This screencast is a very brief description of my lesson plan about the minimum wage. I implemented this lesson in my 6th grade social studies class as part of our unit on Personal Finance. For the culminating task students created a product that stated their position either for or against raising the minimum wage.
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Matthew Bryson
5/1/2014 12:20:14 pm
I thought your lesson was very modern and influential to the issues that are going on around us. I loved how you integrated the current "needs" of America into a lesson. The lesson also covered several different subjects. Many standards were covered across many elements. I would love to see the standards in more common language. I have heard both arguments of how to teach the standards to the students. Personally, I like to see the standards in the language of the students or language they can more closely relate to. My only suggestions would be to show some examples of completed assignments that students have finished. I know this can only be done after a lesson is completed during a school year. Otherwise, things look terrific. Best of luck to you in the future.
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Shannon Bailey
5/2/2014 06:40:04 am
Chris,
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Ariel Flinn
5/3/2014 03:08:40 am
I really like how you combined ELA standards with Social Studies standards to have students demonstrate their knowledge of both minimum wage and persuasive writing. This task was authentic because they got information and from professional and government websites to inform their opinion. One question I had was why you chose to make the letter to their representative an optional assignment. I think if you had your students complete this as a requirement of the lesson it would make the learning activity even more authentic. Overall, I really liked this lesson on an important and currently heated issue. Congratulations!
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