Third+Grade+Units+and+Lessons

=Country Characteristics (PowerPoint)=

Country Characteristics: Lesson 1
 * Week of March 24, 2008**

Students will:
 * show USA on a map
 * discuss the characteristics of students' lives in New York (USA)
 * create a slide show in PowerPoint, save as: country.name.ppt
 * make a title slide
 * make an American characteristics slide

Country Characteristics: Lesson 2
 * Week of March 31, 2008**

Students will:
 * show Mexico on a map
 * view a video excerpt about life in Mexico
 * input Mexican life characteristics into new slide

Country Characteristics: Lesson 3
 * Week of April 6, 2008**

Students will:
 * show Japan on a map
 * view a video excerpt about life in Japan
 * input Vietnamese life characteristics into new slide

Country Characteristics: Lesson 4
 * Week of April 13, 2008**

Students will:
 * show Ghana on a map
 * view a video excerpt about life in Ghana
 * input Ghanian life characteristics into new slide

Country Characteristics: Lesson 5
 * Week of April 27, 2008**

Students will:
 * create a similarity slide
 * compare two countries similarities
 * create a difference slide
 * compare two countries differences

Country Characteristics: Lesson 6
 * Week of May 3, 2008**

Students will:
 * format their slide shows
 * font size
 * font style
 * background
 * slide transitions?
 * print slide shows