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===This Technology Integration Project created by Michelle Gascoigne, Andrea White, and Rachel Connor includes a multi-day unit with lesson plans focusing on geography and characteristics of different communities (specifically urban and rural) as well as the ability to interpret maps. The components are a podcast and discussion, a smartboard lesson, a Kidspiration activity, and a iMovie. ===

Day 1: Podcast
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====For this day of the group of lesson plans, students will start out by painting a picture of the town they live in. Next, students will listen to the podcast, which is focused on the book Country Kid, City Kid by Julie Cummins. Towards the end of the podcast, students will be directed to fill out a worksheet that compares their town to a city or country setting. ====

====This Smartboard lesson covers two areas. First it introduces the cardinal directions north, east, south, and west by having students make a map with objects by dragging and dropping. Secondly, it has a page with a US map and labeled cities. Students will learn how population helps determine if a city is rural or urban. Students will help complete a graph to help learn how data is represented on a map. ====



Day 4: iMovie
====Jointly, we created this interactive video with quiz questions. It covers the continents, oceans, equator, and cardinal directions. Below is the plan for a 15 minute lesson and the link to the youtube video. ====

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