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STANDARDS (www.cde.state.co)
Content:
The significance of ideas as
powerful forces throughout
history
Democracy and
21st Century Skills
Conduct research using
acceptable research methods
Democracy and
21st Century Skills:
Utilize technology to work
responsibly
OBJECTIVES
Content:
Students will be able to
understand the concepts of
Mercantilism and the logical
flaws of the system
ASSESSMENTS What is your evidence of achieving each objective? How will students know
and demonstrate what they have learned in each of the areas, all of the objectives?
Content:
Democracy and
21st Century Skills:
Question addressing proper
use of technology.
KEY VOCABULARY
Content
Mercantilism
Balance of Trade
Colonies
Democracy and
21st Century Skills
Democracy and
21st Century Skills
Why is it important to use
time and technology wisely?
LESSON FLOW
This is the actual planning of the lesson activities.
Time
Time
Building Background
Link to Experience: Discussion about GDP per capita and the idea of income
gaps. Give Bill gates/Oprah example
Time
Activity Name Should be creative title for you and the students to associate
with activity. Mercantilism shmercantilism
Time
Time
Time
Review and Assessments of All Objectives How will you and how will the
students know they have achieved the objectives of the lesson?
Content: Students can explain the concepts of GDP/Percapita/PPP, apply this
knowledge to answer our final questions
Literacy and Numeracy: Look at and discuss the numbers found in the activity,
did students get it and did they synthesize their information properly
Democracy and 21st Century Skills: Were students on task, how do they define
appropriate use of their technology time
Time
Closure
What will you and the students do at the end of the lesson or after a chunk of
learning to synthesize, organize and connect the learning to the essential
question(s)?
We will share the numbers we discovered and then use the time remaining to
discuss why mercantilism is a difficult system. Students will explain some of the
challenges they see arise from this.
Ticket out of the door:
During this time, what developments in technology might have changed the
way a country views power? How does this interact with social constructs?
Why do you think money and capital became such important factors for a
countrys progress?
Time
Next Step
Atlantic Slave trade and modern slave trade
The next lesson will be a powerful and hard learned lesson about slavery of the past
and the world we live in today. In the next lesson students will see slavery as it was
and then will be forced to face some facts that they may not be aware of.
4. To what extent does this lesson achieve the Mission of the Agenda for Education in
a Democracy? To what extent does this lesson achieve the 21st Century Skills?
The goals of this lesson were to make sure students are using their technology
responsibly. The time they were given was intentionally short so they didnt have
much of an opportunity to be off task. In addition I was checking in with them
regularly and they were checked on regularly and throughout the exercise to see
they were meeting the proper checkpoints. The goal behind this was to insure that
they are working hard and that they gain an understanding of the appropriate use of
technology. That being said, the students did work well but my assessment of their
skill on this was a bit weak.