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 the Microsoft Educator Network. BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.combing.com/classroomMicrosoft Educator Network 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, take a Skype lesson on today’s topic, or invite a guest speaker to expand on today’s subject. And if you are using Windows 8, the panoramas in the MSN Travel App are great teaching tools. We have thousands of other education apps available on Windows here. Skype in the Classroom another class take a Skype lesson invite a guest speaker MSN Travel App here 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.2.5CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.9CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.9 Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.

2. What is the motto of the city where you live (or a city nearby), and what might a city’s motto tell us about it? © Bill Young/Danita Delimont

3. In the insanely cold winter months, only 55 residents stay in Esperanza Base. It’s a scientific research facility on Antarctica’s Trinity Peninsula, owned and operated by the Argentinian army. Esperanza really is a functioning “town” that includes a school, parish, and living quarters for those who stay at the base to conduct long-term studies on the local biology, geology, and seismology of the Antarctic. Completed in 1952, Esperanza, like many cities, has a motto: "Permanencia, un acto de sacrificio" ("Permanence, an act of sacrifice"). At least part of that sacrifice must include accepting that you will never go barefoot outside, even in summer. What is the motto of the city where you live (or a city nearby), and what might a city’s motto tell us about it?

4. 1 Web Search/Thi nking What is a motto? What kinds of things usually have mottos? Why do you think places might have mottos? 2 Web Search/Thi nking Esperenza’s motto is “Permanecia, un acto de sacrifico.” Why is it in a language other than English? What could this tell us about Esperenza? 3 Web Search/Thi nking Based on what you know about Esperanza, what is the meaning behind its motto? 4 Web Search/Thi nking Does your city have a motto? If not, can you find a city nearby that has one? 5 Web Search/Thi nking Does your state have a motto? What is it, and what could this tell us about a particular state? How might a state’s motto be different from a city’s motto? What is the motto of the city where you live (or a city nearby), and what might a city’s motto tell us about it?

5. 5 Minutes What is the motto of the city where you live (or a city nearby), and what might a city’s motto tell us about it?

6. 1 Web Search/Thi nking What is a motto? What kinds of things usually have mottos? Why do you think places might have mottos? 2 Web Search/Thi nking Esperenza’s motto is “Permanecia, un acto de sacrifico.” Why is it in a language other than English? What could this tell us about Esperenza? 3 Web Search/Thi nking Based on what you know about Esperanza, what is the meaning behind its motto? 4 Web Search/Thi nking Does your city have a motto? If not, can you find a city nearby that has one? 5 Web Search/Thi nking Does your state have a motto? What is it, and what could this tell us about a particular state? How might a state’s motto be different from a city’s motto? What is the motto of the city where you live (or a city nearby), and what might a city’s motto tell us about it?

7. 1 Web Search/Thi nking What is a motto? What kinds of things usually have mottos? Why do you think places might have mottos? What is the motto of the city where you live (or a city nearby), and what might a city’s motto tell us about it?

8. 2 Web Search/Thi nking Esperenza’s motto is “Permanecia, un acto de sacrifico.” Why is it in a language other than English? What could this tell us about Esperenza? What is the motto of the city where you live (or a city nearby), and what might a city’s motto tell us about it?

9. 3 Web Search/Thi nking Based on what you know about Esperanza, what is the meaning behind its motto? What is the motto of the city where you live (or a city nearby), and what might a city’s motto tell us about it?

10. 4 Web Search/Thi nking Does your city have a motto? If not, can you find a city nearby that has one? What is the motto of the city where you live (or a city nearby), and what might a city’s motto tell us about it?

11. 5 Web Search/Thi nking Does your state have a motto? What is it, and what could this tell us about a particular state? How might a state’s motto be different from a city’s motto? What is the motto of the city where you live (or a city nearby), and what might a city’s motto tell us about it?