$5 - $10 6th Grade Economics Projects

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population, population ecology, population growth, population pyramid, population density

Get students involved in the learning process through this lesson China's Historical One Child Policy: Creating a Population Density Cartogram. Students will not only learn about the cause and effect of China's One Child Policy of 1979, but will strengthen their knowledge of map creation and reading skills, specific to a cartogram.

Working in collaborative groups, team members will participate in a group reading activity an article on China’s 1979 One-Child Policy Act entitled Too Many In The Family. This article will address the history behind the law, the policy incentives, disobeying the policy, and expectations of the rule. Students to express their thoughts on the topic after the reading and use high-level thinking skills.

In addition, students will have fun collaborating, examining and learning how to read cartograms by creating their own cartogram that reflects the current population of China. This brings the past into the present. Students will need graph paper, colored pencils, a map, and a calculator for this activity.

While this lesson focuses on the original One-Child Policy Act of 1979, there have been additional child policy acts passed since 1979 — the first one being the 2015 Two-Child Policy Act, following the 2021 Three-Child Policy Act. To learn more about these, click on this link: One Child, Two Child, Three-Child, or More

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This 38-page resource has everything you need to lead a Dragon's Den or Shark Tank in your middle school classroom!

This resource begins with 10 slides that explain the project rundown and is then followed by oodles of activities, mentor texts and rubrics:

• "What Interests Me?" (A brainstorming activity)
• "Improving an Experience" (A strategy to find an idea)
• "My Prototype: My Vision" (A visual activity on drawing and describing the "idea")
• "Show & Tell" (An activity on using the five senses)
• "The Pros and Cons of our Idea" (An activity on knowing if the idea is a good one)
• "What's the BIG Idea?" (An activity on finding the problem and solution)
• "The Advantages of my Product" (An activity on using persuasion to sell)
• "Who's your Audience?" (An activity on discovering your demographic)
• "Advertising and Social Media" (An activity on visual marketing on social media)
• "My Billboard" (An activity on billboard-style marketing)
• "My Company Jingle" (A simple activity on building a jingle that fits the brand)
• "It's All in the Display!" (An activity on designing the way the product is displayed)
• "The Whole Package" (An activity on designing the packaging for the product)
• "My Business Plan" (An activity on organizing information for the pitch)
• "What Would you Say?!" (An activity to help students plan their answers to tough questions in the den!)
• "Anticipating Potential Questions" (An activity to anticipate Dragon questions)
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• "Pitch Evaluation" (Rubric for assessment)
• "Group Work Evaluation" (Rubric for assessment)
• "Peer Evaluation - Pitch Notes" (To facilitate note-taking during pitches from their peers).

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Here is a series of activities that can be used as introduction or reinforcement to your Latin America Unit. Stations include:

Map Skills: locating countries, land forms and bodies of water

Writing Skills:

(1) Writing about pollution issues in Mexico City (Graphic Organizer included)

(2) Writing about the regions of Latin America (Graphic Organizer Included).

Poster Project - students create an environmental awareness poster for the Rain Forest

Manufacturing - activities related to trade and resources in Brazil

Vocabulary Activities

Latin America Vocabulary List

Cuban Revolution Vocabulary List

Socioeconimic Issues Vocabulary

Timeline Activity

Aztec Clothing Activity

Art Activities

updated 2/14/2022