Watch a Video: Welcome to India
Discuss: What have you learned about India? What do you still want to know?
Students will read about the unique characteristics and features of India.
Lesson Plan - What’s Up, World? India
Learning Objective
Text Structure
Description
Content-Area Connections
Social Studies, Global Communities
Standards Correlations
CCSS: RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.5, RI.3.6, RI.3.7, RI.3.8, RI.3.10, L.3.4, SL.3.1
NCSS: Global Connections
TEKS: Social Studies 3.13
1. Preparing to Read
Welcome to India
Get ready for a tour of India!
Preview Words to Know
Project the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce the Words to Know.
- population
- tomb
Set a Purpose for Reading
Invite students to notice how India is similar to but also different from the United States.
2. Close-Reading Questions
1. Why might having a large population be a challenge for a country? Use text evidence to support your response.
Having a large population can be a challenge for a country because there are more people to support. The author writes that “India is working to give an education and jobs to its millions of people.”
(RI.3.1 TEXT EVIDENCE)
2. How is kulfi similar to but also different from ice cream?
Kulfi is sweet and frozen like ice cream. But it is thicker and creamier than ice cream, and it takes longer to melt than ice cream does.
(RI.3.8 COMPARISON)
3. Based on the article, photos, and captions, what might people do on a visit to India?
Visitors might fly kites, play kabaddi, see Bengal tigers or the Taj Mahal, celebrate the birthday of Mohandas Gandhi, and try kulfi.
(RI.3.5 TEXT FEATURES)
3. Skill Building
FEATURED SKILL: Compare and Contrast
Use the skill builder “Comparing Communities” to have students compare and contrast their own communities with India.
(RI.3.8 COMPARISON)
Text-to-Speech