[RSCT] Ideas for economic recession lesson (Andrew Reed)

[William Lamme]

Andrew,
Perhaps consider expanding ways to augment income in the informal  
economy: yard work, home baked goods, shoveling snow, etc., sell  
garden produce, window washing
Bill Lamme

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> From: "Andrew Reed" <areed at usd259.net>
> Date: January 29, 2009 11:31:09 AM CST
> To: <rs at criticalteach.org>
> Subject: [RSCT] Ideas for economic recession lesson
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> Hi all,
> This is my first post with this group and I want to say that I have  
> gotten some pretty good ideas from reading some of your postings….so  
> maybe I can pick some of your brains for some more ideas on a  
> project I am planning.
>
> I teach high school social studies to ELLs who come from mostly  
> lower income working families.  In the next month or two I will be  
> getting to the unit on the Great Depression in my US History class.   
> As a way to connect what they learned in the unit to the current  
> economic troubles and to their own lives, they are going to create a  
> video series (to put on Youtube or the school’s website) on tips on  
> surviving hard economic times (basically, how to get by with little  
> money).  Each student will present/record one tip they have found to  
> be effective when not having much money (i.e. how to plant a certain  
> vegetable, cooking certain inexpensive dishes, advice for finding  
> good deals around town, etc.)  They will organize it like they would  
> in a speech class (organize it, write it out, present it, etc.).
>
> The help I’m looking for is coming up with a list of categories for  
> the students.  I don’t really need detailed step by step tips (the  
> students have to come up with that) but I am trying to create  
> categories and general ideas that may help students figure out what  
> they want to do.  I have obvious categories such as gardening, DIY  
> home repair, etc. but am looking for some that I may have  
> overlooked.  If you have any good general ideas about possible  
> things students can do, please feel free to send them my way, or if  
> you have any thoughts about the lesson itself and how to implement  
> it I will also welcome that.
>
>
> It’s a good way for students to realize and show that even though  
> they may lack many of the material things they see around them they  
> have real life experiences that are of value and appreciated in  
> society, and if there is one thing I have learned with my years of  
> teaching immigrant students is that many of them (or their parents)  
> are quite thrifty and innovative when it comes to making the best  
> out the little they have.
>
> Thanks for your time
> Andrew Reed
>
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