September 24, 2024

September 24, 2024

New Seating Chart and activity: Paper Airplane contest for candy. Using the internet, research, design and build a paper airplane. You must work with everyone at your table. The plane must have graphics, a name and a 10 second presentation about the process(who did what) The winning group will receive candy!

Vocabulary for Friday Quiz: economy, capitalism, stock, share, supply and demand, and profit

Reading your self-selected book

Circle: How much money do you think you will need to make a year to live comfortably.

- Share homework (the stock activity).  At your table groups, share your stocks.  Have one student share out to the whole group AND relate it back to our vocab words.  

- Football DBQ writing:

A) hook (also preparation for the introduction paragraph): each student write 3 sentences to describe the “story” of the catch

B) pass out the essay description. 4 sticks and any questions from students 

C) discuss the different types of support/organizers. Have students choose the one for them

D) 25 minutes of writing time

E) brain break:shuffle, shuffle, group

F) more writing time

Football DBQ

Learning Target: I can evaluate (for bias and perspective) multiple sources to determine what really happened.

You will be reviewing original source documents about an allegedly great catch made by an Oxford Hills player to determine whether the catch was actually great or not.

1) Introduction to determining bias and why it matters.

2) At your table: any family members who aren't always reliable witnesses?

3) Look at this chart.

4) At your table understand how it works.

5) Report out.

6) At your table, visit sites both far right and left and find language in report that is biased.

7) Report out.

8) Football DBQ scenario

9) Who do you want to hear from?

10) Each person at each table, pick a different witness to "go off" on about their bias.

 For Tuesday: Stock Market Game: 

I can explain how to invest money in the stock market and how the stock market works.

You will be learning about the stock market this year by actually participating in a virtual stock market. You will be given $100,000 dollars to purchase stocks with.  First, watch this video. Your task is to do some research into:
1. What is the stock market?
2. How does it work?
3. What is a stock?
4. Why is it important?

5. How do you make money?
6. How do you lose money?
7. What are some tried and true strategies for making money in the market?
8. What are some important events in the history of the stock market?
9. Report out.
10. Game

Homework:  Find and do some quick research about 3 stocks you might want to buy.  Be prepared to share out your findings on Tuesday in class.