This was the day that Language Arts, Social Studies, and Math collided with a whole bunch of FUN!
In Language Arts, the students wrote a persuasive essay in which they created their own place of business, then tried to persuade the readers to come and purchase their goods and services.
Then in Social Studies, they learned about consumers and producers as well as supply and demand.
The final activity was to bring 5 items to sell from their place of business. They were given play-money to spend, as well as money from the bank as a loan to begin their business. They knew that they would have to pay back the loan at the end of the day, so they were very careful not to over-spend.
Here are the wonderful stores on their big day:
Rolly Kitchen
Chocolate World
Batter's Up
Frosty Fun
Sweet Treat
Pet Play House
Rough Riders Dirt Bike Shop
Bakery Corner
Sunshine Mall
Chocoland
Funky BBQ Funhouse
The Petastic Amazing Pet Shop
Seth's Hockey Academy
Yummy Play
Kick's Sports Shop and Training Camp
Amari's Automatic Shoe Store
Fit 'n Health
The kids took turns being consumers and producers.
At the very end, they all counted up their money...
...and paid back the loan to the bank.
Finally, the students tallied up their profit from their sales. We took the time to evaluate their business plans. Some realized that they sold their items way too low. Some regretted that their prices were much too high, thus losing to their competition.
At the end, they all agreed that it was one of their favorite Social Studies lessons ever:) Music to the teacher's ears!
