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Article Assessment Questions: 1. What is one of the largest information technology companies in the United States?
a. Avira b. Citrix c. Motorola d. Oracle 2. Who founded Apple?
a. Bill Gates b. Paul Allen
c. John Mauchly d. Steve Wozniak 3. When was Microsoft founded?
a. 1943 b. 1975 c. 1980 d. 1984 Materials Needed: N/A
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Article 7: From Farm to Table: Agricultural Interdependence Word Count: 440 Vocabulary: combine : a machine used to harvest field corn that combines multiple steps of the harvesting process corn harvester or corn picker: a machine used to harvest sweet corn interdependence: mutually relying on each other to get things done High Impact Teaching Strategies: Collaborative Learning, Multiple Exposures Lesson Plan: 1. Discuss the term “farm to market” with your students. Explain that when products are grown on a farm, they go straight to the market for consumers to purchase. 2. Place students in paired learning groups. 3. Write the word “interdependence” on the board. Explain to students they will be learning about this word and how it relates to the title of the article “From Farm to Table: Agricultural Interdependence.” 4. Have students read the article individually, in pairs, or in small groups. 5. Place students in small learning groups of 3-4. 6. Pass out poster paper and markers to each group. 7. Explain the term “interdependence web” to your students. Tell them that an interdependence web is a graphic organizer that shows how things are dependent on each other. 8. Using the information from the article, have students create a web that shows how corn goes from farms to markets. Be sure that each step in the web is included. Economic Activities | Week 16
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