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.
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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.
Ja'Dell Davis is a Los Angeles native who currently lives in New York City. She works in the Youth Services Department at the Educational Alliance as the Assistant Director for Higher Education Initiatives, where she specifically oversees college prep programming for high school seniors, and academic enrichment programming for middle school students. Ja’Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access programming at Chester High School in Chester, Pennsylvania. 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. This fall, she will begin her doctoral studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to her 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 & The Number System.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.B.3Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.

2. How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?
© Sebastian Helmke/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.

3. How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?
Tilt-shift photography makes the mighty Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile in Paris seem like a Monopoly piece. In reality, the 164-foot-tall war memorial honors those who served in the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.
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.

4. How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?1
Map Search
Find the Arc de Trimphe de l’Étoile AND the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel on a map. 2
Web Search
What purpose does each of these structures serve? 3
What are the dimensions of the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile? 4
What are the dimensions of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel? 5
Thinking
How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?
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.)

5. How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?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.

6. How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?1
Map Search
Find the Arc de Trimphe de l’Étoile AND the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel on a map. 2
Web Search
What purpose does each of these structures serve? 3
What are the dimensions of the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile? 4
What are the dimensions of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel? 5
Thinking
How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?
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.

7. How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?1
Map Search
Find the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile AND the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel on a map.
Using the “maps” link on the Bing search page, and the search term “Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile”, the location of this monument can be seen here: (
Using the search term “Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel”, find the location of this monument here: (

8. How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?2
Web Search
What purpose does each of these structures serve?
(Possible queries: search individually for “Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile” and “Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel”)
Summary from Wikipedia for “Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile” (
The Arc de Triomphe (in English: "Triumphal Arch") honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I.
Summary from Wikipedia for “Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel” (
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel was built between 1806 and 1808 to commemorate Napoleon's military victories of the previous year.

9. How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?3
Web Search
What are the dimensions of the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile?
(Possible queries: “Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile dimensions”)
The site DimensionsInfo ( provides the following information:
In terms of height, this fascinating monument stands tall at 162 feet or 49.5 meters. Its depth is measured at 72 feet or 22 meters, while its width is 150 feet or 45 meters.

10. How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?4
Web Search
What are the dimensions of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?
(Possible queries: “Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel dimensions”)
The site Discover France ( provides the following information:
The Arc du Carrousel is composed of three arches: a big one and two little ones. While the principal structure is 63 feet high, 75 feet wide, and 24 feet deep, the ceiling of the big arch is 21 feet high and 9 feet wide, and the two small arches are each 14 feet, 16 inches high and 9 feet wide.

11. How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?5
Thinking
How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?
Using the information from the previous questions, we will focus on the height of each structure. To find the difference between the heights, we will subtract the height of the smaller structure (Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel) from the height of the taller structure(Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile):
162 feet – 63 feet = 99 feet
The Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile is 99 feet taller than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel.

12. How much taller is the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile than the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel?
This slide is a chance to summarize the information from the previous slides to build your final answer to the question.