7 th grade honors s.s. nikki miller seaford middle school

Econ 4a7th Grade Honors S.S.

Nikki MillerSeaford Middle School

To DoHave a seat

Agenda:Warm Up: PretestGo over pretestCnn student news

Homework:None

Economics 4aReview

To DoHave a seat

Agenda: Warm Up: Economic Breakdown Song-Jigsaw for Vocab that needs to be revisited-First 7 Minutes of Intro To Economics-Review: complete What Economics is all about w/ organizer

Homework:

Economics 4aReview

1’s ProductionDistributionResources

2’s Capital ResourcesTechnologyProductivity

Vocabulary Jigsaw

1) Using the notes complete the organizer for your assigned words.

2) Pair up with someone who is same # as you, compare notes

3) Pair up w/ opposite # and fill in chart for other words

Word: Definition What we think of…

Picture

Read handout with your partner & complete organizer as you work through the handout.

Share-out answers

What Economics Is All About

AHA! Write something you finally understand in Economics

HUH??Write down something you still need help understanding

Exit Ticket

To DoHave a seat

Agenda: Warm Up: Clear up some of the Huhs? -Finish What is Economics reading/organizer-Widgets to review specialization & craftsman

Homework:Summarize in a paragraph the 3 types of Economic Systems

Economics 4aReview

Resources: Watch first 7 min: Intro to Econ Nature of Economics

GDP: Gross Domestic Product: this is how much a country produces in one year (determines the wealth of a country)

Caste System: To keep this simple it is a social structure. Commonly seen in India, people “belong” to a place within society and you interact with the people in your “level”. This is a cultural value, therefore reflects typically a Traditional Economy.

Lets go over some of the Huhs?

No country is purely traditional, command, or market.

Economic Systems are needed because scarcity forces us to decide:

- What - How - For Whom TO PRODUCE

The Difference between the 3 types of Economic Systems

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Go over What is Economics organizer…see notebook file

What do you think??? Turn to your partner, pick one of the 3, and tell them why you think this.

Most would agree MARKET: Because it allows individual freedom and raises the standard of living.

Which Economic System is Best?

To DoGet out your homework

Agenda: Warm Up: homework recap-Widgets to review specialization & craftsman

Homework:none

Economics 4aReview

Stack 2 sheet of scrap paper Using the ruler and pencil mark three dots

at 1.5”, 5.5”, & 9.5” (along the long side of the paper)

Using single-hole punch, punch a hole at each of the 3 dots

Slip a paper clip through the middle hole to hold the two pieces of paper together.

For decoration, draw a flower around each of the other two holes using the pen

How to produce widgets

What are some ways you could organize widget production?

Describe another method which could be used?

What are the inputs (factors of production) needed to produce widgets?

Lets discuss your production plan…

What are some ways you could organize widget production? Divide labor in order to specialize

Describe another method which could be used? Craftsperson method where one person performs just ALL steps in production process

What are the inputs (factors of production) needed to produce widgets? Paper, pencil, ruler, single-hole punch, pen, paper clips, workers, a place to work

Lets discuss your production plan…

CRAFTSPERSON SPECIALISTS

•Produce widgets but do not divide the work. •Each person will produce their own widgets from the first step to the last.•SUPPLIES WILL BE SHARED BUT NOT LABOR

•Each person will do a part of the production process•Share labor and materials

Specifics of your job…

Read your homework to your shoulder partner.

Once you both have read your homework discuss:

Who makes the decisions in a traditional economy, command economy, market economy?

Warm UP

You will have 2 minutes to produce as many widgets as possible

Make sure they look perfect I will be inspecting them and rejecting ones that do not meet the standard.

How production will run

Column 5 show labor productivity

Productivity = Output/# of workers

Charting our Data (addendum 4-1)

Which group had the most productive workers?

Which method seemed to be most productive (compare the figures in column 5)

What are the cost/benefits of the specialist method?

What are the costs/benefits of the craftsperson method?

Check for understanding

You will be paid for your groups output of widgets

For every correct widget your group produced you will receive payment.

You payment

In this round you will try to improve productivity, but you may not change the basic method of production or use more materials

How can we increase productivity?

Repeat the process of creating your widgets, you may not change your production method

After 2 minutes I will check your widgets, chart data, you will receive payment

Round 2

A new invention has been made! A 3 ring hole-punch!

But there is only 1!

What distribution method should we use?

Round 3

Repeat the process of creating your widgets, you may not change your production method

After 2 minutes I will check your widgets, chart data, you will receive payment

Round 3

How does technology affect the means of production?

