Teacher Guide This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that you read the notes for each slide: they not only give you teaching tips but also provide answers and hints so you can help the kids if they are having trouble. Remember, you can always send feedback to the Bing in the Classroom team at BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.com. You can learn more about the program at bing.com/classroom and follow the daily lessons on our Partners In Learning site. Want to extend today’s lesson? Consider using Skype in the Classroom to arrange for your class to chat with another class in today’s location. And if you are using Windows 8, you can also use the Bing apps to learn more about this location and topic; the Travel and News apps in particular make great teaching tools. Patrice Berry earned a B. A. in Political Science at Swarthmore College, an M.S.Ed at the University of Pennsylvania, and is currently study college access and completion as a doctoral student at Temple University. Patrice is currently the Academic Affairs Director at College Track (East Palo Alto), where she manages academic support initiatives designed to promote college access and college completion among first-generation, low-income students. Ninety-percent of College Track students are accepted to college, and the college graduation rate is 2.5 times higher than the national average. Prior to joining College Track, Patrice worked for the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, for whom she designed and implemented college access and career readiness curricula. Patrice recently married and now lives in Oakland, where she sings at local jam sessions in her free time. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: History/Social Studies CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.3 Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.7: Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, nothing discrepancies among sources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
What major characteristics do you think has helped Herzliya evolve into such a wealthy city? © Dima Shapira/500px Having this up as kids come in is a great settle down activity. You can start class by asking them for thoughts about the picture or about ideas on how they could solve the question of the day.
What major characteristics do you think has helped Herzliya evolve into such a wealthy city? The area that would become Herzliya, Israel, began in 1924 as a farming community, or moshava, with privately owned land worked as a semi-cooperative. Nearly a century later, it’s one of the country’s wealthiest cities, with luxury living for residents and visitors alike, a sort of Beverly Hills to Tel Aviv’s Los Angeles. Depending on time, you can either have students read this silently to themselves, have one of them read out loud, or read it out loud yourself.
What major characteristics do you think has helped Herzliya evolve into such a wealthy city? 1 Web Search Find at least 2 web sources that describe Herzliya. What is the purpose and intended audience of the each sources’ description of Herzliya? 2 Thinking Using prior knowledge and what these sources convey, what do you think makes a city a “wealthy city”? 3 What are the major differences between Herzliya as a farming community and Herzliya as a “wealthy city”? 4 Video Search Find a video that describes Herzliya. What major characteristics does the video point out? 5 What key words and phrases were used through the web searches, and how might they relate to Herzliya’s development? There are a couple of ways to use this slide, depending on how much technology you have in your classroom. You can have students find answers on their own, divide them into teams to have them do all the questions competitively, or have each team find the answer to a different question and then come back together. If you’re doing teams, it is often wise to assign them roles (one person typing, one person who is in charge of sharing back the answer, etc.)
What major characteristics do you think has helped Herzliya evolve into such a wealthy city? 5 Minutes You can adjust this based on how much time you want to give kids. If a group isn’t able to answer in 5 minutes, you can give them the opportunity to update at the end of class or extend time.
What major characteristics do you think has helped Herzliya evolve into such a wealthy city? 1 Web Search Find at least 2 web sources that describe Herzliya. What is the purpose and intended audience of the each sources’ description of Herzliya? 2 Thinking Using prior knowledge and what these sources convey, what do you think makes a city a “wealthy city”? 3 What are the major differences between Herzliya as a farming community and Herzliya as a “wealthy city”? 4 Video Search Find a video that describes Herzliya. What major characteristics does the video point out? 5 What key words and phrases were used through the web searches, and how might they relate to Herzliya’s development? You can ask the students verbally or let one of them come up and insert the answer or show how they got it. This way, you also have a record that you can keep as a class and share with parents, others.
What major characteristics do you think has helped Herzliya evolve into such a wealthy city? 1 Web Search Find at least 2 web sources that describe Herzliya. What is the purpose and intended audience of the each sources’ description of Herzliya? (Possible queries: “Herzliya, description”) InDesign.com: http://www.inisrael.com/news/?p=54 Purpose: A brief portrait of the Herzliya’s highlights – its most attractive or compelling features Intended Audience: Tourists and/or new residents Tamares (hotel): http://english.tamareshotels.co.il/daniel-herzliya-hotel-attractions.html Purpose: A snapshot of Herzliya’s attractions Intended Audience: Tourists
What major characteristics do you think has helped Herzliya evolve into such a wealthy city? 2 Thinking Using prior knowledge and what these sources convey, what do you think makes a city a “wealthy city”? A “wealthy city” is probably marked not just by its position in the economy but how economic health or success is conveyed in a city’s landscape and through what people can do in the city. A wealthy city is probably also a place where one can vacation, and luxury is either abundant or easily accessible. It seems like prices might be higher in “wealthy cities’, possibly because of quality.
What major characteristics do you think has helped Herzliya evolve into such a wealthy city? 3 Web Search What are the major differences between Herzliya as a farming community and Herzliya as a “wealthy city”? (Possible queries: “Herzliya, farming community” and “Herzliya, wealthy city”) Sources: From GoIsrael.com: http://www.goisrael.com/Tourism_Eng/Tourist%20Information/Discover%20Israel/Cities/Pages/Hertzeliya.aspx From Wikipedia (Herzliya): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzliya Herzliya as a farming community: Smaller population Industry is primarily agricultural Herzliya as a wealthy city: Industrial zone “concentration of high-tech companies” Luxury stores and entertainment (including curated beaches and restaurants) Malls and shopping centers
What major characteristics do you think has helped Herzliya evolve into such a wealthy city? 4 Video Search Find a video that describes Herzliya. What major characteristics does the video point out? (Possible query: “Herzliya, about”) YouTube Video (“Business & Pleasures in Herzliya): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7DpzHpDbK8 Major characteristics: Beaches Vacation venue Fun & Leisure Art & Culture Tourist attraction Trendy “Wild, natural shoreline” Luxurious hotel Entertainment Prestige = Expensive Business hub
What major characteristics do you think has helped Herzliya evolve into such a wealthy city? 5 Thinking What key words and phrases were used through the web searches, and how might they relate to Herzliya’s development? Throughout the web searches, I saw adjectives like rich, luxurious, and attractive very often. I also saw the use of tech or electronic businesses, restaurants, malls and shopping often; these words were often used to describe the kind of commercial activity and entertainment available to residents and tourists. I think these words reflect the evolution of Herzliya from a farming community to a community whose wealth is driven by tourism, abundant commercial activity, and the tech companies located there.
What major characteristics do you think has helped Herzliya evolve into such a wealthy city? This slide is a chance to summarize the information from the previous slides to build your final answer to the question.