Thursday, January 30, 2014
US History: World War II Research Project
Click the following link to begin your research.
World War II Research Paper
Include the following in your project:
1. Significant dates
2. Significant people
3. Significant events
4. A written summary of the topic
5. At least 8 visuals (maps, charts, graphs, political cartoons, pictures)
6. Why do you think this event was important to the history of the United States?
7. Imagine a scenario where the event had a different outcome. How would that affect the history of the United States?
The grading rubric can be found by clicking the link below:
RESEARCH PROJECT RUBRIC
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Stock Market Simulation
1. Go to Stock Market Simulation
2. Register for an account. Your username will be your first and last name.
3. Log in to your account.
4. Click on the "trade" tab.
5. Then click on "join group" under the Group menu.
6. Click on the letter A
7. Then find the group called "A- AKINS HIGH SCHOOL- RIVERA"
8. Join this group and begin trading stocks! You have 1 millions dollars!
$1,000,000
raul.rivera@austinisd.org
2. Register for an account. Your username will be your first and last name.
3. Log in to your account.
4. Click on the "trade" tab.
5. Then click on "join group" under the Group menu.
6. Click on the letter A
7. Then find the group called "A- AKINS HIGH SCHOOL- RIVERA"
8. Join this group and begin trading stocks! You have 1 millions dollars!
$1,000,000
raul.rivera@austinisd.org
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Economics
You are stranded on an island. You will illustrate how you met your needs and wants. How did you survive off of the land? You must be able to find sources of food,
water, shelter, and clothing. You must
explain how you turned natural resources into final, finished products. (You don’t eat a live cow; you need to
explain how you turned that cow into a hamburger which is a finished
product). You are showing how people
made that hamburger—how it started from a cow, wheat field, and vegetables,
then being grilled, and ending up as a finished burger. You must have 2 sources of clothing, 1
source of water, 1 type of shelter, and 4 sources of food. The
purpose of this project is to show where things come from.
Then, you are to create your wants. These are things that make life easier, and
fun because you are not going to spend all your time working. You are to create your sources of
entertainment. You must have 8 “wants”,
and again you must explain how you created the finished products (the tree is not your want, but a surfboard,
or a hammock is).
Part II: Factors of Production Chart
You are to create a chart explaining the Factors of
Production: What was the land, labor and
capital that went into producing your product?
Product
|
Land
|
Labor
|
Capital
|
Hamburger
|
Cow, Wheat, Tomato
|
People slaughtering and milking the cow, growing the wheat
& tomatoes, grilling the meat
|
Knife, bucket, shovel, grill, fire
|
Part III Presentation
You will then present your island to the class stating the
needs and wants for your island and describe the factors of production to the
class. You must be able to explain what
the factors of the production (land, labor and capital), that went into
creating your needs and wants. In other
words you have to explain how you made everything. Nothing is imported.
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