Foreign Language

Links to L.E.A.R.N.S.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Frameworks Essential Learnings 1
Mission and Belief Statements 2
The Challenge to Make Connections 3
Thematic Learning 4
Acknowledgments 8
Foreign Language Essential Learnings 9
Goal 1-Communication 9
Goal 2-Cultures 18
Goal 3-Connections 24
Goal 4-Comparisons 30
Goal 5-Communities 36

Aligning Foreign Language and Nebraska L.E.A.R.N.S. Standards 

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 Nebraska Foreign Language Education

An Introduction

 

  Mission:   The Nebraska frameworks document provides direction and support for school communities in the
   development and assessment of an articulated foreign language curriculum.

  We Believe:    

 ·        A K-12 articulated foreign language program should be available to all students.

·        All Students can learn and experience success in a foreign language.

·        Second language acquisition provides the vision and skills necessary to be a global citizen.

·        The primary goal of foreign language education should be real-life communication.

·        Foreign language is a part of the core curriculum.

·        Foreign language education develops critical-thinking skills.

·        Assessments must reflect proficiency and communication as expressed in state and national standards/frameworks.

 

Nebraska Foreign Language Frameworks

 The Nebraska K-12 Foreign Language Frameworks provides a map for guiding Nebraska schools into the twenty-first century.  It outlines important skills that students in our state will need to survive and prosper socially and economically.

The Frameworks presents a departure from the traditional grammar-based approach to instruction.  It advocates that the opportunity for language learning be available to all with an emphasis on culture and communication.  This reinforcement of cultural knowledge affirms the many cultures existing within the community and promotes awareness of the international connections that exist locally.  It calls for students to be able to gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures, to develop insight into their own language and culture, to communicate in the language and to use authentic materials so that students can see the "real" connections to what they are learning in school and to their future career choices.

The Nebraska K-12 Foreign Language Frameworks mirrors the National Standards in Foreign Language developed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in 1995.

Nebraska L.E.A.R.N.S.

In 1998 the Nebraska State Board of Education approved academic content standards in reading/writing, mathematics, science, and social studies/history, called Nebraska L.E.A.R.N.S. (Leading Educational Achievement through Rigorous Nebraska Standards).  The standards identify what students in our schools are to know and be able to do by the end of first grade, fourth grade, eighth grade, and twelfth grade.

The Nebraska L.E.A.R.N.S. document is a guide for schools, parents, teachers, and communities as they work together to provide the best possible education for all Nebraska students.  The standards are challenging and rigorous, intended to stretch students to new heights of academic achievement.

The standards should be viewed as a work in progress with much work to be done by local communities as they engage in conversations about the importance of education and the kinds of schools they need to reach higher standards.  The Nebraska State Board of Education and Department of Education are “committed to the importance of standards and the foundation they represent.”

The Challenge to Make Connections

Crosswalking Foreign Language Essential Learnings with the Nebraska Standards enables educators to identify important connections between disciplines.  The challenge to make those connections was undertaken by foreign language educators from across Nebraska who were previously involved in developing the Nebraska K-12 Foreign Language Frameworks.  They worked to develop learning scenarios that would provide examples of how educators could enrich and apply what students learn in the Nebraska L.E.A.R.N.S. content standards.  In identifying these links we reaffirmed the importance of continuing our efforts to provide a quality education for all students in Nebraska.

**The Foreign Language Essential Learnings code reflects the Nebraska K-12 Foreign Language Frameworks standard represented, i.e. FL K12.1.1 means foreign language, kindergarten through grade twelve, Standard 1.1.

 

Nebraska K-12 Foreign Language Frameworks
(Strategies for Diverse Learners pages 274-277)

 

Thematic Learning         Thematic learning is a way to plan curriculum that meets the diverse needs and abilities of students.  When properly designed, thematic units are appropriate for students at all ability levels (Winebrenner, 1996). Themes provide organizing centers for:

                                                     ·         Connecting various disciplines or subject matter content (see Frameworks Goal 3, page 51).

                                                    ·         Developing learning activities around the eight intelligences (see Multiple Intelligences, pages 257 and 263).

     ·         Providing learning opportunities that require different levels of thinking (see Bloom’s Taxonomy of
         Thinking,
page 272).

A theme may be used to plan a brief unit of study,, a comprehensive unit spanning a greater period of time, or to connect with other disciplines in a team or block-scheduling situation.  Winebrenner (1992, page 74) provides a graphic organizer that connects subject areas and student capabilities around a main theme as shown in Figure G.  Fogarty (1997, page 48) shows how activities for multiple intelligences might be planned in a theme organized around the Olympic Game--or Games of Life--Figure H.

 




 

Acknowledgments:

Link to L.E.A.R.N.S. Team Members

 

Marie Blair                                                                                            
University of Nebraska-Lincoln                                                       

Pat Branson
Bellevue East High School

Steve Brock                                                                                          
Omaha Public Schools                                                                       

Jan Coone
Wallace High School

Colleen Coram                                                                                      
Kearney High School                                                                          

Susan Daum
Nebraska Department of Education

Marilyn Gordon                                                                                    
Fremont                                                                                                 

Liz Hoffman
Nebraska Department of Education

Stephanie Iwan Flamme                                                                      
Logan View High School                                                                    

Marlene Knobbe
West Point Central Catholic

Pat McGill                                                                                              
Waverly High School                                                                          

Joyce Michaelis
Wesleyan University

Ali Moeller                                                                                            
University of Nebraska-Lincoln                                                        

Mel Nielsen
IN-VISION Project

Lon Pearson                                                                                          
University of Nebraska-Kearney                                                      

Rita Ricaurte
Wesleyan University

Susan Rodda                                                                                       
Loveland Elementary-Omaha                                                            

Georgia Sarroub
Northeast High School-Lincoln

Erin Sass                                                                                                
IN-VISION Project                                                                               

Beth Sittig
McMillan Magnet Center-Omaha

Sue Smith                                                                                              
Lincoln Public Schools                                                                       

Harriet Turner
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Sharon Watts                                                                                       
Creighton University                                                                           

Rosa Zimmerman
Ogallala High School

Project Facilitator                                                                             
Marie Trayer                                                                                     
IN-VISION Project
                                                                               

Project Director
Vickie Scow
Nebraska Department of Education

Special thanks and appreciation are extended to all Link to L.E.A.R.N.S. participants for their efforts in identifying the connections.  Special recognition and appreciation is also extended to the following Nebraska Department of Education consultants for their expertise in facilitating the project: Pam Trefz, Reading/Writing; Deb Romanek, Mathematics; John LeFeber, Social Studies/History; and Sheila Brown, Visual and Performing Arts. A very special thanks also to Sharon Eberspacher, Secretary, Foreign language Education, Nebraska Department of Education.       


GOAL 1-COMMUNICATION

Essential Learnings

FL K12.1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.

Progress Indicators:

Beginning:      Express likes and dislikes.                                 Respond to one-on-one interactions.
                       
Express agreement and disagreement.               Ask and answer simple questions.

Developing:    Incorporate appropriate gestures into conversations.
                       
