3/22 Basic Economic Systems

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

• participate in a simulation of basic economic systems.

Why?

• To better understand human geography.
• To develop your understanding of standard of living.
• To develop your understanding of economics.

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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.  Participate in a simulation 30 minutes

3.  Whole class debrief  20 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• What are the three basic economic systems?
• What is each like?

Today in class you will

• create a sketchnote about basic economic systems.

Why?

• To better understand human geography.
• To develop your understanding of standard of living.
• To develop your understanding of economics.

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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.  Review your experience from yesterday by referencing the debrief notes linked here AND ask Mr.d'E questions. 5 minutes

3.  View the information about the basic economic systems below AND create a sketchnote that address each system.  FOCUS on the key terms/ideas and use only those words and phrases as the words of your sketchnote  35 minutes

4.  Whole class share 10 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• What are the three basic economic systems?
• What is each like?

3/21 Economic Systems

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).

 ______________________________________________________

B Period - see yesterday

Today in class you will

• participate in a simulation of basic economic systems.

Why?

• To better understand human geography.
• To develop your understanding of standard of living.
• To develop your understanding of economics.

________________________________________________

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.  Participate in a simulation 30 minutes

3.  Whole class debrief  20 minutes

_______________________________________

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

Ask them.......

• What are the three basic economic systems?
• What is each like?

3/20 Butterfly Circus

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

• Appreciate lessons learned from the Butterfly Circus.

Why?

• To develop a growth mindset.
• 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.  Today we watched The Butterfly Circus in class and discussed the following:

> What did you wonder as you watched?

> Which character do you relate to most and why?

> Why did we watch this in class today?

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

Ask them.......

• Tell me about the film and what you thought about it.

3/19 Lego Standard of Living

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.  Finish following the directions from yesterday - refer to those directions and your direction sheet: 
     > Lego standard of living scenes for each factor
     > pictures of each scene
     > slide show

3.  Use a blue Goode's atlas or a white National Geographic atlas to answer the questions for a region. Have your answers checked as correct to receive the coloring sheet.  30 minutes

4. Use the link above to go to PlaceSpotting. Click on Create to create your own. Make several and submit the generated link to Mr.d'E via GMail.  30 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• Share your Lego photos with me, and explain them.

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).

 ______________________________________________________

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.

________________________________________________

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.