Circle: If you could take a 5 minute trip into the future, what year of you life would you want to visit and why?
Intro to the Day
Target practice
Vocabulary Practice
This year, we will be learning the 100 words that every high school graduate should know.
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5/6 Words: surplus value of labor, economy, globalization, obfuscate
7/8 Words: surplus value of labor, economy, globalization, obfuscate
check your phones, then read.
Reading Practice
We will read for 20 minutes each class to get better at reading.
Reminder!!
Unit: Economics
Learning Target: I can research to determine jobs I might like to day and what is required to get the job, what I might earn, how much the job is growing, etc. I can make a Google slide show to show information I have learned. I can make a Loom video. This needs to be submitted by Thursday, December 8th.
Unit: Economics
Learning Target: I can analyze the movement of stocks and find a news story to explain why a company's stock increased or decreased in value.
1) Visit Google Finance
2) Learn how to create simple stock comparison charts using the compare tool.
3) Load a 1-year chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
4) At your table, brainstorm & discover companies that have diverged from what the market is doing.
5) Use google news and filtering for the days that a market sharply diverged, find news stories the explain why the stock gained or lost value.
5) Cold call share out of findings.
Unit: Economics
Learning target: I can explain the role globalization plays in our capitalist economy. Mainly where all my wants and needs come from.
1) At you table you will each search through you belongings to find out where the good was made. This should include clothing, food, electronics, backpacks or anything else that has a label.
2) With your group you will then be marking on a world where each of these products are made in a Google map that one of you will share.
3) Each item will have its own "pin" on the map. Label each pin with your name and the item.
4) After creating your map prepare a brief presentation about what and where things are produced at your table. You should also try and note if their are any patterns you notice like are certain types of products made in one region of the world over another.
5) Explain how this activity helps explain the role globalization plays in your life.
6) For the future...What is good and bad about globalization?
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