Explain your answer with an example from today’s simulation

Exit Ticket

To Do

Agenda:Review from FridayWarm UpLaunch The Unit: View How It’s Made Tooth picks Student Learning Map Preview

Homework:3,2,1

Economics 4aLaunch

What productive resources were used?

Which group had the highest productivity?

What are the costs/benefits of specialist method?

What are the costs/benefits of the craftsman method?

Widgets Recap

What are the 5 themes of geography?

Give an example of each

Warm UP

Imagine a week in which all the things they use, wear, and eat were limited to items produced in the state of Delaware.

What items would be unavailable? What would the impact of these goods

and services not being available?

Launch

Where do you think most of their clothing are made?

ITEM NAME COUNTRY IT IS MADE

Copy This Chart

Working with a partner have check labels on the items I have put in your container.

Place the item & country name on your chart

Then using the atlas & the world map, place an X on the country where the items were made!

Finally come to the Big Map and put an X on the countries where your products were made

Let’s investigate

Are there particular regions of the world that dominate the maps?

How do events in other parts of the world affect these dominant regions?

Do we live independently of other nations, or are we dependent?

What are the consequences of this dependency?

Let’s discuss

3 regions of the world where production takes place

2 productive resources used to make the products you viewed

1thing you hope to learn in this unit

Summarize what you learned

To DoGet out your 3,2,1 from last night’s homework, write down

your homework for tonight

Agenda:Complete Launch - Go over discussion questions - Review SLM Preview Vocabulary for 1st concept

Homework:Create an organizer of some sort to study your vocabulary (foldable, flash cards)

Economics 4aLEQ: Why do individuals and countries trade?

Are there particular regions of the world that dominate the maps?

How do events in other parts of the world affect these dominant regions?

Do we live independently of other nations, or are we dependent?

What are the consequences of this dependency?

Let’s discuss

Student Learning Map Topic: Econ 4a

Key Learning: Countries will take part in international trade. Once it takes place, governments often enact policies to restrict or allow free trade. These government policies will affect consumers and producers.

Essential Question:How do government policies impact the movement of products

between nations?

Concept: Trade Concept: Specialization

Concept: Government Trade

Policies

LEQ(s):Why do individuals & countries trade?

How does trade create interdependence?

LEQ(s):Why do individuals and businesses within a country specialize?

What factors influence specialization?

LEQ(s):Why & when might government make rules for trade?

How do government policies impact the movement of products between nations?

Vocabulary: scarcityTrade, productive resources, voluntary exchange, standard of living, interdependence,

Vocabulary:Specialization, quotas, subsidies

Vocabulary:Tariff, embargoes, product regulation/standards




between nations?



Policies


LEQ(s): LEQ(s):


Vocabulary: Vocabulary:

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# your paper 1-6

As you see the different pictures, write down 1 or two words you associate with that picture.

Vocab Preview

Picture #1

Picture #2

Picture #3

Pictures #4

http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/734908



Picture #5

Picture #6

So what did you think the pictures represented?

Trade

Productive

Resources

Voluntaryexchange

Standard of

Living




Interdependence

Scarcity

On the handout rank how well you think you know this vocabulary.

Put an X beside your comfort level.

Rank your knowledge of the words

Now in the Pre section write what you think the word means and explain why you selected that meaning for the word.

Previewing Vocabulary

Trade: An exchange of goods

Productive Resources: Land, Labor, Capital (necessary components to make a product)

Voluntary Exchange: People decide what, when, and how they want to buy and sell.

Standard Of Living: Measure of how one lives.

Interdependence: Shared need of countries for resources, goods, services, labor, and knowledge supplied by other countries.

Scarcity: Unlimited wants, with limited resources to satisfy those wants.

Write in the correct definition

To Do

Agenda:- Trading Countries Simulation Adapted from The Wide World of Trade,

Homework:


You will be working in groups that represent different countries.

You represent citizens of the country, and you must use resources you are given to satisfy citizens’ wants.

What are they?

Your countries will not have equal productive resources. Therefore you will have to __________________.

Productive Resources

What will they need

to do?

When trade takes place something is ______________ & something is ___________.

Results of Trade

How would you complete this

sentence?

As you trade keep a record on your trading

chart!

Example of a tradeCountry: #6

What was given up?

Number of country with which you traded

What was gained?