Create simple descriptions within a context.
                       
Qualify likes and dislikes.
                       
Support opinions.
                       
Describe a problem.
                       
Make suggestions and recommendations.
                        Exchange information with peers and others.
                       
Provide and request clarification.
                        Use different ways to express the same idea (circumlocution).

Learning Scenario

Patterns of Colors in Our World

Contexts/Outcomes: 

Students will engage in conversations and provide and obtain information using a theme of colors. 

Activity Summary:

Students will conduct a survey and gather information via the Internet to include flags of the world, the cultural significance of colors, and the relevance of color found in nature.  Students will also interview native speakers about the significance of colors in their respective countries and will enhance their knowledge of the theory of color through the target language.  They will summarize data using graphs or tables and demonstrate the use of culturally acceptable norms for agreement or disagreement.  They should be able to access and extract information from print and nonprint sources relevant to the topic and present results. Students will present the results orally and in graph form.

Assessment:

Graphs or charts, oral presentations, interviews, oral questioning, conversations, response journals, surveys, and/or projects.

  Link to L.E.A.R.N.S.

Reading/Writing:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.5        respond to literature.
1.1.7        write (print) about experiences, stories, people, objects, and events.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.1        draw on a variety of strategies to read and understand unfamiliar words and phrases.
4.1.2        acquire and use correctly an advanced reading vocabulary.
4.1.4        locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.
4.1.5                identify characteristics of different types of text.
4.1.8                identify similar ideas across a variety of narratives and stories.
4.2.4        use a variety of forms to write for different audiences and purposes.
4.3.1                pose questions and contribute their own information or ideas in group discussions in order to acquire new knowledge.
4.4.1        gain information or complete tasks by listening.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.2        students will locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.

8.1.7        interpret the meaning of literary works, nonfiction, films, and media by using different analytic techniques.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.3.2    
    make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and information to be conveyed.

Mathematics:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.6.3        identify and describe patterns in their environment.
By the end of fourth grade, students will:
4.5.1        collect, organize, represent, and interpret numerical and categorical data and clearly communicate the findings.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.5.1        collect, analyze, interpret, and display data.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.5.5      formulate conclusions based on the interpretation of data represented by the normal distribution.

Science:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.1        develop an understanding of systems, order, and organization.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.2        develop an understanding of evidence, models, and explanation.
4.2.1        develop the abilities needed to do scientific inquiry.

Social Studies/History:
By the end of first grade, students will:
                   
1.2             compare everyday life in different places and times and recognize that people, places, and things change over time.
1.23           demonstrate good citizenship and demonstrate an understanding of its importance.
1.29           identify ways that people grow and change over time.
1.30           identify how choices and actions affect themselves and others.
              

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.4             compare and contrast daily life in the past and present, considering things, such as roles, jobs, communication,
                  technology, transportation, schools, and cultural traditions.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.4.9          improve their skills in historical research and geographical analysis.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.2.4        analyze how certain cultural characteristics can link or divide regions, such as language, ethnic heritage, religion,
                  political philosophy, shared history, and social and economic systems.
12.2.5        compare and contrast the distribution, growth rates, and characteristics of human population, such as settlement
                  patterns and the location of natural and capital resources.
12.2.14      analyze the forces of conflict and cooperation.
12.3.17      develop skills for historical analysis.

Essential Learnings

 FL K12.1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Progress Indicators:

Beginning:   Respond appropriately to directions, instruction, and commands.
Identify main ideas and key words in oral and written material.                  

Developing: Respond appropriately to a series of directions, instructions, and commands.
Respond appropriately to complex oral and/or written descriptors.
Comprehend speech on familiar topics with some repetition.

 Learning Scenario

 Celebrations Across The World

 Contexts/Outcomes: 

Students will understand, interpret and respond to a variety of written and oral communications pertaining to celebrations 
such as birthdays, quinceaneras, baptisms, weddings, etc. 

Activity Summary:

Students will be able to follow written and verbal directions to a particular location, respond appropriately to invitations, and 
research/locate information on the Internet or via native speakers regarding the appropriate customs of celebrations such as 
invitations, refreshments, and games. They will create and respond appropriately to invitations, notes and requests in the target 
language. Students will construct a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting a holiday in the target culture with one in the United 
States. Students will be given a problem-solving task related to locating and purchasing an appropriate gift with limited funds.  

Assessment: Interviews, projects, charts, oral questioning, create checklist, letters, memos and notes.

 Link to L.E.A.R.N.S.

Reading/Writing:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.1    read and write most of the words they speak and use.
1.1.4    read and comprehend print, and demonstrate the understanding that reading (like conversation) communicates meaning.
1.1.5    respond to literature.
1.3.1    listen and be responsible members of the classroom.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.1    draw on a variety of strategies to read and understand unfamiliar words and phrases.
4.1.2    acquire and use correctly an advanced reading vocabulary.
4.1.3    identify the basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read or viewed.
4.1.4    locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.
4.1.5    identify characteristics of different types of text.
4.1.7    identify and apply knowledge of the structure, elements, and meaning of nonfiction or informational material and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
4.2.4    use a variety of forms to write for different audiences and purposes.
4.3.2    make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and information to be conveyed.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.1    identify the basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read or viewed.
8.1.2    students will locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.

8.1.7    interpret the meaning of literary works, nonfiction, films, and media by using different analytic techniques.

8.2.4    use a variety of forms to write for different audiences and purposes.
8.3.1    pose questions and contribute their own information or ideas in class discussions in order to acquire new knowledge.

8.3.2    make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and information to be conveyed.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.1  identify the basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read or viewed.
12.1.2  locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.
12.1.6  read, identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structure, elements, and meaning of nonfiction or informational material and
            provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
12.2.5  will use self-generated questions, note-taking, summarizing, and outlining to enhance learning.

12.3.1  pose questions and contribute their own information or ideas in group discussions in order to acquire new knowledge.
12.3.2    make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and information to be conveyed.

Mathematics:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.6.1    identify, describe, extend, and create a variety of patterns, such as objects, sounds, movements, shapes, numbers, and colors.

Science:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.2.1    develop the abilities needed to do scientific knowledge with scientific reasoning and critical thinking to develop their
            understanding of science.
1.6.2    develop an understanding of science and technology.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.2.1    develop the abilities needed to do scientific inquiry.
4.6.2    develop an understanding of science and technology.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.1    will develop an understanding of systems, order, and organization.
8.2.1
     develop an understanding of evidence, models, and explanation.
8.6.2    develop an understanding of science and technology.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.2.1  develop the abilities needed to do scientific inquiry.
12.6.2  develop an understanding about science and technology.

