Activity 5.2: celebrating where people live

Introduction

In this activity students present their findings to the inquiry question: How are places where people live both similar and different?

Duration

180–240 minutes

Resources

• Information gathered from previous activities
• Vocabulary list

• Activity stepsShow details
  1. Instruct students to use their knowledge of the two places they have researched to create a group narrative with a similar approach as The tale of Johnny Town-mouse. The key idea behind the story should be the similarities and differences of each place.
  2. Explain to students that each group story will need to include information on each of the researched categories. These can be included in a variety of ways, such as:
     • Character 1 uses his map to find out how to get to Character 2's place (caption)
     • 'When Character 2 packed to go and visit Character 1 at his place, she packed her umbrella because she remembered it is very wet there at this time of year' (text).
  2. Allow each group to decide how they wish to present their story. Some suggestions include: comic form, claymation, book, diorama. Discuss and confirm presentation styles with each group.
  3. Finally, share each group presentation with the class and display the presentations in the class or perhaps the school library.