1. 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. BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.combing.com/classroomPartners 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.Skype in the Classroom Ja'Dell Davis is a Los Angeles native who currently divides her time between New York City and Madison, Wisconsin. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, pursing a PhD in Sociology. Ja’Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access and academic enrichment programming in Chester, Pennsylvania and New York City in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood. Ja’Dell received her B.A. from Swarthmore College with a special major in History and Educational Studies, and a minor in Black Studies. She completed her M.S.Ed in Secondary School Education at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her studies and work in the education field, Ja’Dell is a dancer, musician, avid people watcher, and Scrabble enthusiast. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading: Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.3Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.4CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.8CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.8Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.5CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.5Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.

2. What are you seeing when you watch a fireworks display? © Norbert Eisele-Hein/Aurora Photos

3. There’s an annual fireworks show here on the icebergs of Jökulsárlón, a glacial lake in the southeastern portion of Iceland. But appropriate as it seems for a New Year’s Eve celebration, the fireworks show happens here in August. The lake sits on the south edge of Vatnajökull National Park, and though the park is open during the cold winter months, there’s no indication that anybody will be lighting off fireworks at Jökulsárlón tonight. Temperatures can reach as low as - 22 degrees Fahrenheit. A five hour drive west to Iceland’s capital Reykjavík will net you a fantastic display of pyrotechnic mayhem, though. The largest city in Iceland has a law that permits anyone to buy and use fireworks on New Year’s Eve, an allowance that is enthusiastically embraced by many. What are you seeing when you watch a fireworks display?

4. 1 Thinking What is the most appropriate occasion for fireworks? What would be an inappropriate occasion for fireworks? 2 Web SearchWhat is the history of fireworks? Who first used them and why? 3 Web Search What are the basic contents of fireworks? What gives them the qualities that make them suitable for display and celebration? 4 Web SearchHow do fireworks differ from sparklers? 5 Web SearchWhat can young people do to be safe around fireworks? What are you seeing when you watch a fireworks display?

5. 5 Minutes What are you seeing when you watch a fireworks display?

6. 1 Thinking What is the most appropriate occasion for fireworks? What would be an inappropriate occasion for fireworks? 2 Web SearchWhat is the history of fireworks? Who first used them and why? 3 Web Search What are the basic contents of fireworks? What gives them the qualities that make them suitable for display and celebration? 4 Web SearchHow do fireworks differ from sparklers? 5 Web SearchWhat can young people do to be safe around fireworks? What are you seeing when you watch a fireworks display?

7. 1 Thinking What is the most appropriate occasion for fireworks? What would be an inappropriate occasion for fireworks? What are you seeing when you watch a fireworks display?

8. 2 Web SearchWhat is the history of fireworks? Who first used them and why? What are you seeing when you watch a fireworks display?

9. 3 Web Search What are the basic contents of fireworks? What gives them the qualities that make them suitable for display and celebration? What are you seeing when you watch a fireworks display?

10. 4 Web SearchHow do fireworks differ from sparklers? What are you seeing when you watch a fireworks display?

11. 5 Web SearchWhat can young people do to be safe around fireworks? What are you seeing when you watch a fireworks display?