Social Studies/History:
By the end of first grade, students will:
1.4       measure time and time lines to show sequence and change by using calendars and clocks.
1.6       compare and contrast cultures of families, past and present.
1.8       compare and contrast the relative location of people, places, and things.
1.23     demonstrate good citizenship and demonstrate an understanding of its importance.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.21     use the concepts of absolute location, such as using grid systems, and relative location, such as direction, reference to neighboring states, and water features.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.10  develop skills in discussion, debate, and persuasive writing by analyzing historical situations and events.
8.2.7    develop skills for historical analysis.
8.3.10  know how to interpret economic and political issues as expressed in maps, tables, diagrams, charts, political cartoons, and economic graphs.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.10 analyze major 20th century historical events.
12.2.1  analyze the physical and human landscapes of the world using maps, globes, photographs, and pictures.
12.2.4  analyze how certain cultural characteristics can link or divide regions, such as language, ethnic heritage, religion, political
            philosophy, shared history, and social and economic systems.
12.3.17 develop skills for historical analysis.
12.3.18 develop discussion, debate, and persuasive writing skills, focusing on enduring issues and demonstrating how divergent
             viewpoints have been addressed and reconciled.
 

Essential Learnings

FL K12.1.3: Students convey information, concepts, and ideas to listeners and readers for a variety of purposes.

Progress Indicators:

Beginning:   Present prepared material to an audience. 
Developing:
Speak or write spontaneously.
                    
Narrate, present, past, and future events.

Learning Scenario
 Our World

Contexts/Outcomes: 

Students will convey information, concepts, and ideas to listeners and readers about our world. 

Activity Summary:

Students will choose any part of our world and research topics that interest them such as people, environment, 
ecosystems, current events, history, arts and humanities, customs, etc.  Students can conduct interviews via the 
Internet, read stories, newspapers, magazines, listen to the radio on the Internet, and utilize other available resources 
to obtain needed information.  Students will put themselves in that part of the world as a citizen and write a diary.  
Students must share their diaries with others in English or the target language.  As a culminating activity, the class 
will have a panel discussion about the intricacies of our world, the part they play in it, and the part others play in it.
    

Assessment:

Interviews, diaries, panel discussion.

Link to L.E.A.R.N.S.

Reading/Writing:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.1    read and write most of the words they speak and use.
1.1.4    read and comprehend print, and demonstrate the understanding that reading (like conversation) communicates meaning.
1.1.5    respond to literature.
1.3.1    listen and be responsible members of the classroom.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.1    draw on a variety of strategies to read and understand unfamiliar words and phrases.
4.1.2    acquire and use correctly an advanced reading vocabulary.
4.1.3    identify the basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read or viewed.
4.1.4    locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.
4.2.4    use a variety of forms to write for different audiences and purposes.
4.3.2        make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and information to be conveyed.
4.4.1    gain information or complete tasks by listening.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.1    identify the basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read or viewed.
8.1.2    students will locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.
8.2.4    use a variety of forms to write for different audiences and purposes.
8.3.2    make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and information to be conveyed.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.1  identify the basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read or viewed.
12.1.2  locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.
12.2.5  will use self-generated questions, note-taking, summarizing, and outlining to enhance learning.
12.3.1  pose questions and contribute their own information or ideas in group discussions in order to acquire new knowledge.
12.3.2  make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and information to be conveyed.

Science:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.2.1    develop the abilities needed to do scientific knowledge with scientific reasoning and critical thinking to develop their understanding of science.
1.6.2    develop an understanding of science and technology.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.2.1    develop the abilities needed to do scientific inquiry.
4.6.2    develop an understanding of science and technology.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.1    will develop an understanding of systems, order, and organization.
8.2.1
     develop an understanding of evidence, models, and explanation.
8.6.2        develop an understanding of science and technology.

8.6.3        By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.2.1  develop the abilities needed to do scientific inquiry.
12.6.2  develop an understanding about science and technology.

Social Studies/History:
By the end of first grade, students will:
1.1              understand that history relates to events and people of other times and places.
1.6       compare and contrast cultures of families, past and present.
1.8       compare and contrast the relative location of people, places, and things.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.4       compare and contrast daily life in the past and present, considering things, such as roles, jobs, communication, technology, transportation, schools, and cultural traditions.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.4.9    improve their skills in historical research and geographical analysis.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.11 demonstrate historical research and geographical skills.
12.2.14 analyze the forces of conflict and cooperation.
12.3.17 develop skills for historical analysis.
12.3.18 develop discussion, debate, and persuasive writing skills, focusing on enduring issues and   demonstrating how divergent
             viewpoints have been addressed and reconciled.


GOAL 2-CULTURES

Essential Learning

 FL K12.2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the perspectives 
and practices of cultures studied and use this knowledge to interact effectively in cultural contexts.
Progress Indicators:

Beginning:   Identify some commonly held generalizations about the culture studied.
Developing:
Analyze some commonly held generalizations about the culture studied.

 Learning Scenario

Priorities: Youth or Aging?

Contexts/Outcomes: 

Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the perspectives and practices of cultures 
studied and are able to identify and analyze some commonly held generalizations about youth and aging in 
reaching an urban planning decision.

Activity Summary:

Students become members of an urban planning committee who must decide whether to expend their limited 
resources on constructing a day care center, school, or elder care facility.  Students will use research strategies 
to investigate various cultures and determine generalizations about youth and aging in those cultures.  Students 
will also conduct surveys and interviews via the Internet to further identify different perspectives and practices 
about youth and aging in the targeted cultures.  Students analyze the data to make their decision.

 Assessment:

Oral Presentation: The urban planning committee presents their recommendations to the city council with visual 
aids. Various students will represent different segments of the population.

Link to L.E.A.R.N.S.

 Reading/Writing:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.7    write (print) about experiences, stories, people objects, and events.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.8    identify similar ideas across a variety of narratives and stories.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:
8.1.6    identify similar ideas across a variety of narratives and stories.
8.1.7    interpret the meaning of literary works, nonfiction, films, and media by using different analytic techniques. 
By the end of twelfth grade, students will:
12.1.1 identify the basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read or viewed.
12.1.4 identify, analyze, and apply theme in literature and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
12.1.8 interpret the meaning of literary works, nonfiction, films, and media by using different analytic techniques.

Mathematics:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.3    recognize numbers and applications in everyday situations.
1.6.3    identify and describe patterns in their environment.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.3.1    estimate, measure, and solve problems using metric units for linear measure, area, mass/ weight and capacity.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.4.6    use geometric representations to solve problems and describe the physical world.

Science:
By
the end of first grade, students will:

1.7.1    develop an understanding of personal health.  
1.7.2    develop and understanding of resources.
1.8.1    develop and understanding of science as a human endeavor.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.7.1    develop an understanding of personal health.
4.7.2    develop an understanding of the types of resources.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.7.1    develop an understanding of personal health.
8.7.2    develop an understanding of populations, resources, and environments.
8.7.3    develop an understanding of natural hazards.
8.7.4    develop an understanding of risks and benefits.

 
By the end of twelfth grade, students will:
12.7.1  develop an understanding of personal and community health.
12.7.2  develop an understanding of the effects of population change.
12.7.3  develop an understanding of natural resources.
12.7.4  develop an understanding of environmental quality.
12.7.5  develop an understanding of natural and human-induced hazards.
12.7.6  develop an understanding of the role of science and technology in local, national, and global challenges.

