Goals:

1. Students will affectively interpret, synthesize, and share information that they received about the island nation of their choosing.

2. Students will express their ideas clearly as they present the materials to small groups.

Time:

one and half hours

Resources/Materials:

chalk, chalkboard, paper, pens, television, VCR, videos, pamphlets, books, magazines, the rest of this will depend on what kind of things the students received

Note: During the first few days of this unit, the students wrote letters requesting general information on the island nation that they chose for their research projects as well as a letter requesting information about travel to that island nation.

Procedure:

1. Students will break up into small groups of about six people for twenty minutes to share and compare the types of information that they received from their letters.

2. The students will change groups two more times to look at all the different types of information received.

3. For the last thirty minutes of this period, the class will come together as a whole to look at the most prevalent information.

4. The students will talk about where they wrote for information, what they had anticipated they would receive, and what they actually received.

5. The students will share their information, where appropriate, to assist their peers on this project. (Students who did not receive any information yet will be able to share it when they receive it. However, for today they can look at their peers' information and find ideas for the planning of the trip and/or research on their island nation or they may find information on their island nation, on the Internet.)

Assessment:

The students will be assessed on their cooperation and participation in this activity. Please see participation rubric found at the end of the week's lessons.

Curricular Strands:

Social Studies - travel/resources

Critical Thinking - feedback

English - communication skills, sharing, presenting information to class and peers

Possible Extensions:

Students write additional letters to different places requesting more information about their island as well as travel. The students write thank-you letters to the places that they received information.

Carribean Unit - written by Trina Collins, Richard Wheeler, & Daniel Shimek

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