Monday, June 3, 2013

Economics-Focus-World

Economics: We debriefed Walmart today and you received a reading on the Great Grocery Store Smackdown for your reading pleasure. We discussed the content of significance of the reading, but please read the article. Here's the link to the reading for those absent: 
Grocery Store Smackdown reading

We are not finished with globalization or employment/unemployment but will try to finish up tomorrow.  Today you received a CRISIS for your BUDGET PROJECT.  FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY.  READ EVERYTHING SO YOU DO NOT END UP DOING MORE THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED.  You also received a final budget worksheet.  Please plan to put that in a safe place.  Fill it out when you are nearly finished and place it as one of the first sheets of your project.  For those absent, you can find the handouts on the website.

Focus: Glogster work today. Our goal is to finish tomorrow so we can do quick presentations.

World: Today we began industrialization.  You should working on the Modern Era reading and guided note taking document, it's due for credit on Tuesday.  Today our focus was historical context and a big idea powerpoint.  You should be working on your final project, it's due on Friday.