Social Studies/History:
By the end of first grade, students will:
1.1    understand that history relates to events and people of other times and places.
1.7    describe how cultures contribute to school and family.
1.17   identify basic economic concepts.
1.20   explain how limits on resources require people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services.
1.23   demonstrate good citizenship and demonstrate an understanding of its importance.
1.30    identify how choices and actions affect themselves and others.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.15    describe the economic specialization and interdependence involved in the production of goods and services in various types of economic systems in the past and present.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:
8.4.9    improve their skills in historical research and geographical analysis.
By the end of twelfth grade, students will:
12.1.10 analyze major 20th century historical events.
12.2.4   analyze how certain cultural characteristics can link or divide regions, such as language, ethnic heritage, religion, political philosophy, shared history, and social and economic systems.
12.2.6  analyze past and present trends in human migration and cultural interaction as they are influenced by social, economic,
            political, and environmental factors.
12.2.7    locate and identify by name the major countries in each region, the world's major rivers, mountain ranges, and surrounding
              bodies of water.
12.2.10 analyze the patterns of urban development, such as site and situation; the function of towns and cities; and problems related to
             human mobility, social structure, and the environment.
12.2.11 analyze the regional development of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean, such as physical,
             economic, and cultural characteristics and historical evolution from 1000 A.D. to the present.

12.3.17 will develop skills for historical analysis
.

Essential Learnings

FL K12.2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the 
perspectives and practices of cultures studied and use this knowledge to interact effectively in 
cultural contexts.

Progress Indicators:

Beginning:   Identify some commonly held generalizations about the culture studied.
Developing:
Analyze some commonly held generalizations about the culture studied. 

Learning Scenario

Priorities: Youth or Aging?

Contexts/Outcomes:

Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the perspectives and practices of cultures studied and are able to identify and analyze some commonly held generalizations about youth and aging in reaching an urban planning decision.

Activity Summary:

Students become members of an urban planning committee who must decide whether to expend their limited resources on constructing a day care center, school, or elder care facility.  Students will use research strategies to investigate various cultures and determine generalizations about youth and aging in those cultures.  Students will also conduct surveys and interviews via the Internet to further identify different perspectives and practices about youth and aging in the targeted cultures.  Students analyze the data to make their decision.

 Assessment:

Oral Presentation: The urban planning committee presents their recommendations to the city council with visual aids. Various students will represent different segments of the population.

Link to L.E.A.R.N.S. 

Reading/Writing:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.7    write (print) about experiences, stories, people objects, and events.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.8    identify similar ideas across a variety of narratives and stories.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.6    identify similar ideas across a variety of narratives and stories.

8.1.7    interpret the meaning of literary works, nonfiction, films, and media by using different analytic techniques.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.1  identify the basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read or viewed.

12.1.4  identify, analyze, and apply theme in literature and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
12.1.8    interpret the meaning of literary works, nonfiction, films, and media by using different analytic techniques.

Mathematics:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.3    recognize numbers and applications in everyday situations.

1.6.3    identify and describe patterns in their environment.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.3.1    estimate, measure, and solve problems using metric units for linear measure, area, mass/ weight and capacity.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.4.6    use geometric representations to solve problems and describe the physical world.

Science:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.7.1    develop an understanding of personal health.
1.7.2    develop and understanding of resources.
1.8.1    develop and understanding of science as a human endeavor.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.7.1    develop an understanding of personal health.
4.7.2    develop an understanding of the types of resources.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.7.1    develop an understanding of personal health.
8.7.2    develop an understanding of populations, resources, and environments.
8.7.3    develop an understanding of natural hazards.
8.7.4    develop an understanding of risks and benefits.

 
By the end of twelfth grade, students will:
12.7.1  develop an understanding of personal and community health.
12.7.2  develop an understanding of the effects of population change.
12.7.3  develop an understanding of natural resources.
12.7.4  develop an understanding of environmental quality.
12.7.5  develop an understanding of natural and human-induced hazards.
12.7.6  develop an understanding of the role of science and technology in local, national, and global challenges.

Social Studies/History:
By the end of first grade, students will:
 
1.1              understand that history relates to events and people of other times and places.

1.7              describe how cultures contribute to school and family.
1.17          identify basic economic concepts.
1.20          explain how limits on resources require people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services.
1.23          demonstrate good citizenship and demonstrate an understanding of its importance.
1.30     identify how choices and actions affect themselves and others.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.15     describe the economic specialization and interdependence involved in the production of goods and services in various types of economic systems in the past and present.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.4.9    improve their skills in historical research and geographical analysis.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.10 analyze major 20th century historical events.
12.2.4    analyze how certain cultural characteristics can link or divide regions, such as language, ethnic heritage, religion, political
            philosophy, shared history, and social and economic systems.
12.2.6  analyze past and present trends in human migration and cultural interaction as they are influenced by social, economic,
            political, and environmental factors.
12.2.7    locate and identify by name the major countries in each region, the world's major rivers, mountain ranges, and surrounding
            bodies of water.
12.2.10analyze the patterns of urban development, such as site and situation; the function of towns and cities; and problems related to
            human mobility, social structure, and the environment.
12.2.11 analyze the regional development of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean, such as physical,
             economic, and cultural characteristics and historical evolution from 1000 A.D. to the present.

12.3.17 will develop skills for historical analysis.

Essential Learnings

FL K12.2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the perspectives and products/contributions of the cultures studied. 

Progress Indicators:

Beginning:   Identify and explain how the needs, behaviors and beliefs of the culture that are reflected in the products/contributions 
                     of the culture.
Developing: Discuss and analyze external factors which affect products and contributions
.

Learning Scenario 

Priorities: Youth or Aging?

Contexts/Outcomes:

Students demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives and contributions of cultures studied and are able to  identify and analyze beliefs about youth and aging in reaching an urban planning decision.

Activity Summary:

Students become members of an urban planning committee who must decide whether to expend their limited resources  on constructing a day care center, school, or elder care facility.  Students will use research strategies to investigate  youth and aging in various cultures and determine beliefs, including external factors that have affected beliefs about  youth and aging.  Students will also conduct surveys and interviews via the Internet to further identify different  perspectives and contributions the targeted cultures have made about youth and aging.  Students compare and analyze  the data to make their decision.

Assessment:

Oral Presentation: The urban planning committee presents their recommendations to the city council with visual aids.  Various students will represent different segments of the population.

Link to L.E.A.R.N.S. 

Reading/Writing:
By the end of fourth grade, students will:
4.1.5        identify characteristics of different types of text.
4.1.8    identify similar ideas across a variety of narratives and stories.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.6        identify similar ideas across a variety of narratives and stories.
8.1.7    interpret the meaning of literary works, nonfiction, films, and media by using different analytic techniques.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.4    identify, analyze, and apply theme in literature and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
12.1.8  interpret the meaning of literary works, nonfiction, films, and media by using different analytic techniques.

Mathematics:
By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.2.3  perform estimations and computations mentally, with paper and pencil, and with technology.
12.5.5  formulate conclusions based on the interpretation of data represented by the normal distribution.

