Week 4: Ewert (Thanksgiving)

Thankful GraphicMonday

  • Have students define and explain the following days: Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday
  • Why are we talking about these days this week?
  • Watch video 25 Things You Should Know about Black Friday
  • Place students in groups of 2-3 and give them the handout "Creating a Black Friday Shopping List"
  • Have students use the web site www.blackfriday.com to shop within the defined amount of cash and credit
  • If time, have students share what they found, with the group that managed their money the best, getting candy or leaving 1 minute early

Tuesday

  • Play Thanksgiving Trivia
  • Suggestions for playing
    • Divide class into teams of 4
    • Give each team a white board and marker, or cut-out of letters A, B, C, D
    • Play the game as 1-person, displayed on the overhead for the whole class
    • Have teams take turns selecting the category and points
    • Each team answers each question, waiting until instructed to show the answer they chose
    • Each team that gets the question correct, earns the point
    • Save the last question for Double Jeopardy
    • for Double Jeopardy, teams bet in advance how much they are willing to wager; walk around and write down their wager
    • Ask the last question; reveal each teams answers and points
    • Team with the most points leaves for lunch early

Wednesday

  • Reading Day

Thursday
Friday

  • No School
  • Thanksgiving Break
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