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Academic Subject(s): Spanish I Grade Level(s): 6-12
The intended learning unit is for a 3 day block period of 55 minutes each day.
Standards
Georgia Performance Standards for Modern Languages Level I (2013):
MLI.CCC4 The students demonstrate an awareness of current events in the target culture(s). The students:
A. Give information regarding major current events of the target culture(s).
B. Understand the impact of current events of the target culture(s).
MLI.CCC2 The students demonstrate an understanding of the significance of culture through comparisons between the culture(s) studied and the students’ own culture. The students:
A. Compare patterns of behavior and interaction in the students’ own culture with those of the target language.
B. Demonstrate an awareness of elements of the students’ own culture (GPS,2013).
Technology Standards ISTE
International Society for Technology in Education (2014):
1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
a. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
d. Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
b. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project (ISTE, 2014).
Learning Objectives:
-Identify causes for an increase of unaccompanied minors migrating to the US.
-Analyze and contrast cultural elements from students’ own culture.
-Draw conclusions about culture differences to foster global awareness.
Essential Question:
What caused the sudden increase in unaccompanied minors crossing the US border?
Answer to Essential Question:
Poverty and violence in their countries, family unification with members already in the US, and a perception that the US has laws that allows children to stay.
As part of a Culturally Responsive Classroom, this lesson addresses the following Principles:
1. Communication of high expectations. This lesson requires students to complete a multi-step assignment, gather information from multiple sources that are new to them, to synthesize information in order to make decisions, and to present a cohesive plan to their peers. Calling on students to complete such higher-level tasks communicates to them that they are capable.
2. Utilization of diverse learning strategies. This assignment allows student to learn through their favorite media: the internet. They work in partners, guide and pace their own learning, and are allowed decision -making and creativity throughout the learning process. These aspects of the lesson promote engagement and authentic understanding.
3. Teacher as facilitator. During this entire lesson, the role of the teacher is a guide and facilitator. Students follow prompts through the assignment, and make decisions based on interests and given constraints.
4. Reshaping the curriculum. This lesson involves skills in the disciplines on Language Arts / Language, Social Studies, and Technology. Students must integrate their skills in all of these areas in order to successfully complete the task. This lesson also aims to combat some of the stereotypes students have about Immigrants.