Science:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.8.1    develop an understanding of science as a human endeavor.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.4.3    develop an understanding of living things and environments. 
4.8.1    develop and understanding of science as a human endeavor.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.8.3    develop an understanding of the history of science.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.8.3  develop an understanding of the history of science.

Social Studies/History:
By the end of first grade, students will:
                   
1.1              understand that history relates to events and people of other times and places.
1.10          identify symbols.
1.12     describe how climate, location, and physical surroundings affect the lives of people.
1.18     describe the differences between human resources, such as people at work; natural resources, such as water, soil, wood, and
            coal; capital resources, such as machines and tools used to produce different goods or services.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.4              compare and contrast daily life in the past and present, considering things, such as roles, jobs, communication, technology,
            transportation, schools, and cultural traditions.
4.8       identify and describe cultural holidays and important events in their community, Nebraska, and the United States.
4.10     analyze the migration patterns in Nebraska.
4.14          identify examples of making economic choices and explain what is given up when making a choice; distinguish between money
           and barter economics; explain the differences between using cash, checks, and credit to purchase goods and services.
4.24     identify examples of the extension of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in American history and the contributions of
            Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, European Americans, Asian Americans, individuals, and groups.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.2    trace the routes and evaluate early explorations of the Americas.
8.4.7    describe, analyze, and evaluate the history of Europe during the Middle Ages from about 500 to 1000 A.D., explaining its
            impact on Western civilization.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.5  analyze the impact of European expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
12.2.9  identify natural, human, and capital resources; describe their distribution; and explain their significance, such as location of
           contemporary and selected historical economic and land-use regions.
12.2.12analyze the patterns and networks of economic interdependence, such as formation of multinational economic unions;
            international trade; the theory of competitive advantage; job specialization; competition for resources; and access to labor,
            technology, transportation, and communications.
12.3.7    analyze the impact of immigration on American life.
12.3.11 will demonstrate an understanding of the origins and effects of World War II.


GOAL 3-CONNECTIONS

Essential Learnings

FL K12.3.1: Students reinforce and further knowledge of other disciplines through foreign languages.

Progress Indicators:

Beginning:   Identify and apply, within a familiar context, information and skills common to the foreign language classroom and other
                     disciplines.

Developing:
Transfer and apply, within a limited context, information and skills common to the language classroom and other
                     disciplines.

 Learning Scenario 

Business Junket

Contexts/Outcomes:

Students will reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines by conducting the necessary preparation to have a 
successful experience traveling to a foreign country for an international company.

Activity Summary:

Students are employed by an international company and must travel to a foreign country designated by the company CEO to 
complete a business transaction.  Students will conduct the necessary preparation and investigation to successfully complete 
their business trip.  They will participate in traveling simulations such as applying for a passport, buying items in a market, 
exchanging money, finding your way when lost, eating in a restaurant, entering/exiting the country, etc.  In addition, students 
will participate in business simulations, such as proper cultural customs, human, political, and economic issues, climate, 
geography and other pertinent topics needed to complete the business transaction.  Students will keep a journal of activities and connections to other disciplines.  The culminating activities include an oral presentation and video portfolio.

 Assessment:

Simulations, journal, oral presentation, video portfolio.

 Link to L.E.A.R.N.S.

 Reading/Writing:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.7    write (print) about experiences, stories, people, objects, and events.
1.3.1    listen and be responsible members of the classroom.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.1    draw on a variety of strategies to read and understand unfamiliar words and phrases.
4.1.2    acquire and use correctly an advanced reading vocabulary.
4.1.4    locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.2    locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.

8.3.2    make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and information to be conveyed.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.1  identify the basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read or viewed.
12.1.2  locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.
12.3.1  pose questions and contribute their own information or ideas in group discussions in order to acquire new knowledge.

12.3.2    make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and information to be conveyed.
12.4.1  apply listening skills for a variety of purposes.

Mathematics:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.3    recognize numbers and applications in everyday situations.
1.2.2       
determine the reasonableness of proposed solutions to mathematical problems.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.2.1    estimate and accurately calculate without and with calculators and solve problems involving addition, subtraction,
            multiplication, and division of whole numbers and understand the relationships among the operations.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.1    recognize and utilize real numbers such as whole numbers, integers, and rational numbers.
8.3.2    convert units within measurement systems using proper conversion factors (standard and metric).

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.2   express the equivalent forms of numbers using exponents, radicals, scientific notation, absolute values, fractions, decimals, and percents.
12.3.2  convert between metric and standard units of measurement.
12.4.7  apply deductive reasoning to arrive at valid conclusions.

Science:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.5.3    develop an understanding of the changes in the earth and sky.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.5.3    develop an understanding of the changes in the earth and sky.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.3    develop an understanding of change, constancy, and measurement.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.3  develop an understanding of change, constancy, and measurement.

Social Studies/History:
By the end of first grade, students will:
                   
1.4       measure time and time lines to show sequence and change by using calendars and clocks.
1.6       compare and contrast cultures of families, past and present.
1.10     identify symbols.
1.12     describe how climate, location, and physical surroundings affect the lives of people, such as their food, clothing, shelter,
            transportation, and recreation.
1.16     explain how people are connected through transportation and communication.
1.17     identify basic economic concepts.
1.21     simulate the exchange of money for goods and services and identify ways to save money.
1.23     demonstrate good citizenship and demonstrate an understanding of its importance.
1.30     identify how choices and actions affect themselves and others.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.4       compare and contrast daily life in the past and present, considering things, such as roles, jobs, communication, technology,
            transportation, schools, and cultural traditions.
4.22     distinguish between meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude and use the equator and prime meridian to identify the
             Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.3.7    compare the United States economic system to systems such as China, Japan, Canada, South America, and other Western
            European nations.
8.3.10   know how to interpret economic and political issues as expressed in maps, tables, diagrams, charts, political cartoons, and
             economic graphs.
8.4.8    describe and compare selected civilizations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, focusing on chronology, location, geography,
            social structures, form of government, economy, religion, and contribution to later civilizations.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.5  analyze the impact of European expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
12.2.2  analyze how selected physical and ecological processes shaped the earth's surface.
12.2.4  analyze how certain cultural characteristics can link or divide regions, such as language, ethnic heritage, religion, political
            philosophy, shared history, and social and economic systems.
12.2.7   locate and identify by name the major countries in each region, the world's major rivers, mountain ranges, and surrounding
            bodies of water.
12.2.13distinguish between developed and developing countries, identifying and relating the level of economic development to the
            quality of life.
12.2.15apply geography to interpret the past, understand the present, and plan for the future.

Essential Learnings

FL K12.3.1: Students reinforce and further knowledge of other disciplines through foreign languages.

Progress Indicators:

Beginning:   Identify and apply, within a familiar context, information and skills common to the foreign language classroom and 
                     other disciplines.

Developing:
Transfer and apply, within a limited context, information and skills common to the language classroom and other
                     disciplines.

