To be a critical thinker Through rethinking consumerism Presenter: Crystal Wong

What I am going to talk about… The topic An overall review of my objectives My target group 5-days Activities in general –Point out the specific objectives Its justification –Point out the corresponding evaluation methods its justification

WHY?

Why students need to be a critical thinker? Why learning it through consumerism?

Why students need to be a critical thinker? Why learning it through consumerism? My own philosophy of education - To question - No taken for granted concept Connecticut Curriculum Trace Maps – Consumer Science something in everyday life

What else?

A quick review of all my objectives Linguisticintelligence Mathematicalintelligence BodilyIntelligence SpatialIntelligence InterpersonalIntelligence To Evaluate To Synthesis To Analysis To Apply To Understand base on CT curr. Trace Map notice some of the inequality problems parents’ participation facilitate the dual language policy achieve classroom is fun visualize concepts for student in preoperational stage encourage cooperative learning

WHO?

My Target Classroom K-2 A classroom of 16 – 20 students A mix of English speaking and Spanish speaking students In which parents have spare time to interact with their children at home

How my classroom is going to be organized? Session time: 1pm-2:30pm (1 ½ hours) Form 4 heterogeneous groups –4-5 students per group –with both genders –with different ethnicities –With both English speaking and Spanish speaking students No chairs, no tables, students sit on the floor with their own groups, while some space reserves in the front.

Activities time!!

Activities Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5 That’s all I’ve bought!! -- Learn about Commodities & Consumers How will you sell this thing?? -- unmask the taken for granted concepts HW: Bring some Ads Fill the worksheet Let’s make a shade!! – Learn about the society of spectacles Ad. is all around!! – build a pictogram to show diff. kinds of ad that around us Discuss our performance & worksheet -- Image Consumption HW: To be a teacher to teach your parents and ask them to do worksheets. Vote for the stories that you like!! – explore diff. means to measure happiness and how commodity culture leads to specific work ethics THIS coffee or THAT tee-shirt? – interview your classmates what to buy, story behind the coffee & tee, revision of pictogram HW: To be a teacher to teach your parents and ask them to do worksheets. Revision -- Review all the concepts we learned so far Introduction to our Best Advertisement Presentation Ceremony Students’ preparation time HW: Continue to prepare for the Ad Final Rehearsal SHOW TIME!! To buy or not to buy !? – evaluate students’ performance by counting how many students will really use money to buy their product What we’ve learned? – compare and contrast with the first day performance

Activities Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5 That’s all I’ve bought!! -- Learn about Commodities & Consumers How will you sell this thing?? -- unmask the taken for granted concepts HW: Fill the worksheet Bring some Ads Let’s make a shade!! – Learn about the society of spectacles Ad. is all around!! – build a pictogram to show diff. kinds of ad that around us Discuss our performance & worksheet -- Image Consumption HW: To be a teacher to teach your parents and ask them to do worksheets. Vote for the stories that you like!! – explore diff. means to measure happiness and how commodity culture leads to specific work ethics THIS coffee or THAT tee-shirt? – interview your classmates what to buy, story behind the coffee & tee, revision of pictogram HW: To be a teacher to teach your parents and ask them to do worksheets. Revision -- Review all the concepts we learned so far Introduction to our Best Advertisement Presentation Ceremony Students’ preparation time HW: Continue to prepare for the Ad Final Rehearsal SHOW TIME!! To buy or not to buy !? – evaluate students’ performance by counting how many students will really use money to buy their product What we’ve learned? – compare and contrast with the first day performance

Fill out a worksheet Bring some ads

Activities Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5 That’s all I’ve bought!! -- Learn about Commodities & Consumers How will you sell this thing?? -- unmask the taken for granted concepts HW: Fill the worksheet Bring some Ads Let’s make a shade!! – Learn about the society of spectacles Ad. is all around!! – build a pictogram to show diff. kinds of ad that around us Discuss our performance & worksheet -- Image Consumption HW: To be a teacher to teach your parents and ask them to do worksheets. Vote for the stories that you like!! – explore diff. means to measure happiness and how commodity culture leads to specific work ethics THIS coffee or THAT tee-shirt? – interview your classmates what to buy, story behind the coffee & tee, revision of pictogram HW: To be a teacher to teach your parents and ask them to do worksheets. Revision -- Review all the concepts we learned so far Introduction to our Best Advertisement Presentation Ceremony Students’ preparation time HW: Continue to prepare for the Ad Final Rehearsal SHOW TIME!! To buy or not to buy !? – evaluate students’ performance by counting how many students will really use money to buy their product What we’ve learned? – compare and contrast with the first day performance

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Time to be a teacher

Activities Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5 That’s all I’ve bought!! -- Learn about Commodities & Consumers How will you sell this thing?? -- unmask the taken for granted concepts HW: Fill the worksheet Bring some Ads Let’s make a shade!! – Learn about the society of spectacles Ad. is all around!! – build a pictogram to show diff. kinds of ad that around us Discuss our performance & worksheet -- Image Consumption HW: To be a teacher to teach your parents and ask them to do worksheets. Vote for the stories that you like!! – explore diff. means to measure happiness and how commodity culture leads to specific work ethics THIS coffee or THAT tee-shirt? – interview your classmates what to buy, story behind the coffee & tee, revision of pictogram HW: To be a teacher to teach your parents and ask them to do worksheets. Revision -- Review all the concepts we learned so far Introduction to our Best Advertisement Presentation Ceremony Students’ preparation time HW: Continue to prepare for the Ad Final Rehearsal SHOW TIME!! To buy or not to buy !? – evaluate students’ performance by counting how many students will really use money to buy their product What we’ve learned? – compare and contrast with the first day performance

