Hallmart

Tates Creek Middle School
PET Project Unit

Organizer:

Why do we buy what we buy?

Academic Expectations and Demonstrators:

2.18: Students understand economic principles and are able to make economic decisions that have consequences in daily living

2.30: Students evaluate consumer products and services and make effective consumer decisions

1.5-1.9: Students use mathematical ideas and procedures to communicate, reason, and solve problems

1.16: Students use computers and other kinds of technology to collect, organize, and communicate information and ideas

2.1: Students understand scientific ways of thinking and working and use those methods to solve real-life problems

Secondary Academic Expectations and Demonstrators:

2.37: Students demonstrate skills and work habits that lead to success in future schooling and work

1.13: Students make sense of ideas and communicate ideas with the visual arts

Essential Questions:

Culminating activity:

At the end of the unit students will create and implement a business that is designed to make a profit.  Components will include:

 

Scoring Rubric

Hallmart Rubric

 

Billionaire

Millionaire

Budding Entrepreneur

2.18

Economic Principles

·        Completed business guide reflects extensive use of market survey

·        Mastery of all economic vocabulary

·        Business earns at least 10% profit above cost

 

·        Completed business guide reflect some use of market survey

·        Mastery of most economic vocabulary

·        Business earns a profit

·        Completed business guide

·        Mastery of some economic vocabulary

·        Business covers expenses.

2.30

Consumer Skills

·        Extensive use of advertising strategies

·        Booth shows creative and innovative use of business guide

 

 

·        Effective use of advertising strategies

·        Booth shows effective use of business guide

·        Use of advertising strategies

·        Booth shows some use of business guide

1.5-1.9

Math Skills

·        Budget is accurate and complete

·        Profit and loss sheet is accurate and complete

·        Extensive analysis of profit loss sheet

 

·        Budget is complete with minor mathematical errors

·        Profit and loss sheet is complete with minor mathematical errors

·        Effective analysis of profit loss sheet

·        Budget is complete but has several mathematical errors

·        Profit and loss sheet is complete but has several mathematical errors

·        Analysis of profit loss sheet

1.16

Technology

·        Efficient use of multiple (at least 3) technology resources that reflects business guide

·        Efficient use of technology resources that reflects business guide

·        Use of technology resources that reflects business guide

2.1

Scientific Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        Design and implement an exemplary market survey

·        Use all relevant data to create detailed and accurate charts and graphs

·        Make an insightful prediction using chart and graph data

·        Write a distinguished or proficient draw a conclusion portfolio piece

·        Design and implement a relevant market survey

·        Use most relevant data to create detailed and accurate charts and graphs

·        Make a reasonable prediction using chart and graph data

·        Write an apprentice draw a conclusion portfolio piece

·        Design and implement a market survey

·        Use some relevant data to create detailed and accurate charts and graphs

 

·        Make a prediction using chart and graph data

·        Write a novice draw a conclusion portfolio piece

Knowledge

Skills

 

Instructional Activities

KEY: @= Technology

All (7 weeks)

SS (6 weeks)

Language Arts (1 week)

Math (2 weeks)

Science (3weeks)

Conclusion/portfolio (Entire unit)

Art/Tech (2 weeks)

Resources

Human:

Physical:

Technological:

Brainstorming Ideas

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