 Learning Scenario

 Business Junket

Contexts/Outcomes:

Students will acquire information and perspectives through authentic materials by conducting the necessary preparation
to have a successful experience traveling to a foreign country for an international company. 

Activity Summary:

Students are employed by an international company and must travel to a foreign country designated by the company 
CEO to complete a business transaction.  Students will conduct the necessary preparation and investigation using 
authentic materials to successfully complete their business trip.  They will participate in traveling simulations such as 
applying for a passport, buying items in a market, exchanging money, finding your way when lost, eating in a restaurant, entering/exiting the country, etc. accessing authentic materials.  In addition, students will participate in business 
simulations, such as proper cultural customs; human, political, and economic issues, climate, geography and other 
pertinent topics needed to complete the business transaction.  Students will keep a journal.  The culminating activities 
include an oral presentation and video portfolio.

Assessment: 

Simulations, journal, oral presentation, video portfolio. 

Link to L.E.A.R.N.S.

Reading/Writing:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.7    write (print) about experiences, stories, people, objects, and events.
1.3.1    listen and be responsible members of the classroom.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.1    draw on a variety of strategies to read and understand unfamiliar words and phrases.
4.1.2    acquire and use correctly an advanced reading vocabulary.
4.1.4    locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.2    students will locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.

8.3.2    make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and information to be conveyed.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.1  identify the basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read or viewed.
12.1.2  locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.
12.3.1  pose questions and contribute their own information or ideas in group discussions in order to acquire new knowledge.

12.3.2    make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, purpose, and information to be conveyed.
12.4.1  apply listening skills for a variety of purposes.

Mathematics:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.3      recognize numbers and applications in everyday situations.
1.2.2      determine the reasonableness of proposed solutions to mathematical problems.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.2.1      estimate and accurately calculate without and with calculators and solve problems involving addition, subtraction,
              multiplication, and division of whole numbers and understand the relationships among the operations.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.1       Recognize and utilize real numbers such as whole numbers, integers, and rational numbers.
8.3.2       convert units within measurement systems using proper conversion factors (standard and metric).

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.2    express the equivalent forms of numbers using exponents, radicals, scientific notation, absolute values, fractions, decimals, and percents.
12.3.2    convert between metric and standard units of measurement.
12.4.7    apply deductive reasoning to arrive at valid conclusions.

Science:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.5.3        develop an understanding of the changes in the earth and sky.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.5.3    develop an understanding of the changes in the earth and sky.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.3    develop an understanding of change, constancy, and measurement.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.3  develop an understanding of change, constancy, and measurement.

Social Studies/History:
By the end of first grade, students will:
                  
1.4       measure time and time lines to show sequence and change by using calendars and clocks.
1.6       compare and contrast cultures of families, past and present.
1.10     identify symbols.
1.12     describe how climate, location, and physical surroundings affect the lives of people, such as their food, clothing, shelter,
            transportation, and recreation.
1.16     explain how people are connected through transportation and communication.
1.17     identify basic economic concepts.
1.21     simulate the exchange of money for goods and services and identify ways to save money.
1.23     demonstrate good citizenship and demonstrate an understanding of its importance.
1.30     identify how choices and actions affect themselves and others.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.4       compare and contrast daily life in the past and present, considering things, such as roles, jobs, communication, technology,
            transportation, schools, and cultural traditions.
4.22     distinguish between meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude and use the equator and prime meridian to identify the
           Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.2.7    develop skills for historical analysis.      
8.3.10   know how to interpret economic and political issues as expressed in maps, tables, diagrams, charts, political cartoons, and
             economic graphs.
8.4.8    describe and compare selected civilizations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, focusing on chronology, location, geography,
            social structures, form of government, economy, religion, and contribution to later civilizations.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.5  analyze the impact of European expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
12.2.2  analyze how selected physical and ecological processes shaped the earth's surface.
12.2.4  analyze how certain cultural characteristics can link or divide regions, such as language, ethnic heritage, religion, political
             philosophy, shared history, and social and economic systems.
12.2.7    locate and identify by name the major countries in each region, the world's major rivers, mountain ranges, and surrounding
             bodies of water.
12.2.13 distinguish between developed and developing countries, identifying and relating the level of economic development to the
             quality of life.
12.2.15 apply geography to interpret the past, understand the present, and plan for the future.


GOAL 4-COMPARISONS

Essential Learnings

FL K12.4.1: Students recognize that different languages use different patterns to communicate and can apply this knowledge to their own language.

Progress Indicators:

Beginning:   Identify the sound patterns of the target language and compare them to the student’s own language.
Identify the structural patterns of the target language and compare them to the student’s own language.
Identify   the idiomatic expressions of the target language .

Developing:
Apply, within limited contexts, the sound patterns of the target language.
Apply, within limited contexts, the structural patterns of the target language.
Compare and contrast idiomatic expressions of the target language and the student’s own language.

Learning Scenario

Discovery of Patterns

Contexts/Outcomes:

Students recognize that different languages use different patterns and demonstrate an understanding of them through the discovery 
of patterns.

 Activity Summary:

By playing the role of checkpoint persons, students will discover language patterns by identifying sounds, structure, and idiomatic expressions in a variety of language samples.  Checkpoint persons will try to detect inconsistencies in sound patterns, structural patterns or idiomatic expressions of individuals crossing from one country to another.  Students will need to know sound structure 
of the target language, idiomatic expressions, gestures, and basic grammatical structures such as adjective agreement.

Assessment:

Checklist responses, oral demonstrations, written demonstrations

Link to L.E.A.R.N.S.

Reading/Writing:
By the end of first grade, students will:
1.1.2    demonstrate basic phonological awareness and familiarity with the letters of the alphabet, exhibiting a working knowledge of
            letters and sounds.
1.1.3    apply knowledge of the organization of print to their reading and writing.

1.1.4     read and comprehend print and demonstrate the understanding that reading
communicates meaning.
1.1.6    print neatly and correctly.
1.3.1    listen and be responsible members of the classroom.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.1    draw on a variety of strategies to read and understand unfamiliar words and phrases.
4.1.5    identify characteristics of different types of text.
4.1.7    identify and apply knowledge of the structure, elements, and meaning of nonfiction and informational material and provide
           evidence from the text to support their understanding.
4.2.1.   identify, describe, and apply knowledge of the structure of the English language and standard English conventions for sentence
            structure, usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
4.2.3    demonstrate improvement in organization, content, word choice (vocabulary), voice, sentence fluency and standard English
            conventions after revising and editing their compositions.

4.2.4    use a variety of forms to write for different audiences and purposes.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.3    identify characteristics of different types of text.
8.1.5    identify and apply knowledge of the structure, elements, and meaning of nonfiction or informational material and provide
            evidence from the text to support their understanding.
8.2.1.   identify, describe, and apply knowledge of the structure of the English language and standard English conventions for sentence
            structure, usage, punctuation, capitalization and spelling.

