Creator: Vulcan Productions/Cinelan | visit site
Grade Range: 8 - 11
Build your understanding of the U.S. economy through a creative, well-organized collection of short films (5-8 min) designed to explain 20 key concepts that any informed citizen needs to understand. Unlike many informational films, these are quite engaging. The collection is divided into five chapters on Economy, Money, The Role of Government, Globalization, and Inequality. All of us can better understand how our economy works from watching these films and exploring some of the follow-up discussion suggestions, even among adults. Teachers can obtain a link to free, downloadable lesson materials, activities, and extensions by filling out a form with their email address. (The email comes within a few minutes but watch your SPAM filter. It may be better to request the link via a home email to avoid school filtering!) The teacher materials include correlations to CCSS standards in ELA, Math, and Writing. The content of the films and lessons supports many major concepts of economics and government included in state and other standards. App versions are available for both iOS and Android.
In the Classroom
Sign up to download the support materials and plan one or several lessons to demystify the economy as part of a civics/government class or an economics course. Transform the technology use in your class by assigning students to watch films in small groups and create digital booklets explaining the key concepts to the class using a multimedia tool such as Calameo, <a href="/single.cfm?id=16007">reviewed here</a>. As economic issues come up in current events or during an election cycle, use these films to explain the underlying issues.
At Home
Watch these films together with your teen to help the entire family understand the what and why of our economy. The topics of economics make far more sense after watching these films, and you can have some good family discussions, especially during an election year!
Tags
money, supply and demand, DAT device agnostic tool, financial literacy,
Subjects
Current Events, Economics, Gifted, Government/Civics: U.S, Math, Social Studies, Social Studies,