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.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).

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3. About 15 miles east of Innsbruck in southern Austria lies the Alpine village called Tulfes. In this popular stretch of the Alps, both Tulfes and Innsbruck thrive as ski resorts in winter and as home bases for hikers in summer. Though Innsbruck might seem quaint to big city visitors, by contrast, Tulfes is positively tiny, with a 2011 census showing fewer than 1,400 residents. But it’s that remote Alpine village charm that draws visitors. And this photo, showing how the sun has melted the frost on only one side of the valley, neatly illustrates the allure: rolling green hills in the summer, snow-covered peaks in winter. What is the difference between a city, a village, and a town?

4. 1 Web Search/Thi nking What is a city? Compare your own answer with a definition online. How is a city formally defined? 2 Web Search/Thi nking What is a town? Compare your own answer with a definition online. How is a town formally defined? 3 Web Search/Thi nking What is a village? Compare your own answer with a definition online. How is a village formally defined? 4 Image Search If you search for images of villages, cities, and towns, what visual clues might tell you how they’re different from each other? 5 Web Search How has the way that humans have lived together evolved over time? How might this help explain some of the differences among these terms? What is the difference between a city, a village, and a town?

5. 5 Minutes What is the difference between a city, a village, and a town?

6. 1 Web Search/Thi nking What is a city? Compare your own answer with a definition online. How is a city formally defined? 2 Web Search/Thi nking What is a town? Compare your own answer with a definition online. How is a town formally defined? 3 Web Search/Thi nking What is a village? Compare your own answer with a definition online. How is a village formally defined? 4 Image Search If you search for images of villages, cities, and towns, what visual clues might tell you how they’re different from each other? 5 Web Search How has the way that humans have lived together evolved over time? How might this help explain some of the differences among these terms? What is the difference between a city, a village, and a town?

7. 1 Web Search/Thi nking What is a city? Compare your own answer with a definition online. How is a city formally defined? What is the difference between a city, a village, and a town?

8. 2 Web Search/Thi nking What is a town? Compare your own answer with a definition online. How is a town formally defined? What is the difference between a city, a village, and a town?

9. 3 Web Search/Thi nking What is a village? Compare your own answer with a definition online. How is a village formally defined? What is the difference between a city, a village, and a town?

10. 4 Image Search If you search for images of villages, cities, and towns, what visual clues might tell you how they’re different from each other? What is the difference between a city, a village, and a town?

11. 5 Web Search How has the way that humans have lived together evolved over time? How might this help explain some of the differences among these terms? What is the difference between a city, a village, and a town?