8.2.3    demonstrate improvement in organization, content, word choice, voice, sentence fluency, and standard English conventions
            after revising and editing their compositions.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.3  identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of characteristics of different types of text.
12.1.5  identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from the text to support
            their understanding.
12.1.6 read, identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structure, elements, and meaning of nonfiction or informational material and
           provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
12.2.1 identify, describe, and apply knowledge of the structure of the English language and standard English conventions for sentence
           structure, usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
12.2.3 demonstrate improvement in organization, content, word choice, voice, sentence fluency and standard English conventions after
           revising and editing their compositions.

12.2.4 use a variety of forms to write for different audiences and purposes.

Mathematics:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.2    communicate the mathematical relations of the number system.

Science:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.2    develop an understanding of evidence, models, and explanation.
1.1.3    develop an understanding of change, constancy, and measurement.
1.5.3    develop an understanding of the changes in the earth and sky.

1.7.1    develop an understanding of personal health.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.3.1    develop an understanding of the characteristics of objects and materials.

4.3.2    develop an understanding of the position and motion of objects.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.3    develop an understanding of change, constancy, and measurement.

8.5.3    develop an understanding of the earth in the solar system.

Essential Learnings

 FL K12.4.2: Students recognize that cultures use different patterns of interaction and can apply this knowledge to 
their own culture.

Progress Indicators:

Beginning:   Identify the similarities and differences between the target culture(s) and the student’s own culture using evidence from authentic sources.

                     Identify similar and different behavioral patterns between the target culture(s) and the student’s own culture.

Developing: Analyze the similarities and differences between the target culture(s) and the student’s own culture using evidence from authentic sources.

                     Compare and contrast similar and different behavioral patterns between the target culture(s) and the student’s own culture.

Learning Scenario
 Discovery

Contexts/Outcomes:

Students will recognize that cultures use different patterns of interaction and can apply this knowledge to their own culture by exploring an event/phenomenon and investigating the impact of other cultures on the United States.

Activity Summary:

Students have two choices: 1) analyze a major 20th century historical event (i.e. Fall of the Berlin Wall, coming of EuroDisney to France, Curie’s discovery of penicillin, rise/fall of Franco and/or adaptation of constitution); 2) examine a particular event/phenomenon from the perspective of the U.S. and the target culture (i.e. political situation of George W. Bush trying to appeal to Hispanic voters, popular music of Hispanics like Ricky Martin or Gloria Estefan, foreign/U.S. political events, fashion, religion, U.S. image abroad, U.S. foreign policy).  Students will research the event/phenomenon, including accessing the Internet, and analyze the cultural implications leading up to and following the event.  Students will use interpretive and analytical skills to examine how history is affected by social situations.

 Assessment:

Research paper, visual representation, media presentation.

Link to L.E.A.R.N.S.

Reading/Writing:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.2    demonstrate basic phonological awareness and familiarity with the letters of the alphabet, exhibiting a working knowledge of
            letters and sounds.

1.1.3    apply knowledge of the organization of print to their reading and writing.

1.1.4        read and comprehend print and demonstrate the understanding that reading
communicates meaning.
1.1.6    print neatly and correctly.
1.3.1    listen and be responsible members of the classroom.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.1    draw on a variety of strategies to read and understand unfamiliar words and phrases.
4.1.5    identify characteristics of different types of text.
4.1.6.   identify and apply knowledge of the structure, elements, and meaning of fiction and provide evidence from the text to support
            their answers.
4.1.7    identify and apply knowledge of the structure, elements, and meaning of nonfiction and informational material and provide
            evidence from the text to support their understanding.
4.2.1.   identify, describe, and apply knowledge of the structure of the English language and standard English conventions for sentence
            structure, usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
4.2.3    demonstrate improvement in organization, content, word choice (vocabulary), voice, sentence fluency and standard English
            conventions after revising and editing their compositions.

4.2.4    use a variety of forms to write for different audiences and purposes.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:
8.1.3    identify characteristics of different types of text.
8.1.5    identify and apply knowledge of the structure, elements, and meaning of nonfiction or informational material and provide
            evidence from the text to support their understanding.
8.2.1.   identify, describe, and apply knowledge of the structure of the English language and standard English conventions for sentence
            structure, usage, punctuation, capitalization and spelling.

8.2.3    demonstrate improvement in organization, content, word choice, voice, sentence fluency, and standard English conventions
            after revising and editing their compositions.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.3  identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of characteristics of different types of text.
12.1.5  identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from the text to support
            their understanding.
12.1.6  read, identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structure, elements, and meaning of nonfiction or informational material and
            provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
12.2.1 identify, describe, and apply knowledge of the structure of the English language and standard English conventions for sentence
           structure, usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
12.2.3 demonstrate improvement in organization, content, word choice, voice, sentence fluency and standard English conventions after
           revising and editing their compositions.

12.2.4 use a variety of forms to write for different audiences and purposes.

 Mathematics:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.2        communicate the mathematical relations of the number system.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.3.1    estimate, measure, and solve problems using metric units for linear measure, area, mass/weight, and capacity.
4.3.3    tell correct time to the minute on an analog clock.

Science:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.8.1    develop an understanding of science as a human endeavor.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.1.   develop an understanding of systems, order, and organizations.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.3        develop an understanding of change, constancy, and measurement.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.7.2    develop an understanding of the effects of population change.
12.7.5    develop an understanding of natural and human-induced hazards.
12.7.6    develop an understanding of the role of science and technology in local, national, and global challenges.

Social Studies/History:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1       understand that history relates to events and people of other times and places.
1.8       compare and contrast the relative location of people, places, and things.
1.16          explain how people are connected through transportation and communication.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.4              compare and contrast daily life in the past and present considering things, such as roles, jobs, communication, technology,
            transportation, schools and cultural traditions.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.2.7        develop skills for historical analysis.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.10analyze major 20th century historical events.
12.1.11 demonstrate historical research and geographical skills.
12.2.14 analyze the forces of conflict and cooperation.
12.3.17 develop skills for historical analysis.


GOAL 5-COMMUNITIES

Essential Learnings

FL K12.5.1: Students apply language skills and cultural knowledge within and beyond the school setting.

Progress Indicators:

Beginning:   Identify the target language in the student’s daily life.
Developing:
Respond to the target language encountered in the student’s daily life.

Learning Scenario

Nebraska Students

Contexts/Outcomes:

Students apply language skills and cultural knowledge by creating a student survey focusing on daily life.

Activity Summary:

Before creating the student survey, students will research various cultures in Nebraska and gain knowledge of the locations of those cultures. Students can read stories, search the Internet for information, and interview individuals. Students will draft survey questions pertinent to the daily life of the various cultures represented. The survey will be sent via e-mail to schools across Nebraska where student populations represent various cultures. Students will calculate percentages and totals, and compile and analyze results. Students can also create a web site to share results of the survey with Nebraska students.

Assessment:

Survey, chart/graph, role-play a typical day in the life of an e-mail peer, write a feature news article reporting the results of the survey, web site.

Link to L.E.A.R.N.S.

Reading/Writing:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.1       
read and write most of the words they speak and use.

