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Lesson Plan: Field Reporter
You're the Field Reporter #1 (Time Maximum)
Themes from the Top Stories: News around the World
- Grades: 7–8
- Time: Five 90-minute classes
- Featured Resources: AtoZWorldCulture.com articles Maps, Country Snapshot, Cultural Overview, The People, National Cuisine, Points of Interest, and Language, plus Google News.
- Skills: Students read articles about countries around the world; select a country to study; read recent news articles about the selected country; identify basic facts about the country and key points of the articles; and summarize basic country facts and key news points in both a presentation to the class and in a written article.
- Activities: All Activities in Class
- Writing: First Drafts Only
- Presentation/Performance
- Independent work
- Reading and Research
Download Lesson Plan: PDF / Word
You're the Field Reporter #1 (Time Middle)
Themes from the Top Stories: News around the World
- Grades: 7–8
- Time: Four 90-minute classes
- Featured Resources: AtoZWorldCulture.com articles Maps, Country Snapshot, Cultural Overview, The People, National Cuisine, Points of Interest, and Language, plus Google News.
- Skills: Students read articles about countries around the world; select a country to study; read recent news articles about the selected country; identify basic facts about the country and key points of the articles; and summarize basic country facts and key news points in both a presentation to the class and in a written article.
- Activities: All Activities in Class
- Writing: First Drafts Only
- Presentation/Performance
- Independent work
- Reading and Research
Download Lesson Plan: PDF / Word
You're the Field Reporter #1 (Time Minimum)
Themes from the Top Stories: News around the World
- Grades: 7–8
- Time: Three 90-minute classes
- Featured Resources: AtoZWorldCulture.com articles Maps, Country Snapshot, Cultural Overview, The People, National Cuisine, Points of Interest, and Language, plus Google News.
- Skills: Students read articles about countries around the world; select a country to study; read recent news articles about the selected country; identify basic facts about the country and key points of the articles; summarize basic country facts and key news points in a presentation to the class; and reflect in writing about their armchair travel experience.
- Activities: All Activities in Class
- Writing: First Drafts Only
- Writing: Reflective
- Presentation/Performance
- Independent work
- Reading and Research
Download Lesson Plan: PDF / Word
You're the Field Reporter #2 (Time Maximum)
Travel Journalism: Why Country X is the Next Vacation Hotspot
- Grades: 9–10
- Time: Five 90-minute classes
- Featured Resources: AtoZWorldCulture.com articles Maps, Country Snapshot, Cultural Overview, The People, National Cuisine, Points of Interest, Travel Warnings, and Language, plus Google News.
- Skills: Students read articles about countries around the world; select a country to study; identify key facts about the country and key points of country articles as they relate to travel; and persuade classmates to travel to their country in a presentation to the class, and then in a written travel article.
- Activities: All Activities in Class
- Writing: First Drafts Only
- Presentation/Performance
- Independent work
- Reading and Research
Download Lesson Plan: PDF / Word
You're the Field Reporter #2 (Time Middle)
Travel Journalism: Why Country X is the Next Vacation Hotspot
- Grades: 9–10
- Time: Four 90-minute classes
- Featured Resources: AtoZWorldCulture.com articles Maps, Country Snapshot, Cultural Overview, The People, National Cuisine, Points of Interest, Travel Warnings, and Language, plus Google News.
- Skills: Students read articles about countries around the world; select a country to study; identify key facts about the country and key points of country articles as they relate to travel; and persuade classmates to travel to their country in a presentation to the class, and then in a written travel article.
- Activities: All Activities in Class
- Writing: First Drafts Only
- Presentation/Performance
- Independent work
- Reading and Research
Download Lesson Plan:PDF / Word
You're the Field Reporter #2 (Time Minimum)
Travel Journalism: Why Country X is the Next Vacation Hotspot
- Grades: 9–10
- Time: Three 90-minute classes
- Featured Resources: AtoZWorldCulture.com articles Maps, Country Snapshot, Cultural Overview, The People, National Cuisine, Points of Interest, Travel Warnings, and Language, plus Google News.
- Skills: Students read articles about countries around the world; select a country to study; identify key facts about the country and key points of country articles as they relate to travel; and persuade classmates to travel to their country in a presentation to the class, and then reflect in writing about their experience.
- Activities: All Activities in Class
- Writing: Reflective
- Presentation/Performance
- Independent work
- Reading and Research
Download Lesson Plan: PDF / Word
You're the Field Reporter #3 (Time Maximum)
Quality of Life around the World: Evaluative Arguments
- Grades: 11–12
- Time: Five 90-minute classes
- Featured Resources: AtoZWorldCulture.com articles including Maps, Country Snapshot, Cultural Overview, The People, National Cuisine, Points of Interest, Language, Government, Economy and Trade, Religious Freedom, Human Rights Report, and Threats to Safety.
- Skills: Students define quality of life; establish criteria to measure quality of life; read articles on the cultures, demographics, and governments of countries around the world; compare and contrast the quality of life of countries within a region; present an evaluation of which country within a region has the best quality of life; and evaluate in writing which country has the best quality of life overall.
- Activities: All Activities in Class
- Writing: Full Process with Peer Review and Revision
- Presentation/Performance
- Independent work
- Reading and Research
Download Lesson Plan: PDF / Word
You're the Field Reporter #3 (Time Middle)
Quality of Life around the World: Evaluative Arguments
- Grades: 11–12
- Time: Four 90-minute classes
- Featured Resources: AtoZWorldCulture.com articles including Maps, Country Snapshot, Cultural Overview, The People, National Cuisine, Points of Interest, Language, Government, Economy and Trade, Religious Freedom, Human Rights Report, and Threats to Safety.
- Skills: Students define quality of life; establish criteria to measure quality of life; read articles on the cultures, demographics, and governments of countries around the world; compare and contrast the quality of life of countries within a region; present an evaluation of which country within a region has the best quality of life; and evaluate in writing which country has the best quality of life overall.
- Activities: All Activities in Class
- Writing: First Drafts Only
- Presentation/Performance
- Independent work
- Reading and Research
Download Lesson Plan: PDF / Word
You're the Field Reporter #3 (Time Minimum)
Quality of Life around the World: Evaluative Arguments
- Grades: 11–12
- Time: Three 90-minute classes
- Featured Resources: AtoZWorldCulture.com articles including Maps, Country Snapshot, Cultural Overview, The People, National Cuisine, Points of Interest, Language, Government, Economy and Trade, Religious Freedom, Human Rights Report, and Threats to Safety.
- Skills: Students define quality of life; establish criteria to measure quality of life; read articles on the cultures, demographics, and governments of countries around the world; compare and contrast the quality of life of countries within a region; present an evaluation of which country within a region has the best quality of life; and reflect in writing about which country has the best quality of life overall.
- Activities: All Activities in Class
- Writing: Reflective
- Presentation/Performance
- Independent work
- Reading and Research
Download Lesson Plan: PDF / Word
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