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Here's my rough draft. I wrote it as the first for our group because I had research/culture. Let me know what everyone thinks, it is a rought draft. Thanks Guys!

The fourth grade students are currently working on a project entitled, "Around the World." This project-based learning is allowing the students to learn about cultural understanding and awareness. The students chose a country from the continent of Europe to study and learn about how food influences the culture of that country. The students have been working together in small groups researching their chosen country. In order to ensure safe surfing on the web, we provided the students with a hot list of websites in which they could use for their research.

Once each group had accomplished their initial research of their country, we asked students to compose a list of questions they would want to ask fourth grade students from their chosen country. Each group received a list of the same questions selected by us teachers to ask the other fourth grade students. This list of questions included:

1. What resources are available in your area and how does that affect the things you cook/make for food?
2. On a holiday or special celebration, do you serve a traditional meal or side dish?
3. What kinds of vegetables or fruits are grown in your area?
4. From the available resources in your area, what is used to make your favorite meal?
5. What is the weather like in your area? Does this effect the agriculture there?
6. Are the resources (agriculture) availabe to you seasonal? If so-what season(s)?
7. In your opinion, what type of food is your area "famous" for?

At this point in the project, we used ePals to connect our students with other fourth grade students from the chosen countries. Each group interviewed the students asking them the composed lists of questions. The information obtained from their interviews provided a valuable guide for the second part of their research involving agriculture. The information gathered from the interview, along with the addtional research on agriculture was used for a short research paper comparing and contrasting the culture they chose to our culture.

The focus of our "Around the World" project now turns to the second part of our research, agriculture.