Today in class we will be taking a closer look at North Korea as we look at Communist countries and their economies. In order to better understand what it is like in these types of countries, today we will be listening to a podcast from NPR’s Planet Money Podcast over the North Korean economy. Mr….
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As apart of our remembrance of the attacks on 9/11/01, today in class we will be using an interactive media site from the History Channel that shows amazing home footage from the attacks that day. The name of the website is 102 Minutes that Changed America, it the site does a wonderful job of capturing what it…
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Students, today we will begin our 9/11 research project as apart of our school wide remembrance of the attacks on September 11th, 2001. Students will be given a list of 4-5 names of people that died on that day and will be asked to research basic information about those individuals using the Remember website. Remember…
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Students, today we will be continuing our talks about globalization by introducing using a new web application. Today we will be setting up and using Kidblog.org to complete a writing prompt regarding economies. For today’s assignment you will be given a scenario and asked to provide your opinion on the matter. Mr. McClung
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In class today we took a look at an interactive map from CNN that displays the US casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq. We used this map as a part of our discussion of the war on terror being the longest US military conflict in history. Mr. McClung
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Today in class we were discussing different types of economies with a specific focus on market economies like the USA. The picture above is from one of the vocabulary boxes that my students were filling out and the prompt asks, “Draw a Picture of a Market Economy”. This student then took this idea and drew…
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Students, today we will be discussing the different types of economies that exist in the world. Today we will be focusing on market and command economies. Your notes for today can be found in the slide show above. Mr. McClung
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Students, today we will begin our unit on economy and we will do so by discussing a few economy terms. Listed below are your terms that we will be discussing in class today. Producer – The person or business that is producing the good or service that is being purchased. Consumer – The person that…
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For today’s Three Things Thursday we will be taking a look at some recent headlines in news including Libya, earthquakes in Virginia, and cost of schooling around the world. Mr. McClung
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