WorldCultures

=Sixth Graders Guide to the World - http://welcometotheworld.wikispaces.com/=

Focus on Latin American, Eurpoean, Russia and the Republics. Initial Proposal: Blog or something with podcasts and data about 3 countries and which they would prefer to live in

Designing the Lesson:

 * 1) **Look at your TEKS and the ARRC**
 * 2) **Identify an upcoming unit** -
 * Culmiating Project for Latin America, Europe, Russia and the Republics.
 * 1) **Highlight Student expectations** - How can the students demonstrate these to you? Focus on Geography, Economics, Government and Culture of the variosu countries.


 * 1) **Create the Rubric for evaluating the student learning** - Several daily grades will be given and two major grades. One for the wiki page and the other for the letter.
 * 2) **Design the Project**
 * Wiki - 6th graders guide to the World pages on each country involved. One wiki per every 2 class periods per teacher. (Each teacehr will ahve two wiki sites)
 * Discussion tab could be used for teacher feedback or to pose a question for the class
 * Blog - ask for personal insights to each country. One blog for the grade level in order to share data. Circulate blog through district, parents, family and friends [|http://ridgeviewwc.blogspot.com]
 * Extra Credit Opportunities (choose one):
 * Create the video introduction - get chosen
 * Create the Wiki graphic
 * Create music for a country
 * Create a traditional piece of artwork for your country
 * After the Wiki is put together - have students go through different pages and answer application question about the info
 * Have students write a letter comparing 3 countries and identifying which country they prefer to live in and why.