1. “The Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Microeconomics to Today's Student” PRESENTED BY MARK DUBBS TOWSON UNIVERSITY OCTOBER, 2016

2. PRESENTER INFORMATION Mark Dubbs 28 Year Public School Teacher – (7 MS & 21 HS) Marriotts Ridge High School - Howard County Currently Social Science Teacher of AP Micro & Macroeconomics, AP Human Geography & Sociology Website: www.1Dubbs.weebly.comwww.1Dubbs.weebly.com E-mail: mark_dubbs@hcpss.org

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4. OVERVIEW GOAL: HAVE THE STUDENTS PASS THE AP EXAM WHAT I HAVE LEARNED: STUDENTS NEED STRUCTURE STUDENTS NEED TO PRACTICE & FEEDBACK MULTIPLE RESOURCES EXIST ON THE WEB

7. STRUCTURE YOUR COURSE FOR STUDENT SUCCESS Have a plan - Organization is Key Promote Mastery Learning Have students work together Realize students HATE reading economics textbooks Model the college experience and provide information

8. Have a plan Organization is Key Backward Map Continue to update calendars

9. BACKWARD MAPPING

10. Have a plan Organization is Key Backward Map Continue to update calendars

11. SPREADSHEET CALENDAR

12. MONTHLY CALENDAR FOR STUDENTS

13. Promote Mastery Learning Consider re-tests FRQ Notebooks – with AP Questions from the collegeboard FRQ Notebookswith AP Questions from the collegeboard

14. Have students work together Peer Editing Study Groups

15. Realize students HATE reading economics textbooks Reading Guides Questions that reinforce the Textbook Vocabulary Quiz frequently Quizlet Vocabulary Sheets – Define & Provide and example

16. Model the college experience and provide information Powerpoint Notes Cornell Notes An Active Syllabus Consider a Flipped Classroom

17. PROMOTE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION 1. Grouping Students 4. Action Responses 2. Written Responses 3. Technology-Based Responses

18. GROUPING JUMBO CRAFT STICKS: EVERY STUDENT’S NAME GOES ON A STICK AND THEY ARE PLACED IN A CONTAINER. ONCE CALLED UPON, THEY GO INTO A SECOND CONTAINER. JUMBO CRAFT STICKS

19. GROUPING RANDOMIZER PROGRAM – CREATE A RANDOM LIST OF STUDENTS THAT YOU CAN USE TO CALL ON STUDENTS. CREATE A CUSTOMIZED LIST OF EACH OF YOUR CLASSES. RANDOMIZER PROGRAM STUDY GROUPS – GROUP THE CLASS IN A TEACHER DETERMINED DRAFT, BY ABILITY LEVELS (1&8, 2&7, 3&6, 4&5). WHEN REVIEWING FOR TESTS, WORKING OR PROJECTS, OR PROBLEM-BASED ASSIGNMENTS THEY WORK AS A TEAM TO COMPLETE THE TASK. THE FOCUS IS TO MIX STUDENTS IN WHAT APPEARS TO THEM TO BE A RANDOM ORDER. THEY THEN CERATE A TEAM NAME, TEAM LOGO AND REALLY BOND TOGETHER.

20. WRITTEN RESPONSES Response Slates (White Boards): Teacher gives prompt or question. Students jot response and show answer. Students can do this individually or in groups. Great for reviews. Response Slates (White Boards): Daily FRQs - Five Minute Papers (Exit Ticket): Take the last 5-10 minutes of class and provide a prompt that requires the use of information covered in class Daily FRQs

21. TECHNOLOGY BASED RESPONSES Kahoot - Kahoot is a game-based classroom response system. Create and play quizzes, discussions or even surveys (which we call Kahoots) using any device with a web browser. www.getakahoot.com Kahoot PearDeck.com - Pear Deck is a simple presentation tool designed to enhance student learning during a slideshow. The web-based program has many different features and interfaces with Google Classroom PearDeck.com

22. ACTION RESPONSES Pen Race: Teacher divides the class into teams of no more than six and has them compete in a relay race in sharing knowledge of a given topic. They line up a specified distance from the board and then one at a time, share part of the answer (Ex. Labeling a map or creating a graph). As part of their turn, the student must add something to the drawing. Students can correct wrong information, but that counts as a turn and they can pass if they do not know the answer, but they have to physically write “pass” on the board as part of their turn.

23. ACTION RESPONSES SHAMROCK RACE OR RACECAR REVIEW: ASSIGN STUDENTS TO GROUPS AND HAVE THEM RACE TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS. DRAW 25 VERTICAL LINES ON THE BOARD AND HAVE STUDENTS RACE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, THE QUESTIONS VARY AND A DIFFERENT MEMBER OF THE TEAM MUST PROVIDE THE NEXT ANSWER. THE TEACHER SEATED AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM CHECKS THE ANSWERS. AND ONCE THEY ARE ACKNOWLEDGED AS HAVING THE CORRECT ANSWER, STUDENTS MOVE THEIR MARKER ACROSS THE BOARD.

24. GROUP REVIEW RACE Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 FIN

25. RESOURCES Videos Khan Academy AC/DC Leadership MJM Foodie Web-Based Facebook Group for AP Teachers

26. SHARING IDEAS