Gary Coyle’s Grade 8 Humanities

Major Points from Last Week:

Quiz- So you want to be a millionaire?
StocksQuest – Vocab and Introduction
StocksQuest – Buy and update portfolios
Push/Pull Factors
The Immigrant Experience video
The Jungle – Introduce and read excerpts

• P. 36-46 Factory Descriptions
• P. 135-137 – Special Sausage
• P. 129-132 – Fertilizer Factory

Quiz- Stock Market
Communism video

Reflection

For feedback this week please do the following:

1. Read your classmates reactions to The Jungle on this BLOG.

2. Update your list of the pros and cons of industrialization. Go into your Blogger account and edit the original entry. Do not create a new entry this week.

3. View two of your classmates BLOGs. Carefully read their lists of the pros and cons of industrialization and add your insights to their list as a comment to the entry.

In one “good”* paragraph explain what is your reaction to the immigrant experience portrayed in The Jungle? Please cite specific examples from the novel. Could events like those portrayed in The Jungle happen today?

Please post your paragraph as a COMMENT to this posting. Be sure to sign your post with your first name.

*NOTE - a “good” paragraph is at least five sentences. It contains a topic sentence, at least three supporting details, and a concluding statement.

Welcome to Stocksquest! Today you will begin to evaluate and purchase stocks for your online stock portfolio.

You will begin the game with a cash portfolio of $100,000 USD with the goal of becoming a millionaire!

Here are a few ground rules before we get started:

1. You may buy stocks listed on US stock exchanges only.
2. You may buy stocks with a share price of $5 or more only.
3. Each transaction (buying or selling) will cost you $15.
4. You may not short sell.
5. You may not buy on margin.
6. Any uninvested cash will earn 2% interest.
7. The game will run until May 15, 2007.

Now please open two doucments: Using a Stock Screener and Signing Up for StocksQuest. Open a new browser window and go to Yahoo! Finance and wait for the rest of the class.

It’s time to make some money! Good Luck!

Major Points From Last Week

Simulation – Capitalism – Supply and Demand
Graph Reading – Supply and Demand
Video- Capitalism
How to Write an Interview
Intro to the Stock Market – how businesses raise $
LMC – Encyclopedia review and research on capitalist
Simulation – 1870’s Stock Market
Intro to Stocksquest - So you want to be a millionaire?
StocksQuest – Vocab and Introduction in lab

Reflection

Answer the following in your BLOG in complete sentences:

Last week you took part in the 1870’s Stock Market Simulation, based on your experience during the simulation were you a successful entrepreneur? Why or why not? What strategies did you use?

Pick one of the following phrases and explain how it relates to the stock market:

“ Buy low sell high”

“You have to spend money to make money”

“Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket”

Please take some time to clean-up your BLOG. Please delete multiple posts and edit any errors you discover. Also make sure that you have the following postings.

On Your BLOG:

My Gang
Feedback August 8-11
Feedback August 14-18
Showing Paragraph
Feedback August 21-25
Factory Game Reflection 1
Factory Game Reflection 2
Feedback Aug 28 - Sept 1
Feedback Sept 4-8
Feedback Sept 11-15

On the class BLOG:

Mother of Invention
Showing vs Telling Practice
Mr. Coyle’s Capitalism Experiment
Reaction to The Jungle

Remember BLOG completion is worth a test grade in the writing portion of your 1st Quarter Humanities Grade.