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 Nell Bang-Jensen is a teacher and theater artist living in Philadelphia, PA. Her passion for arts education has led her to a variety of roles including developing curriculum for Philadelphia Young Playwrights and teaching at numerous theaters and schools around the city. She works with playwrights from ages four to ninety on developing new work and is especially interested in alternative literacies and theater for social change. A graduate of Swarthmore College, she currently works in the Artistic Department of the Wilma Theater and, in addition to teaching, is a freelance actor and dramaturg. In 2011, Nell was named a Thomas J. Watson Fellow and spent her fellowship year traveling to seven countries studying how people get their names. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading: Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.5CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.5 Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

2. Earlier this month, a world record was reached for the largest human Christmas tree. How was this goal reached? © Michal Sula/Rex Features

3. Every year, from late November to early January, Prague’s Old Town Square turns into a Christmas market. Food stalls offer traditional Czech holiday treats, merchants sell handmade items, and musicians play anywhere there’s room. The centerpiece of the market is the tree, usually harvested from the Krkonoše mountains in the northern reaches of the Czech Republic. Imagine standing in the square, mulled wine in hand, taking in the spectacle of the Gothic spires surrounding the square, and the tree lighting up the night. What are you doing this time next year? Earlier this month, a world record was reached for the largest human Christmas tree. How was this goal reached?

4. 1 Video Search Find a video of people setting this record. Based on what you see, what is a human Christmas tree and how was this record set? 2 Web Search Guinness World Records define what these goals are and how to reach them. Read about the largest human Christmas tree record on their website. What are some of the qualifications you notice? 3 Web Search How did people make themselves look like a Christmas tree? What are the ways they needed to work together to do this? 4 Web Search Before this record was reached earlier this month, who and where was the previous record? How many more people were involved to meet the challenge this time? 5 Web Search/Thin king In reaching this goal, many people had to work together. Beyond setting the record itself, what did reaching this goal symbolize? Earlier this month, a world record was reached for the largest human Christmas tree. How was this goal reached?

5. 5 Minutes Earlier this month, a world record was reached for the largest human Christmas tree. How was this goal reached?

6. 1 Video Search Find a video of people setting this record. Based on what you see, what is a human Christmas tree and how was this record set? 2 Web Search Guinness World Records define what these goals are and how to reach them. Read about the largest human Christmas tree record on their website. What are some of the qualifications you notice? 3 Web Search How did people make themselves look like a Christmas tree? What are the ways they needed to work together to do this? 4 Web Search Before this record was reached earlier this month, who and where was the previous record? How many more people were involved to meet the challenge this time? 5 Web Search/Thin king In reaching this goal, many people had to work together. Beyond setting the record itself, what did reaching this goal symbolize? Earlier this month, a world record was reached for the largest human Christmas tree. How was this goal reached?

7. 1 Video Search Find a video of people setting this record. Based on what you see, what is a human Christmas tree and how was this record set? Earlier this month, a world record was reached for the largest human Christmas tree. How was this goal reached?

8. 2 Web Search Guinness World Records define what these goals are and how to reach them. Read about the largest human Christmas tree record on their website. What are some of the qualifications you notice? Earlier this month, a world record was reached for the largest human Christmas tree. How was this goal reached?

9. 3 Web Search How did people make themselves look like a Christmas tree? What are the ways they needed to work together to do this? Earlier this month, a world record was reached for the largest human Christmas tree. How was this goal reached?

10. 4 Web Search Before this record was reached earlier this month, who and where was the previous record? How many more people were involved to meet the challenge this time? Earlier this month, a world record was reached for the largest human Christmas tree. How was this goal reached?

11. 5 Web Search/Thin king In reaching this goal, many people had to work together. Beyond setting the record itself, what did reaching this goal symbolize? Earlier this month, a world record was reached for the largest human Christmas tree. How was this goal reached?