Submitted by: Gina Brooks
School: Fairfield Middle School
Summary
Students read the novel No Promises in the Wind by Irene Hunt, which illustrates a story of two runaways during the Great Depression. Over the course of the unit, there were several discussions on the causes, effects, and consequences of the Great Depression. A common theme was the concept of survival during a time of economic distress. Students are given an average wage for the time period and are asked to develop a budget that takes into account expenses such as food, rent, etc.
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Students are provided with the central question and with the resources required to complete the lesson.
Students do not collaborate during the project. They are required to submit individual projects.
Students are given a fairly complex mathematical task and asked to create a budget, shopping list, and menu. They choose the appropriate digital tools in solving the problems and design their own solutions to calculating the budget. The task is not only real world, but is relevant to the novel and other seventh grade curricular areas such as math and social studies.
This project is cross-curricular in nature and asks students to pull background information from varied experiences. Students are able to choose the display medium. They must compare personal experiences to someone living in a different time period.
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