3/18 and 3/19 Standard of Living with Legos

Reminders

• 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 (posted in the classroom).

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Today in class you will

• Analyze a low standard of living and determine how easy it is to improve the standard of living.

Why?

• To better understand human and physical geography.
• To develop your understanding of standard of living.
• To develop empathy.

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DIRECTIONS

If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting by students, PlaceSpotting , Google A Day, or this Google Maps Scavenger Hunt or create a meme for one of our social studies topics from the year. (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.  Create a different scene to show about each of the different factors of standard of living: wealth, health, education, infrastructure.  35 minutes

     > One scenes should address EACH factor.

     > Discuss as you create.

3.  Using the Chromebook, one person in the group take separate pictures of each scene.   5 minutes

     > Share each with the group members with permission to VIEW. 

     > The other group members will need to make copies of each picture.

4. Annotate your pictures.  30 minutes

     > In your social studies folder, create a Google Slide.

     > Individually and for each picture, insert the photo into a separate slide.

     > Explain what each scene shows by using text boxes and lines/arrows to point out where in the photo the words refer to.

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• Share your photos with me, and explain them.