1. The Traveling Bookseller
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By Drew Polly
UNC-Charlotte
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2. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
Scenario
Instead of working this summer in an office, at the pool, or at a camp, you decide to work as a traveling bookseller. You travel around North Carolina selling books at book shows in various cities. You start with $500. Along the way you will make money by selling books. However, you will also spend money on gas and food. Your goal is to: make the most money in the time allowed!
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3. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
Directions
Roll the die and move your game piece on the board. Select a question every time you get to a city. If you answer the question correctly draw a job card. Keep track of the money you’ve earned on the budget sheet.
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4. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
Questions
North Carolina Facts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
EDIT 3110 Content 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Educational Issues 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
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5. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
Credits All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.
Adapted from “The Traveling Georgia Artist” by Lloyd Rieber, The University of Georgia, May 20, 2003
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That’s Correct!
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7. Sorry, that’s not correct!
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8. The number of universities in the UNC system.7 9 14 16
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9. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
The name of the group of people that settled in northeastern North Carolina
Sioux
Cherokee
Apache
Algonquin
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10. Which is not a school district within 40 miles of UNC-Charlotte?
Wilkes
Union
Cabarrus
Lincoln
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11. Charlotte is located in the ____ region of North Carolina.
Coastal
Plain
Piedmont
Mountain
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12. Charlotte is named the Queen City because…
Charlotte was the wife of King George III
Charlotte was King George III’s daughter
Charlotte was the sister of King George III
King George liked chocolate a lot, but Charlotte sounded better than chocolate for a city name.
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13. Charlotte’s downtown area is known as…
Inner city
Tryon Square
Uptown
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14. Which inner state is the longest in North Carolina?
US-1
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15. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
Students use a spreadsheet to keep track of a budget. To type a formula students would first type a(n)…
Apostrophe
Colon
Equals sign
Period
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16. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
There are technology standards at state level in North Carolina’s _________.
Standards of learning
Standard Course of Content
Standard Course of Study
Standards to teach during school
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17. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
The learning theory that advocates drill and practice and repetition of skills.
Behaviorism
Critical Learning Theory
Constructivism
Information Processing
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18. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
The learning theory based on the belief that students form knowledge from personal experience.
Behaviorism
Critical Learning Theory
Constructivism
Information Processing
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19. During this process learners obtain information from the environment.
Retrieval
Memory
Encoding
Attention
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20. The role of the teacher during constructivist teaching is to…
Provide a situation that promotes learning
Provide ample practice for students
Activate students’ prior knowledge and then provide content
Tell students answers and encourage memorization
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21. An example of indirect instruction would be…
Teacher provides content and then practice
A lesson involves only practicing skills
Teacher facilitates activities and the content comes later
Students just search on the Internet with no objectives in mind.
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22. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
The tests given at the end of the year in North Carolina are called __________.
End-of-grade tests
End-of-year tests
Standard course of study tests
Standard curriculum tests
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23. NCLB requires all students to…
Pass tests of national standards
Pass tests of state standards
Perform better than last year’s students on tests of national standards
Perform better than last year’s students on tests of states standards
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24. Students with special needs who qualify for accommodations…
Can have accommodations made
Must have accommodations made
Must have accommodations made and have those reviewed annually
Can have their parents choose whether or not accommodations will be made
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25. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
In the United States everyone has the right to a free public education…
As long as their parents are registered voters
As long as their parents own land
As long as they are under the age of 18
As long as they are citizens of the U.S.
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26. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
Reforms currently going on in school are advocating more _________ approaches to teaching and learning.
Behaviorist
Constructivist
Information Processing-based
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27. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
Elementary school teachers are consistently scrutinized in research on teaching about their ______.
Lack of content knowledge
Lack of knowledge about students
Lack of patience
Lack of Spanish-speaking experience
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28. Schools that do not perform well can have their ______ based on NCLB.
Administrators fired
Administrators and teachers fired
Superintendent fired
Teachers fired
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29. Traveling Book Seller, Drew Polly, 2006
According to US News and World Report, the nation’s biggest problem is….
Our education system
Terrorist attacks
The Federal Deficit
The Iraq war
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