¼ sheet of yellow paper

4 Use of the glue stick

Country 1

Country 2

Country 3

Country 4

Country 5

Country 6

Country 7

Michele Summer AbbyJessica M Sam Evan Anthony

Jordan Shi Chandler Sierra Lizzy Iris Diego

Brianne Stacey A Ally Tony Stacey E

Jessica S

Dylan

Noah

Kayla

Go to Econ 4a SMART file

Which countries had all the resources needed to satisfy their wants?

Which resources were scarce for your country?

Which country had the most workers?

Which country had the most tools and was capital intensive?

Discussion questions for after

What decisions did you make because of scarcity?

Which resource did many people in many of the countries want?

Who had that resource?

Discussion questions for after

One representative from each group will come and display their home.

We will place them in order of quality.

Quality check!

What is the correlation between quality of the house vs. availability of resources?

Lets check out the other items created.

?Quality?

In what ways do the products made in the various countries differ?

What might be a reason there was such a variety in the way countries produced their final products?

Put your answers on the Post-its Provided

Summary, with your group members discuss these ?s

Complete the Check for Understanding questions based on the country activity. (1.5)

15 minutes independent

10 minutes group

5 minutes share out

Think, Pair, Share

With your partner complete activity 1.6 Check for Understanding

Think, Pair, Share

To Do

Agenda:-Warm Up: Model Paper Talk-Paper Talk to answer LEQ-Webquest: Begin next LEQ; How does trade create interdependence.

Homework:Have a good weekend


Model “Paper talk”

- No spoken words are used- Each member of the group writes in a

different color- You are given a stem sentence and then as

a group you take turns finishing it and having a discussion, but all is written no words are spoken.

Let’s Practice

Warm Up

We are half way through the school year…

Paper Talk

Think back on our countries activity, the work you have completed the past few days, summarize the LEQ with your partner.

Why do individuals and countries trade? Continue to “paper talk” until time is up.

Paper Talk: Answer The LEQ

Now as a whole group take 3 minutes to discuss what you all wrote on your papers.

Share out

Discussion of “Paper Talk”

Webquest!

How Does Trade Create Interdependence?

Step 1: Go to Ms. Miller’s websitehttp://agi.seaford.k12.de.us/sites/nmillerStep 2: Click on 7th Grade, Projects, EconomicsStep 3: Go to the first Link; read about how the internet has changed how we tradeStep 4: Go back to Ms. Miller’s website and answer the blog question for today (it will be under S.S. thoughts, please just write your first name as the title)Step 5: Go to 7th Grade, Projects, Economics, Click on ICivics Country Dependence GameStep 6: When you are finished with the game answer the 2nd blog question

http://agi.seaford.k12.de.us/sites/nmiller

http://agi.seaford.k12.de.us/sites/nmiller

To DoGet out all work you did with the substitute from

your folder.

Agenda:-Warm Up-Hershey Kiss Activity-Mystery Product

Homework:

Find an example of interdependence in the news. Then summarize how this is an example of interdependence. (at least 1 paragraph)DUE Wednesday

Economics 4aLEQ: How does trade create interdependence?




between nations?



Policies



LEQ(s): LEQ(s):


Vocabulary: Vocabulary:

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What is your favorite candy, how would you guess that it is made?

Warm Up

Independently: Read the story of how a Hershey Kiss is made.

Now with your partner we are going to do a “Walk About”:

- During this you two will have 3 minutes to walk around summarize what they read and point out the productive resources and where they came from. We will share out as a class.

Hershey Kiss!

Your group will be given materials needed in your folder. (map, sort cards, paperclip)

You will get resource clues (that are numbered) and a world map.

Take turns in their group reading the resources, then categorizing and classifying them to find that location on the map and then writing the corresponding number on the map where that resource was made. Use the atlas in your desk to help locate countries

Draw lines to the connecting resources as they place them on the map.

Mystery Product

1. Which resource was produced in Italy? 2. What does the TVA produce for the

mystery product? 3. Where is candelilla wax produced? 4. Which resource comes from Mississippi? 5. Which Oregon tree is used to produce the

mystery product? 6. What is the machine that paints the

mystery product?

When your group is finished discuss these questions…

Rate your productivity in your group

1 2 3 4

LOW PRODUCTIVITY

HIGHPRODUCTIVITY

1. What are productive resources? 2. What is exchange? 3. How do people benefit from world trade? 4. Using examples from the lesson give

examples of goods and services in which people or organizations specialized.

