Foreign+Language

Area || Curriculum Standard(s) || Technology || Description || Supporting Resource || Tried and True (TT) or New and Innovative (NI) || 4th Grade
 * Content
 * Foreign Language || Ohio Academic Content Standards

New Viewpoints: 6. Use information from target language source (e.g., articles, Web sites, brochures, ads) to gain insight into other cultures.

Products: 6. Identify contributions of people from the target culture (e.g., explorers, musicians, scientists).

Cultural Comparisons: 6. Identify and describe similarities and differences between products (e.g., toys, games, clothing) of the target culture and students' own culture. || PowerPoint, Internet || Students will work in small groups to research one Native American Tribe that lived in Ohio. They will learn about the culture of their tribe and the tools/products that they used. Students will then create a PowerPoint teaching about their Native American Tribe. In the PowerPoint they will address the following things about their tribe:
 * Name
 * Location within Ohio
 * Language
 * Dwellings
 * Clothing
 * Religion
 * Arts/Crafts
 * Tools/Products
 * Toys/Games
 * Comparison on the tools the tribe used with tools presently used

Helpful Websites: [|Ohio Native Americans]

[|Native American Tribes of Ohio]

[|Native Americans of Ohio] || This research supports the idea of creating useful and educational PowerPoint Presentations. Students should know how to create engaging presentations for practical use.

|| This technology usage would be considered Tried and True. Microsoft PowerPoint is a commonly used technology within many educational classrooms spanning different grades. It is also beneficial technology to incorporate when differentiating instruction. ||

[|Foreign Language Content Standards]