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Lower Elementary
Objective: By labeling and coloring a map, students will demonstrate their comprehension of Russia and the importance of maps.

Standards:
 * 17.A.1b ** Identify the characteristics and pur­poses of geographic representations including maps, globes, graphs, photographs, software, digital images and be able to locate specific places using each.

Materials: Map of Russia, Crayons, markers, colored pencils, original map with labels.

Description: Students will label a map of Russia using a word bank to help and an original map that is labeled. They will put the right city in the right location, and also color and label the oceans or bodies of water. They should also know where the Russian boarder is.

Upper Elementary
Objective: By creating a Venn diagram chart and completing a worksheet, students will demonstrate their comprehension on comparisons and differences between countries.

Standards:
 * 17.A.2b **Use maps and other geographic representations and instruments to gather information about people, places and environments.
 * 18.C.2 ** Describe how changes in pro­duction (e.g., hunting and gathering, agri­cultural, industrial) and population caused changes in social systems.

Materials:Venn diagrams, Computers, markers, website: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/russia.html

Description: Students will explore the webpage called "A Kid's Life In Russia". They can further explore the website and then make a Venn diagram chart comparing the child from Russia to their own life. Here they can see how they will have differences with students from other countries, but how there can also be similarities! (A Kids Life in Russia, 2011)

Fine Arts
Objective: Students will use their understanding of movement to demonstrate a knowledge of the Russian dance.

Standards:
 * 26.A.1aDance: **Understand that the body is the primary tool of dance and identify secondary tools (e.g., pictures, visual aids, words, props and recordings).

Material: Videos of a Russian dance, pictures of traditional Russian clothes, etc., area to learn dance, Russian music to dance to.

Description: Students will immerse themselves in the culture of Russia, including watching videos, looking at pictures, and learning the Russian dance. The teacher will spend the most time helping the students learn how to move their bodies and learn a small segment to a traditional Russian dance.

References

Illinois Learning Standards for Social Science. (n.d.). //Illinois State Board of Education Home Page//. Retrieved December 7, 2011, from http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ILS/social_science/standards.htm

Trevor. (n.d.). A Kids Life in Russia. //ThinkQuest : Library//. Retrieved December 7, 2011, from http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/russia.html

Created by Nikki Becker ©nabecke@ilstu.eduDate Created: November 28, 2011Last Modified: December 12, 2011