Time to be a teacher

Activities Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5 That’s all I’ve bought!! -- Learn about Commodities & Consumers How will you sell this thing?? -- unmask the taken for granted concepts HW: Fill the worksheet Bring some Ads Let’s make a shade!! – Learn about the society of spectacles Ad. is all around!! – build a pictogram to show diff. kinds of ad that around us Discuss our performance & worksheet -- Image Consumption HW: To be a teacher to teach your parents and ask them to do worksheets. Vote for the stories that you like!! – explore diff. means to measure happiness and how commodity culture leads to specific work ethics THIS coffee or THAT tee-shirt? – interview your classmates what to buy, story behind the coffee & tee, revision of pictogram HW: To be a teacher to teach your parents and ask them to do worksheets. Revision -- Review all the concepts we learned so far Introduction to our Best Advertisement Presentation Ceremony Students’ preparation time HW: Continue to prepare for the Ad Final Rehearsal SHOW TIME!! To buy or not to buy !? – evaluate students’ performance by counting how many students will really use money to buy their product What we’ve learned? – compare and contrast with the first day performance

Activities Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5 That’s all I’ve bought!! -- Learn about Commodities & Consumers How will you sell this thing?? -- unmask the taken for granted concepts HW: Fill the worksheet Bring some Ads Let’s make a shade!! – Learn about the society of spectacles Ad. is all around!! – build a pictogram to show diff. kinds of ad that around us Discuss our performance & worksheet -- Image Consumption HW: To be a teacher to teach your parents and ask them to do worksheets. Vote for the stories that you like!! – explore diff. means to measure happiness and how commodity culture leads to specific work ethics THIS coffee or THAT tee-shirt? – interview your classmates what to buy, story behind the coffee & tee, revision of pictogram HW: To be a teacher to teach your parents and ask them to do worksheets. Revision -- Review all the concepts we learned so far Introduction to our Best Advertisement Presentation Ceremony Students’ preparation time HW: Continue to prepare for the Ad Final Rehearsal SHOW TIME!! To buy or not to buy !? – evaluate students’ performance by counting how many students will really use money to buy their product What we’ve learned? – compare and contrast with the first day performance

Linguisticintelligence – by selling theirproduct – By telling stories Mathematicalintelligence – by making pictogram – By counting & doingaddition – By using money tobuy and BodilyIntelligence – By perfoming theiradvertisement SpatialIntelligence – By making theartwork…shades! InterpersonalIntelligence – By discussing withothers classmate To Evaluate To Synthesis To Analyze To Apply To Understand My objectives:

Linguisticintelligence – by selling theirproduct – By telling stories Mathematicalintelligence – by making pictogram – By counting & doingaddition – By using money tobuy and BodilyIntelligence – By performing theiradvertisement SpatialIntelligence – By making theartwork…shades! InterpersonalIntelligence – By discussing withothers classmate To Evaluate To Synthesis To Analyze To Apply To Understand My objectives: …others classmates’ performance …their new consumer ethics into their advertisements …why students/people make specific choice (e.g. buying THIS tee but not THAT tee) Student will able to teach their parents and find suitable material for next class (e.g. ads) …the meanings of commodity culture, consumerism, image consumption, society of spectacle

base on CT curr. Trace Map notice some of the inequality problems parents’ participation facilitate the dual language policy achieve classroom is fun visualize concepts for student in preoperational stage encourage cooperative learning In addition…

base on CT Curriculum Trace Map (consumer science; math like addition, counting money, pictogram; create and perform artworks; reading books; use English to communicate in a social setting) parents’ participation notice some of the inequality problems facilitate the dual language policy achieve classroom is fun visualize concepts for students in preoperational stage encourage cooperative learning

Evaluation Methods Teacher’s Observation (60%) Bring back the advertisements? (10%) Really teach their parents? (10%) Active in class? (20%) smooth with classmate? (10%) How well they can evaluate themselves (10%) and others? Peer Evaluation (40%) –According to how well they do in their performance Master the concepts? Apply in it creatively?

Evaluation Methods Teacher’s Observation (60%) Bring back the advertisements? (10%) Really teach their parents? (10%) Active in class? (20%) smooth with classmate? (10%) How well they can evaluate themselves (10%) and others? Peer Evaluation (40%) –According to how well they do in their performance Master the concepts? Apply in it creatively? 1.For k-2… difficult to write, so talk>write… 2.Involve Parents’ participation.. Learn better! 3.Notice if parents help too much or not (not every parents have same amount of time to interact with their children, problem of inequality)

Evaluation Methods Teacher’s Observation (60%) Bring back the advertisements? (10%) Really teach their parents? (10%) Active in class? (20%) smooth with classmate? (10%) How well they can evaluate themselves (10%) and others? Peer Evaluation (40%) –According to how well they do in their performance Master the concepts? Apply in it creatively? 1.more important if they have the ability to evaluate themselves or others… it can prove the can really master the concepts

Evaluation Methods Teacher’s Observation (60%) Bring back the advertisements? (10%) Really teach their parents? (10%) Active in class? (20%) smooth with classmate? (10%) How well they can evaluate themselves (10%) and others? Peer Evaluation (40%) –According to how well they do in their performance Master the concepts? Apply in it creatively? 1.Another way to rethink, teacher no longer the only one to access, peer can evaluate each other too!! Up to 40%!!

The End, Thanks !