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Lower Elementary

 * Country Explorers: Venn Diagram**

Pencils, Worksheets, //Country Explorers: Poland// by Sean McCollum
 * __Materials__**
 * __Standards __**.
 * **Early Elementary ** ||
 * **18.A.1 ** Identify folklore from different cultures which became part of the heritage of the United States. ||


 * **Early Elementary ** ||
 * **18.B.1a **Compare the roles of individuals in group situations (e.g., student, committee member, employee/employer). ||
 * __Objectives:__** After reading //Country Explorers: Poland// by Sean McCollum, students will compare Poland life to American life by completing a Venn Diagram.
 * __Structure of the Lesson:__**The structure of the lesson plan is to read //Poland (Country Explorers)// by Sean McCollum as a class. Following the reading, there will be a discussion expressing the similarities and differences between the Poland and the United States cultures. Following the Discussion, students will complete a Venn Diagram, making comparisons of their own.

Upper Elementary
__**Objective:**__ After students have explored the wikispace, they will demonstrate their knowledge of Poland's educational progression by writing an essay about their progress and comparing it to the education in of the United States.
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 * __Materials:__** Paper, Pen, Wikispace
 * __Standards:__**18.B.2a Describe interactions of individuals, groups and institutions in situations drawn from the local community (e.g., local response to state and national reforms).
 * __Structure of the Lesson:__** After gathering information about the Polish in terms of education, students will engage in a discussion that compares changes in their education system to our education system in the U.S.. Students will then write essays that depict their comparisons.

Fine Arts
Hard-Boiled eggs, food coloring, stencils, cups, paint, paint brushes, plates 27.B.1 Know how images, sounds and movement convey stories about people, places and times. || **Late Elementary ** || __** Objectives: **__ After a lesson on Pisankas (a Polish Artifact) students will create their own. __**Structure of the Lesson:** __ Instruct students on the history and importance of the Pisanka tradition in the Polish Culture. Students should realize the similarity to the Easter Tradition here in the United States. After the instruction, students will be able to decorate hard-boiled eggs to make a mock Pisanka
 * __Pisanka (eggs in Polish)__**
 * __Materials__**
 * __Standards__**
 * **Early Elementary ** ||
 * 27.A.1b Identify how the arts contribute to communication, celebrations, occupations and recreation.
 * 27.B.2 Identify and describe how the arts communicate the similarities and differences among various people, places and times. ||   ||

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Created By: Marchanelle Flowers © maflowe@ilstu.edu Date Created: November 28, 2011 Date Last Modified: December 12, 2011