Math / Literacy Lesson - If the World Were a Village
At my second practicum, I taught several lessons on fractions and decimals, including the connection between them. At the same time, I was reviewing world geography with the students, for the Social Studies Ancient Civilizations unit. As a result, I created a Math/Literacy Lesson based on the book If the World Were a Village by David Smith. The book asks the readers to suppose that the entire world is contained in a village of 100 people. The resulting lesson had students explore language, math, geography and social justice. Several of the read aloud questions were taken from a lesson plan on the website The Society for Safe & Caring Schools & Communities . The lesson itself contains several steps/materials. It is designed to be implemented over long morning or afternoon block. When I completed this lesson, I found that the consolidation needed to be completed the following day. In order for students to be mindful and productive participators in the conversation, I gave ...