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Brief Description Students discover how we rely on our global neighbors by collecting data about where in the world the goods we use every day are produced.Objectives Students will
Keywords global, economy, consumer, country, graph, map, clothes, clothing, data, survey, conclude, conclusion
Lesson Plan On the day before doing this lesson, send students home with a note asking them to bring into school one of their favorite items of clothing. They need not wear that item of clothing; they just need to bring it. Tell them no more about the activity. Let them wonder what you are up to The next day, display a world map. Ask students to identify, without looking, the countries where they think the clothing they are wearing was made. Make a list of the students responses. Then invite students to look at the labels on the favorite item of clothing they brought to school to determine where it was made. Make a chart identifying each country where an item was made. Put a checkmark next to the country name for each item that was made there. Then invite students to look at easily accessible labels in clothing they are wearing. Add that information to your chart. You might Create a Graph showing the results of the clothing survey. Ask students to study the chart or graph and draw conclusions about the information in it. Do they draw the conclusion that a lot of the things we wear are made outside the United States? What about items other than clothing? For homework, have students take an at-home survey of some common items in their homes. They might document information about where ten of the following things were made:
The following day, collect the data and have students create a chart showing that data. Extension Activities
Assessment Invite students to draw two conclusions based on the data they have collected. Students should write their conclusions; the conclusions should be accompanied by supporting data. Lesson Plan SourceEducation World Submitted By Gary Hopkins National Standards
FINE ARTS: Visual Arts
NA-VA.K-4.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes NA-VA.K-4.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
NA-VA.5-8.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes NA-VA.5-8.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
NA-VA.9-12.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes NA-VA.9-12.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
NL-ENG.K-12.3 Evaluation Strategies NL-ENG.K-12.4 Communication Skills NL-ENG.K-12.6 Applying Knowledge NL-ENG.K-12.7 Evaluating Data NL-ENG.K-12.9 Multicultural Understanding NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills
NM-DATA.PK-2.1 Formulate Questions That Can Be Addressed With Data and Collect, Organize, and Display Relevant Data to Answer NM-DATA.PK-2.3 Develop and Evaluate Inferences and Predictions That Are Based on Data
NM-DATA.3-5.1 Formulate Questions That Can Be Addressed With Data and Collect, Organize, and Display Relevant Data to Answer NM-DATA.3-5.3 Develop and Evaluate Inferences and Predictions That Are Based on Data
NM-DATA.6-8.1 Formulate Questions That Can Be Addressed With Data and Collect, Organize, and Display Relevant Data to Answer NM-DATA.6-8.3 Develop and Evaluate Inferences and Predictions That Are Based on Data
NM-DATA.9-12.1 Formulate Questions That Can Be Addressed With Data and Collect, Organize, and Display Relevant Data to Answer NM-DATA.9-12.3 Develop and Evaluate Inferences and Predictions That Are Based on Data
NM-CONN.PK-12.3 Recognize and Apply Mathematics in Contexts Outside of Mathematics
NM-REP.PK-12.1 Create and Use Representations to Organize, Record, and Communicate Mathematical Ideas NM-REP.PK-12.3 Use Representations to Model and Interpret Physical, Social, and Mathematical Phenomena
NSS-EC.K-4.6 Gain from Trade NSS-EC.K-4.7 Markets and Market Prices NSS-EC.K-4.18 National Productivity
NSS-EC.5-8.6 Gain from Trade NSS-EC.5-8.7 Markets and Market Prices NSS-EC.5-8.18 National Productivity
NSS-EC.9-12.6 Gain from Trade NSS-EC.9-12.7 Markets and Market Prices NSS-EC.9-12.18 National Productivity
NSS-G.K-12.1 The World in Spatial Terms NSS-G.K-12.6 Uses of Geography
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Originally published 11/08/2002
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