1.1.4    read and comprehend print and demonstrate the understanding that reading (like conversation)
communicates meaning.
1.1.5       
respond to literature.
1.1.7    write (print) about experiences, stories, people, objects, and events.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.1        draw on a variety of strategies to read and understand unfamiliar words and phrases.

4.1.4    locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.

4.1.5    identify characteristics of different types of text.
4.1.8    identify similar ideas across a variety of narratives and stories.

4.2.4        use a variety of forms to write for different audiences and purposes.
4.2.5        use self-generated questions, note-taking, summarizing, and outlining to enhance learning.
4.4.1    gain information or complete tasks by listening.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.1.1       
identify the basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read or viewed.
8.1.2    identify characteristics of different types of text.
8.1.6       
identify similar ideas across a variety of narratives and stories.
8.2.4    use a variety of forms to write for different audiences and purposes.
8.2.5        use self-generated questions, note-taking, summarizing, and outlining to enhance learning.

8.3.1    pose questions and contribute their own information or ideas in class discussions in order to acquire new knowledge.
8.4.1    apply listening skills in a variety of settings.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.2    locate, access, and evaluate resources to identify appropriate information.
12.1.3  identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of characteristics of different types of text
.

Mathematics:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.1.3    recognize numbers and application in everyday situations.
1.5.1    count and collect information about objects and events in their environment.

1.6.3    identify and describe patterns in their environment.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.1.1    demonstrate an understanding of place value through the millions and decimals to the hundredths place.
4.5.1    collect, organize, represent, and interpret numerical and categorical data and clearly communicate the findings.

By the end of eighth grade, students will:

8.5.1    collect, analyze, interpret, and display data.
8.5.2    read and interpret tables, charts, and graphs to make comparisons, predictions, and inferences.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.5.2   make inferences and predictions and write equations based on the analysis of sets of data.

Science:
By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.7.2    develop an understanding of the effects of population change.

Social Studies/History:
By the end of first grade, students will:

1.6       compare and contrast cultures of families, past and present.
1.7       describe how cultures contribute to school and family.
1.8       compare and contrast the relative location of people, places, and things.
1.16     explain how people are connected through transportation and communication.

By the end of fourth grade, students will:

4.2       identify and describe the past and present contributions of people, such as the Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, African
           Americans, European Americans, and Asian Americans in Nebraska.
4.24     identify examples of the extension of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in American history and the contributions of
           Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, European Americans, Asian Americans, individuals, and groups.

By the end of twelfth grade, students will:

12.1.5  analyze the impact of European expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
12.2.4  analyze how certain cultural characteristics can link or divide regions, such as language, ethnic heritage, religion, political
            philosophy, shared history, and social and economic systems.
12.2.15apply geography to interpret the past, understand the present, and plan for the future.
12.3.7 analyze the impact of immigration on American life.

 

Chart Aligning

Foreign Language Essential Learnings

with

Nebraska L.E.A.R.N.S.

Nebraska L.E.A.R.N.S. (Leading Educational Achievement through Rigorous Nebraska Standards) identifies what students in our schools are to know and be able to do in Reading/Writing (R/W), Mathematics (M), Science (S), and Social Studies/History (SS/H) by the end of first grade, fourth grade, eighth grade, and twelfth grade. The numbers on the following chart direct the reader to a specific standard within the L.E.A.R.N.S. document. For example, find Communication FL K12.1.1 under Reading/Writing 5-8 and look for the code 8.1.7. The code 8.1.7 means grade eight, topic strand or section one, the seventh standard.

Aligning Foreign Language and Standards

Reading/Writing

K-1

2-4

5-8

9-12

Mathematics

K-1

2-4

5-8

9-12

Science

K-1

2-4

5-8

9-12

Social Studies/

History

K-1

2-4

5-8

9-12

Communication

FL K12.1.1

1.1.5

4.1.1

8.1.2

12.3.2

Communication

FL K12.1.1

1.6.3

4.5.1

8.5.1

12.5.5

Communication

FL K12.1.1

1.1.1

4.1.2

 

 

Communication

FL K12.1.1

1.2

4.4

8.4.9

12.2.4

1.1.7

4.1.2

8.1.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2.1

 

 

1.23

 

 

12.2.5

 

4.1.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.29

 

 

  12.2.14

 

4.1.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.30

 

 

12.3.17

 

4.1.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.3.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.4.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communication

FL K12.1.2

1.1.1

4.1.1

8.1.1

12.1.1

Communication

FL K12.1.2

1.6.1

 

 

 

Communication

FL K12.1.2

1.2.1

4.2.1

8.1.1

12.2.1

Communication

FL K12.1.2

1.4

4.21

8.1.10

12.1.10

1.1.4

4.1.2

8.1.2

12.1.2

 

 

 

 

1.6.2

4.6.2

8.2.1

12.6.2

1.6

 

8.2.7

12.2.1

1.1.5

4.1.3

8.1.7

12.1.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.6.2

 

1.8

 

8.3.10

12.2.4

1.3.1

4.1.4

8.2.4

12.2.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.23

 

 

12.3.17

 

4.1.5

8.3.1

12.3.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.3.18

4.1.7

8.3.2

12.3.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.3.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communication

FL K12.1.3

1.1.1

4.1.1

8.1.1

12.1.1

Communication

FL K12.1.3

 

 

 

 

Communication

FL K12.1.3

1.2.1

4.2.1

8.1.1

12.2.1

Communication

FL K12.1.3

1.1

4.4

8.4.9

12.1.11

1.1.4

4.1.2

8.1.2

12.1.2

 

 

 

 

1.6.2

4.6.2

8.2.1

12.6.2

1.6

 

 

12.2.14

1.1.5

4.1.3

8.2.4

12.2.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.6.2

 

1.8

 

 

12.3.17

1.3.1

4.1.4

8.3.2

12.3.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.3.18

 

4.2.4

 

12.3.2

 

 

  

 

 

  

4.3.2

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

4.4.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culture

FL K12.2.1

1.1.7

4.1.8

8.1.6

12.1.1

Culture

FL K12.2.1

1.1.3

4.3.1

8.4.6

 

Culture

FL K12.2.1

1.7.1

4.7.1

8.7.1

12.7.1

Culture

FL K12.2.1

1.1

415

8.4.9

12.1.10

 

 

8.1.7

12.1.4

1.6.3

 

 

 

1.7.2

4.7.2

8.7.2

12.7.2

1.7

12.2.4

 

 

 

12.1.8

 

 

 

 

1.8.1

8.7.3

12.7.3

1.17

   12.2.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.7.4

12.7.4

1.20

12.2.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.7.5

1.23

12.2.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.7.6

1.30

12.2.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.3.17

Culture 

FL K12.2.2

 

4.1.5

8.1.6

12.1.4

Culture

FL K12.2.2

 

 

 

12.2.3

Culture

FL K12.2.2

1.8.1

4.4.3

8.8.3

12.8.3

Culture

FL K12.2.2

1.1

44

8.1.2

12.1.5

 

4.1.8

8.1.7

12.1.8

 

 

 

12.5.5

 

4.8.1

 

 

1.10

4.8

8.4.7

12.2.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.12

4.10

   12.2.12