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To begin this Assessment, read the Case Scenarios, noting the diversity of the children in each setting. For example, children with emotional and learning challenges, physical disabilities, English language learners, and children from various economic backgrounds (including children of poverty, as defined by the federal free/reduced lunch program). After reading the scenarios and identifying the needs within each preschool class, complete Parts I, II, and III. Part I: Lessons, Activities, and Resources Practically every preschool teacher is constantly on the lookout for lessons, activities, and other resources that can make learning come alive for children. Thanks to the internet, today’s educators have access to a plethora of information and resources online. When planning instructional lessons and activities, and selecting resources, you do not have to constantly reinvent the wheel. There is an abundance of free downloadable lessons, activities, and resources available to you on the websites of professional organizations such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and HighScope, as well as on commercial sites. Additionally, your colleagues are often a valuable source of creative ideas, materials, and time-tested lessons, activities, and resources. For this first part of the Assessment, take time to scan the Internet, as well as professional texts, and if possible, talk with colleagues about developmentally appropriate arts, health and social studies lessons, activities, and resources that have proven successful in helping children achieve important learning goals. Evaluate the activities, lessons, and resources to identify those that are developmentally appropriate and applicable to the children in the Case Scenarios. For each of the three scenarios, select one activity in arts, one in health and one in social studies. Then, complete the following: Describe each activity, lesson, or resource. For example, for Carlos’s class you may describe an art activity that gives children opportunities to develop fine motor skills, a health activity that has them preparing a snack, and a social studies activity demonstrating what they have been learning about community helpers. (1 paragraph per activity/resource) Provide a rationale for why each resource was selected for use with the children in the case presented. (1 paragraph per resource) Include the source of the activity/lesson/resource (e.g., associated citation and link/picture) Part II: Integrated Social Studies and Arts Lesson Using the Lesson Plan Template provided, plan a lesson that integrates social studies and the arts. The lesson may be geared for a preschool class you teach or for another diverse group of preschool children. Complete each section of the lesson plan, and state your reasons/rationale for your instructional strategies and decisions. Part III: Implement and Reflect Take one or more short videos of yourself demonstrating how you would implement portions of the learning experience. This may include displaying materials to be used and explaining their purpose; demonstrating how you might introduce the experience to the children; the instructions you would give to guide children through lesson activities; and/or how you might provide closure or a wrap-up to the learning experience. Think back over the process of planning this lesson. In your video, explain at least two particular strengths of this lesson and two areas where you see room for improvement. (8-10 minutes) Draft a script (8-10 minutes long) for me to use in the video.