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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 the 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: Country Kid, City Kid 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.

Day 2: Kidspiration Venn Diagram
Below is a plan for a 45 minute lesson on comparing and contrasting rural and urban environments. After the completion of the __Country Kid, City Kid__ podcast this lesson goes further in depth between the similarities and differences that Jody and Ben experience on a daily basis. The "TIP Venn Diagram" is the model a teacher may use to help teach what is found in a "rural" and an "urban" environment. Next the "Book Venn Diagram" may be used as a tool to teach students how to create a Venn diagram, and lastly an example of student work is included.

Day 3: Smartboard Map Lesson
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 Geography Assessment
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. media type="custom" key="19988730"