Monday, March 16th, 2015

Administrivia: 
-Pass out notes, quizzes, etc.
-What page are you on?
-Free Reading Book finished by Wednesday, March 16th.

Competition Video Challenge
 Scenerio
Mr. Cummings is worried about his students -- he's worried that they will not be prepared for the competitive world of high school and life after high school.  He wants your help.
Challenge
Your challenge is to create a engaging, interesting video that gets middle school students to understand, and be prepared for, the competitive aspect of high school and the capitalist economy it prepares them for.  The video must:
-Define economy
-Define capitalism
-Explain why you can't have capitalism without competition.
-Explain why you must have losers in a capitalist economy.
-Explain how the competition is good.
-Explain how the competition is bad.
-Explain how you are in a competition every day at school.
-Explain how your environment (who you hang out with) affects your aspirations

Requirements:
-No longer than 3 minutes
-Must answer questions above

Scoring
You'll be assessed on your engagement.  We'll be creating a scoring guide in class.

Exemplars
To understand the quality of product we're looking for.

Video on Money

Steps