Lesson Three:

"Economic Indicators"

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Objectives:

• Students will discover the availability and and uses for the natural and human resources on all three islands.
• Students will investigate the imported/exported products, goods, and services for all three islands.
• Students will define industry and locate key industrial areas on all three islands.
• Students will list a minimum of five objects which typify their island home and would be easily mailed to their keypal in a box whose dimensions do not exceed 6" x 8" x 13".
• Students will research and investigate how each island uses its resources to support the physical and cultural needs and wants of its population.
• Students will share common, local prices for desirable objects with their keypals and convert those prices to that of the monetary system used on their keypals island.

  Materials:

1. library texts providing information for Hawaii, Ireland, and Great Britain
2. atlas
3. world map
4. shoe boxes (or similar sized box)
5. art supplies (for map work)
6. outline maps of Oahu, Ireland, Great Britain (clean)
7. encyclopedias
8. dictionaries
9. social studies text
10. phone book
11. student groups of four

    URL's:

    listing of keypal addresses

    OANDA Currency Center

    Currency Converter

    Britnet

    local URL's for government offices

    Activities/Procedures:

• Define natural and human resources
• Distinguish: products, goods, services
• Brainstorm and record a list of needs/wants for Waimalu students
• Research imports/exports for Oahu
• Select shoe box items
• Compose email questionnaires for imports/exports, goods/services/products
• Send/receive questionnaires
• Determine best reporting method for information
• Brainstorm most desirable items to a 6th grader
• Compute cost for Ireland/ Great Britain
• Send email query for cost comparison of items
• Determine reporting method for information
• Complete journals for circle discussions
• Post student products

  Independent Work:

• Keypal communication
• shoe box list
• desirable item list

  Group Work:

• brainstorming
• computations
• information compilation
• information presentation
• map work

  Writing Component:

• Students will complete map keys/legends
• Students will compose email messages
• Students will brainstorm and refine two lists of information
• Students will record definitions
• Students will make journal entries back to home page