Submitted by: Claiborne Snyder
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School: Pocahontas Middle School
Summary
Students are given $500 and asked to shop for clothing for a French family of 4. They are to convert their dollars to euros, select complete outfits for a mother, father, 13 year old boy, and 12 year old girl from an online French clothing store and still fall within the budget given. Students will also teach themselves 15 new vocabulary words from the French website, and present all of their findings in a digital format. They create a fashion show explaining the clothing items they purchased for each family member, why they chose the item, and the total cost of their shopping trip. They will learn to communicate as a group and work together to produce a fashion show video of their findings. They will also work to sharpen their verbal skills by producing a voice-over description of the fashion show.
TIPC Ratings
Although students were given the website, the students were heavily involved in researching the clothing options to purchase for the family.
Students worked in self-selected groups to make decisions and “buy” the clothing for the family. The groups also collaborated to create a presentation to display their shopping list, along with French narration.
The students attempted to solve real world problems by shopping for a needy family overseas.
Students created a presentation to show the results of their shopping experience.