5. To what does specialization of production lead?

6. Why is economic interdependence a positive thing?

7. There are many automotive producers in the world. What does the competition among these producers generate?

Let’s check your understanding

To Do

Agenda:-Warm Up-Frontier House movie w/ handout

Homework:

Find an example of interdependence in the news. Then summarize how this is an example of interdependence. (at least 1 paragraph)DUE Wednesday


Complete the following statements with the words

from the word bankWord Bank:Products DependentInterdependent Distributed

Yesterday in the mystery product activity you saw how _______________we all are. In order for _____________to be made, we are all ______________on one another for resources since our resources are not evenly _______________.

You are going to see the opposite of interdependence, instead you will view people who are forced into being self sufficient. You are going to be watching an episode from the series called Frontier House.

So as you watch complete the top organizer on the handout.

PBS Frontier House

Who are the families involved in this show: Give me information on their characters

What are some of the challenges they face because of their self sufficiency?

When/Where is this series taking place?

After The Movie

Why did the people of the American Frontier have to be self sufficient?

How would your life be different if you had to be self sufficient?

Explain how self sufficiency is the complete opposite of interdependence…

Summarize

To DoGet out your assignment from

yesterdayAgenda:-Warm UP: Go over homework-Review ?s from Mystery Product-Review Frontier House organizers-Answer LEQ Homework:Complete any make up work


Who are the families involved in this show: Give me information on their characters

What are some of the challenges they face because of their self sufficiency?

When/Where is this series taking place?

After The Movie

Why did the people of the American Frontier have to be self sufficient?

How would your life be different if you had to be self sufficient?

Explain how self sufficiency is the complete opposite of interdependence…

Read your summary to your partner

1. What are productive resources? 2. What is exchange? 3. How do people benefit from world trade? 4. Using examples from the lesson give

examples of goods and services in which people or organizations specialized.

5. To what does specialization of production lead?

6. Why is economic interdependence a positive thing?

7. There are many automotive producers in the world. What does the competition among these producers generate?

Let’s check your understanding

Review Vocab Concept 1…smart file

Answer the LEQCreate an acrostic for INTERDEPENDENCE.

Absolute & Comparative Advantage


Use examples, and key vocabulary in your answer!

Distinguish between the two of these.

You can create a picture representation & describe the picture or write a paragraph!

QUIZ GRADE!!!

To DoGet out your summary, student

learning map & any work you oweAgenda:- Warm Up-Add new LEQ: Specialization -Preview Vocabulary next concept: Specialization Notes HandoutHomework:Finish answering the LEQ: interdependence

Economics 4aLEQ: Why do individuals and businesses within a country specialize?

I’m going to hold off on getting your Absolute & Comparative distinctions until after today’s lesson…

On your Specialization handout answer the warm up:

How well does your family get along?

What would it be like if your family had to go on the show Frontier Town, how would you all make out? Explain




between nations?



Policies




LEQ(s):


Vocabulary:Specialization, quotas, subsidies, Absolute Advantage, Comparative Advantage

Vocabulary:

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Preview Vocab see notebook file

+ Something you feel good about:

- Something you need help with:

? Something Intriguing (interesting)

Summarize: + - ?

To DoGet out your interdependence

LEQ acrosticAgenda:-Warm Up-Frontier Families-Begin Classify Categorize Specialization Homework:

Economics 4aLEQ:

What do you recall from the introduction of the Frontier families?

Who would you say is the most valuable member of your family? Why?

Warm Up

Notebook File has Frontier Family Activity

Directions: With your partner think of an example in everyday life where people have specialized themselves. On the right side draw a picture of the “person” on the left side draw a picture of the product they are responsible to produce. Develop a theme for your specialization. When the other team plays your game they will have to put the objects with the person & try and determine your theme.

Classify/Categorize Specialization in Real Life

Requirements: 5 matches, Creative Theme, Neat, Organized, Shows Understanding!!!

How will I be graded: Based on requirements and group work rubric (partner)

Classify/Categorize Specialization in Real Life

What do you think the theme is?

How do theseconnect?

Absolute advantage is when

Comparative advantage is when

Summarize: Finish these statements

To DoGet Specialization Notes Handout from your folder

Agenda:-Warm Up: Cloze Notes (found on the bottom of Specialization Notes Handout )

-Finish your Classify Categorize Specialization activity-Play another partnerships specialization activity Homework:Finish summarizing LEQ

Economics 4aLEQ: Why do individuals and businesses within a country specialize?

CLOTH MEATSanchez 5 10Martin 4 6

Review Comparative Advantage

Should the Sanchez family trade with the Martin family? Why or why not

Specialization benefits__________because it makes more ________available at a lower cost.

Interdependence results from __________; societies are very ________________.

______________ means that a group of people can produce more of a product than another group with

the same ____________.

