1/25 Standard of Living - trade

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day which is posted in the classroom.

Today in class you will 

• develop your understanding of the world.
• analyze data to determine a country's standard of living.
• explain a country's standard of living.

Why?

• To better understand the world around you.
• To develop your vocabulary.
• To develop your critical thinking.

1.  With another near you, discuss - in your own words - why you are in social studies today (see above). 2 minutes

2.  Post your writing from Thursday/Friday with your infographic image to your blog.  Make sure you have done the following:  8 minutes

• Do not include the questions - your answers should be able to make sense standing by themselves as sentences / paragraphs.
• Do not number your responses.
• Do not bullet your responses.
• "Standard of living" is NOT a proper noun.
• Included an appropriate title.
• Given the following labels:  social studies, economy, standard of living

3.  Look at this blog:  http://erinintheclassroom.blogspot.com/ .  Does it meet the expectations below?  Does yours?  5 minutes

• 5 unique posts
• title on each post
• labels at the bottom of each post
• an embedded Google Map titled World News Map that has four markers each with a different news summary

4.  Pull key points from Ch 32 in Geography Alive on globalization and trade.  Jot them down.  15 minutes

Parents
You could ask your child the following: 

• Does a country's standard of living show how everyone in that country lives? Explain.
• What is the most interesting thing you have learned about standard of living? Why?
• How much obligation do you think people in a country with a high standard of living like the United States has to help people who live in a low standard of living?  Explain.