lessons covering many content areas.

Sponge Activity:

Students will list as many types of modes of transportation they can think of. We will list them on the board to see how many of them are used in the book.

Opening:

Today will we be reading a book called, "How to Make an Apple Pie and see the World." After we have read it we will discuss all the different ways of transportation that was used in the book. We will also locate the countries on the map and on the globe. Then for music we will focus on transportation, and make a time line for the different modes you came up with this morning.

Guided Practice:

As I read this book listen carefully for all the places we will visit. Listen for the different modes of transportation and the special ingredients they get from each country and why. After I have read the story we will locate the different continents and countries and where they relate to the United States. If anyone has been to one of these countries I would like you to share your experiences with us.

Independent Practice:

For Independent practice we will do the lesson plan for music. See Next page for instruction.

Evaluation:

I will look and do an overall evaluation of the time lines.

Closure:

We have learned about different modes of transportation and did time lines of when they were invented and / or used. We have also learned to read a map and to look for places on a globe. Tomorrow we will look at Europe and the countries of France and Italy.

Sponge Activity:

Students will work in-group and find words in the dictionary that is of French origin.

Opening:

Today we will be looking at the geography and culture of France and Italy. We will learn about the government and language. We will also learn a song in French and what it means in English and you will act out its meaning.

Guided Practice:

The first stop the girl made was in Italy to get semolina wheat, which she will use to make flour. We will learn about Italy’s agriculture.

Full Country Name: Italian Republic

Area: 301,250 sq.km

Population: 57,8 million

Capital City: Rome ( 4 million)

Language: standard Italian, numerous dialects.

Religion: 85% Roman Catholic, 5% Jewish, Protestant

Government: Democracy

Prime Minster: Massimo D’Alema

Then she stopped in France to get a chicken to lay eggs for the piecrust. So lets look and France. Get on the Internet and get geographic information of France. Http: www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Go to the listings and chose France. Find the population, the geography, where it is located between water and land.

Independent Practice:

Music lesson- see next page.

Evaluation:

Have student get into groups and ask them these questions.

The Italian government is a ?

What is the spoke language of both France and Italy?

Who runs the countries?

Which of these two countries are bigger in size?

Are these countries near bodies of water and if so which one?

What is their main agricultural business?

Closure:

today we have learned about France and Italy. We have also learned a song in French. Tomorrow we will be talking about England and a place called Sri Lanka, which is in Asia. We will also be learning about Jamaica.

Sponge Activity:

Let students check out real butter, sugar cane, salt water and cinnamon sticks.

Opening:

Did everyone try some of the ingredients that were in the story. Remember she went to England to get a cow, she needed the milk to churn butter. And she went to Sri Lanka to get some kurundu tree bark to grind into cinnamon. And on the way to Jamaica she bottled up some salt water so she could evaporate the seawater from the salt, and boiled the sugar cane. So lets see what else we can learn about these places.

Guided Practice:

Today we are going to break up into three groups. Each group will have a different country to look up on the Internet. Group one will have England, look on this site, www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/atlas/europe/england.html

Group two, Sri Lanka on this site, www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/atlas/asia/srilan.html

Group three you will have Jamaica on this site, www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/atlas/namerica/jamaic.html

Each of these site are similar learn as much as you can about each one then each group will share their information with the rest of the class.

Extended Activity:

Music lesson- See next page

Evaluation:

Evaluations will be made on presentation of web site analysis.

Closure:
Today we have learned about England, Sri Lanka and Jamaica. We also learned about the steel drums that are played in Jamaica. Tomorrow we will be learning about Vermont. I have also decided to Learn about Abilene ( this could be hometown u.s.a.) We will also be learning something about fractions so that we will know how many pies to make on Friday.

Sponge Activity:

Student will be making picture frames out of apple shape. Cut out twice as many apples as you have class members. In half the apples cut a small circle big enough to place a student’s picture in. Hopefully you will have a set of proofs of each student from picture day. Let the student paste their pictures to the whole apple, them they can paste the apple with the hole in it on top. Do yours before hand so they will have an example. You can get them laminated for them the next day.

