12/4 Basic Economic Concepts

Today in class you will

• Explore information about basic economic concepts.

Why?

• To strengthen your understanding of geography.
• To develop an understanding of how different places are connected.

DIRECTIONS

  If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting or Google A Day. (Don't search for the question or use a Google A Day answer site.)

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2. Engage in the basic economic concepts challenge linked here.       40 minutes

3. Complete the exit ticket when instructed.        5 minutes

4. When finished "breaking out," by yourself, create a sketchnote that gets across the main ideas about natural resources, needs and wants, economic activity, and economic systems. Use specific examples and content vocabulary.  (How to video: https://youtu.be/gY9KdRfNN9w; example pictured below)

• Keep in mind organization, images, and color.  
• Balance images with words to clearly get across the main points.
• Remember to fill your page. 
• Have a title

Sketchnote example on factors that influence settlement.

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What did you learn today about basic economic concepts?

Lynn, Love. “1428126021816.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 16 June 2015, www.flickr.com/photos/133312498@N02/18848017451.