1/6 Year of No Rain & Standard of Living Review

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 

• appreciate your standard of living.
• develop your understanding of the world.
• associate words with key ideas about standard of living.

Why?

• To begin seeing connections between yourself and other parts of the world.
• To better understand the world around you.
• To become more flexible in your thinking and writing.
• To develop your vocabulary.

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

2.  With the people at your group (if you're waiting for someone, review standard of living), discuss the following:  5 minutes

• What economic system do Stephen, Wol, and Deng experience? (You should be able to address the basic economic questions: Who decides what, how - and how they do it, and for whom to produce.) What specific examples from the story show this?

3. With the people at your group, discuss the following:  5 minutes

• What is Stephen’s, Wol’s, and Deng’s standard of living? (You should be able to address the five factors that describe standard of living)  What specific examples from the story show this?

4. With the people at your group, discuss the following:  5 minutes

• What makes Year of No Rain a good, compelling book.

5. Whole class discussion.  5 minutes

6. Class carousel - words associated with standard of living concepts - continued from yesterday.   25 minutes

Parents
You could ask your child the following: 

• Describe Stephen, Wol, and Deng's standard of living in Year of No Rain.
• Describe Stephen, Wol, and Deng's economic system in Year of No Rain.
• What do wealth, health, education, infrastructure, and leisure time show about standard of living?