Opening:

The next place the girl went was Vermont to the apple orchard to pick the apples for the pie. Do you remember how many apples it took to make a pie? (5) Then we will come back home to Abilene. After we have learned the geography of both places we will have fun with fractions using a song and dance everyone already knows, so that we can figure out how many pies we will need to feed the class.

Guided Practice:

We will look in the encyclopedia at Vermont, whose origin of name probably came from Verd-mont, a corruption of Les Monts Verts, and the French name for the Green Mountains. We will break up into groups, group one will find the Nickname, Total Area, Capital, Largest City, When it became a state, and population. Group two will find out about their mountains and the names of them, also find out about their climate. Group three will find information on their economy and agriculture. Group four will focus on the people and interesting places.

After every group has finished they will each give an oral report. They will also compare and contrast Vermont with Texas. Example Vermont has mountains as where Abilene has none.

Independent Practice:

Have a large Texas map. Have students figure out by measuring, how far it is from Dallas to Abilene. Also from Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Corpus Christi, Houston, ECT. They can work in-groups. Have them write their answers on a piece of paper to be turned in.

Evaluation:

Evaluations will be based on their answers to the map questions.

Closure:

We have learned about Vermont and the similarity and differences between Texas. We have also learned about fractions. We know we need to make 4 pies tomorrow that will be cut into six slices each. Tomorrow we will be in four groups. Each group will be responsible for certain ingredients for the pies.

Materials:

Pictures of students

Cut out of apples

Texas State maps

Rulers or measuring tapes.

Sponge Activity:

Have students wash off tables and their hands. They can each get a pair of plastic gloves and set them at their spots.

Opening:

Well we have how gathered all out ingredients from around the world. We will mix all the ingredients to make our pies then take them to the cafeteria to cook them. While they are cooking we will make a map of a made up land and you will give it landforms and give it all names.

Guided Practice:

Group one you will have the ingredients that came from Italy and from the seawater. (flour and salt) Group two you will have the ingredients from England and France, you will also need ice water. (butter and egg yolk)

Group three you will have the ingredients from Vermont and Jamaica.(apples and sugar) Group four you will have the ingredients from Sri Lanka and also those from England and seawater. Give each group a complete set of directions of the recipe. You will be doing your part of the recipe 4 times each.

Independent Practice:

Music lesson: See next page

Evaluation:

Evaluation will be based on their maps and if they did all the elements. And of course how good the pie taste.

Materials:

1 Bag of flour cinnamon

salt gloves

5 sticks of butter measuring cups

4 eggs teaspoons and tablespoons

2 cups ice water fork

20-28 apples peeled corded and cut

3 cups sugar rolling pin or bottle

4 pie pans large bowls

brush wax paper

Crust 1-cup butter

2 cups flour ½ cup ice water

1 teaspoon salt 1 egg yolk

Sift flour and salt together in a bowl. Quickly rub small pieces of cold butter into the flour mixture with your fingers until bits are the size of peas. Add ice water, starting with a few tablespoons and adding more as needed to moisten all the dough. Stir with a fork until mixture forms a loose ball. Divide dough in half and make two equal patties. Place one patty between two pieces of wax paper. With a rolling pin of bottle, roll into a 12-inch circle. Peel off the top piece of wax paper and turn into pie pan. Remove wax paper. Trim around the edge. Roll out the top crust n the same way. Refrigerate both until ready to use.

Filling 1 teaspoon cinnamon

5-7 apples ¼ teaspoon salt

¾ cup sugar 2 tablespoon butter

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Peel, core, and cut apples into ½-inch slices. Toss the apples into the sugar mixture, coating them well. Arrange apple slices in the pie pan, piling them higher in the center. Dot with butter. Moisten the edge of the bottom crust with water. Cover the pie with the top crust, trim the edge, then pinch top and bottom edges together. Cut some vents in the top crust. To glaze the crust, mix and egg yolk with 1 tablespoon of water. Brush the mixture over the surface of the top crust. Bake 45 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown. Remove pies and allow cooling before serving.

MacMillan, McGraw-Hill, "Share the Music

http://www.acu.edu/~armstrongl/geography/hist.html, This site is for Texas
 
 

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