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

[Cynthia Kramer]

How about a category for "fun" or "recreation?"  There is a great postcard
that says, "fun is free."  This might encourage students to think about
things like nature hikes, board/word games, recycled art, etc.
Cindy Kramer

> 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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