Grade: Grade 5 Subject: English Language Arts Created by: Edvyonne Hopkins Lesson Length: 3 hours Keywords/Tags: Reading, Vocabulary, Discussion, Writing, Economic Connections Lesson Description: Through reading the article and completing the Vocabulary Activity students will learn how economies around the world are connected. After completing research for the Discussion Posts and their papers students will have critically thought about the world's economy. First, students will read the article "Economic Connections: From Many Place". Second, complete the Vocabulary Activity. Third, I will walk around and assist student's with their online research. Fourth, Discussion Posts are to be completed. Next, we will return to our classroom from the library. Finally, the class will write their papers.
Common Core Standards Covered with This Lesson
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1b: Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.8: Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
Lesson Content: Reading
Instructions: Please read the following reading passage as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the passage if needed.
Economic Connections: From Many Places
People need many things. In some countries, people can get much of what they need. But they still need to get things from other countries. If you look at the labels of food in the grocery store, it is like a geography lesson. You will find foods that come from many other places. Long ago, people used to just eat what they could grow or find in their own area. Today, people can get foods from all around the world.
Much more than food comes from different countries. For example, in the United States we do not have any rubber trees. Those trees need a warm, hot climate. So we get rubber from other countries. One country that sells rubber is Brazil. So if you have a ball or even an eraser that is made of rubber, it started out on a tree in a warm country. Factories in the United States use rubber to make tires.
When a country gets something from another country, it is an import. In Canada it is too cold to grow lemons. So people in Canada get lemons that come from the United States and other countries. They import the fruit. So if you buy lemonade in Canada, it comes from another country. When a country sells something to an other country it is an export.
Canada has a lot of electricity. Canada has great rivers. People built dams across them. A dam is like a wall. The dam has wheels on it. Those are water wheels. When the water rushes through them, it turns the wheels. The wheels make electricity when they turn. Canada uses electricity to make things.
Some Canadian factories make aluminum. That is a useful metal. It takes a lot of electricity to make it. But the Canadians do not have bauxite. That is an ore. That is something found under the ground. Canadian factories get it from mines. But the mines are not in Canada. They are in Jamaica.
If you have a bicycle, it may be made from aluminum. And it probably has rubber tires. That bicycle may have been made in the United States. But its parts come from other places. That one bicycle may have parts from Brazil, Canada, Jamaica, and the United States.
The same kinds of connections are part of many cars. Long ago, cars were made mostly in the United States. Now cars are made in many countries. But wherever they are made, they have parts from different places.
Task 1: Vocabulary Activity
(40 points)
Instructions: Please complete the following vocabulary activity by choosing the correct meaning of each word selected from the passage and use of each word correctly in a sentence.
Vocabulary Questions
Word/Phrase: import | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q1
In our story, the author says, “So people in Canada get lemons that come from the United States and other countries.They import the fruit.” What does the word “import” mean in the sentence?
A. When a country gets something from another country. *
B. When a country sells something to another country.
C. Like a wall with wheels on it.
D. A useful metal that takes a lot of electricity to make.
Which one of the sentence below uses the word "import" correctly?
A. Please import the door all the way.
B. Due to my condition I need plenty of import.
C. The United States will import toys from China. *
D. If you import regularly you will lose weight.
Word/Phrase: dam | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q2
In our story, the author says, “People built dams across them.” What does the word “dam” mean in the sentence?
A. A useful metal that takes a lot of electricity to make.
B. When a country sells something to another country.
C. Like a wall with wheels on it. *
D. When a country gets something from another country.
Which one of the sentence below uses the word "dam" correctly?
A. Mom ironed the shirt with a brand new dam.
B. The workers built a dam across the river. *
C. The construction worker bought lots of dam to build the treehouse.
D. Let’s go swimming in the dam.
Word/Phrase: bauxite | Tier: 3 | Points: 10
Q3
In our story, the author says, “But the Canadians do not have bauxite.” What does the word “bauxite” mean ?
A. A useful metal that takes a lot of electricity to make.
B. When a country sells something to another country.
C. Like a wall with wheels on it.
D. An ore and something found under the ground. *
Which one of the sentence below uses the word "bauxite" correctly?
A. I will eat cereal and bauxite for breakfast.
B. Let’s go swimming in the bauxite. *
C. Canadian factories get bauxite from mines.
D. Michelle used the bauxite to comb her hair.
Word/Phrase: aluminum | Tier: 3 | Points: 10
Q4
In our story, the author says, “Some Canadian factories make aluminum.” What does the word “aluminum” mean in the sentence?
A. When a country gets something from another country.
B. A useful metal that takes a lot of electricity to make. *
C. When a country sells something to another country.
D. Like a wall with wheels on it.
Which one of the sentence below uses the word "aluminum" correctly ?
A. I will drive the aluminum to the store.
B. Some scrap yards buy aluminum from people. *
C. Aluminum is the body part that humans use to think.
D. Lemonade is made up of lemon juice, aluminum, and sugar.
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.4,
Task 2: Discussion Activity
(30 points)
Instructions: This discussion forum will have questions for students to respond. Read the posted questions, and respond to each. Students are responsible for posting one initial and and two peer responses for each topic. Today’s lesson on “Economic Connections: From Many Places” is being held in the library. You may use any of the libraries resources such as: books, magazines, newspapers, the internet etc. to answer the questions. You may only use information from websites ending in “.edu or .gov” and you must note on your paper any website address(s) that you used. Pick one item to answer the following questions about. The item can be a food, beverage, animal, or even a car. For example you can answer the questions about a tomato. Students are not allowed to answer the following questions about the same item.
Topic Title
Replies
Production & Origin
Is the item produced in the United States of America or bought by the U.S. ?
Where is the item originally from ?
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Imports & Exports
Is the item you picked a main import or export for America ?
What is one significant reason that the item is a big import or export for America ?
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Losses or Gains
How much money did the United States spend or gain last year (2013) in reference to the item ?
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Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1b,
Task 3: Writing Activity
(30 points)
Instructions: You are to write and post here 500 words essay on .... Make sure to provide specific examples. Pretend that you are your item. Tell me about how you were made, grown, or produced. Talk about your trip from America to another country or from another country to America. What did you see, smell, feel etc. in that plane, boat, or truck ? Be creative :) with your post.
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.8,