____________________ means that one group can produce a product at a lower _______________ than

another. Comparative advantage is a primary basis for _______________ and trade.

Warm Up: Fill in the blanks

Specialization benefits consumers because it makes more choices available at a lower cost.

Interdependence results from specialization; societies are very interdependent.

Absolute advantage means that a group of people can produce more of a product than another group with

the same resources.

Comparative advantage means that one group can produce a product at a lower opportunity cost than another. Comparative advantage is a primary basis

for specialization and trade.

Warm Up Answers

1. Theme is written on green slip of paper2. Pictures are drawn or printed, each having a

“match”3. Cut the pieces4. Mix up the pieces5. Fold up your theme paper and staple it so

they cannot see your actual theme6. Place all classification pieces and theme

sheet in envelope. 7. Write your names on the outside of the

envelope

Finish your Specialization Activity

Take all pieces out of the envelope, except for the theme paper

With your partner determine the matches (remember there may be more than one possible right answer)

When you think you are finished begin the Classify Categorize Specialization Activity Summary sheet

Time to classify/categorize

To DoGet out your LEQ you

answeredAgenda:-Warm Up: What is your skill?-Factors influencing Specialization Simulation

-Homework:

Economics 4aLEQ: What factors influence specialization?




between nations?



Policies




What factors influence specialization?

LEQ(s):


Vocabulary:Specialization, quotas, subsidies, Absolute Advantage, Comparative Advantage

Vocabulary:

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What is something that you are good at that many students look up to you for and maybe ask for your help?

Warm Up

That is your specialty

What specialty are you known for?

How does your specialty help contribute to being interdependent?


You will be required to try different skills to see which you should specialize.

There will be a recorder to judge each attempt…if you received an BLUE number then you are the recorder for that skill station.

The rest of you depending on your number that is the skill station in which you will start.

Simulation

There are 4 groups, the group you are in represents your country. But as of now we are testing YOUR individual skills.

All work is to be done independently by you!

Recorders since you are needed to judge each attempt. You will receive the highest score possible for each skill.

Simulation cont.

1. Service-you will be asked why you should be trusted. For this skill you will need to convince the judge that you are very, very trustworthy.

2. Sales – you will be given an object and it is your job to convince the student judge to buy the object from you.

3. Bureaucratic – you will be given a test that will determine whether you would make a good legal bureaucrat. You will alphabetize some words, then you will answer some questions about a law.

4. Computer – you will be given a test to determine what you know about computer programming. There are 10 questions to answer.

4 Skills10 minutes each

Based on the simulation, what is your specialty?

Based on the simulation, why might you need to trade services?


To DoGet out your absent student letter

& any work you completed with the substitute

Agenda:-Warm UP: Absent Student Letter review-Complete Factors influencing Specialization SimulationHomework:None


Read your absent student letter to your partner. (each of you read to one another)

Warm UP: Absent Student Review

What is your specialty from the simulation?Tell your partner

Your speciality

Get together with your country. Together on handout 5-4 Country Summary Sheet each of you record the total of all student scores for each of the specialties.

Discuss questions 1-4 and each of you record the answers on your own paper. Using complete sentences.

With your country

Let’s record the data for our whole Continent (class)

THE TOTAL SCORE REPRESENTS THAT COUNTRIES PRODUCTIVITY!!!

Our Continent…Class Summary

Which countries should specialize in each skill?

Why would a country want to specialize?

What is the overall impact when countries specialize?

Based on the country data….

How does a country specialize?

Why would a country specialize?

Exit ticket

To DoClear your desk

Agenda:-Warm UP: U.S. Specialization-LEQ card sort activity w/ notes & summaryHomework:None (but enjoy it, I’m going to be putting together some DCAS prep stuff that we will start doing for homework)


for warm up Go to notebook file

Step 1: Cut out the sort cardsStep 2: Read the cards, together with your

partner sort them into 2-4 categories of your choice, keeping in mind this will answer the LEQ.

Step 3: Once you have sorted them into the categories, create a title for each category.

Step 4: Put the titles on a post it note, and place your cards below that post it.

Step 5: Now below the sort cards of each column, use another post it note to write a short explanation as to why you placed those cards together.

What factors influence specialization? Card Sort

With your partner rotate around the room, you will have 1 minute at each stop.

Read what the other wrote, and jot down any observations that are different from yours that make sense and could change what your original thinking was.

Museum Walk

Compare your card sort to the others you viewed in the museum walk!

Write your answer on one of the post it notes.


Go to notebook file for card sort to do as a class.

Let’s find out what the class thought

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