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This lesson is designed to coincide with elementary level English Language Arts and 21st Century Technology Skills standards in the areas of:


 * __Iowa Core Curriculum: __**

**21st Century Technology Skills **
 * ** Essential Concept and/or Skill: ****// Use technology resources to create original products, identify patterns and problems, make predictions, and propose solutions. //**
 * Demonstrate creative thinking to generate new ideas and products using a variety of technology tools and resources.
 * Create and share new ideas, products, and processes related to curriculum content.
 * Work individually and collaboratively to create, display, publish, or perform media-rich products.
 * Use models and simulations to identify problems and propose solutions.
 * Use technology resources to gather and depict data, recognize trends, and project outcomes.


 * ** Essential Concept and/or Skill: ****// Use interactive technologies in a collaborative group to produce digital presentations or products in a curricular area. //**
 * Use a variety of technology tools to work collaboratively with others inside and outside the classroom.
 * Use telecommunication tools efficiently to communicate information and ideas to multiple audiences.
 * Access remote information using technology.
 * Engage in learning activities with learners from other countries and/or cultures
 * Appropriately contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems using technology.


 * English Language Arts Skills: Reading **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions). **RL.4.3)**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations. **RL.4.6)**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures. **RL.4.9)**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided. **(RI.4.6)**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears. **(RI.4.7)**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. **(RI.4.9)**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">RESOURCES:

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