1. February 22/25, 2013 Please turn in your homework.
Objective: Students will analyze data about water usage in order to draw conclusions about standard of living in the Middle East.
Drill: What is bias?
Homework: give your folder a check up

2. Quiz Do your best Answer each question
Don’t be afraid to write on the quiz

3. Vocabulary
Interdependence- depending on one another for resources, goods and services. When people, businesses, and nations specialize, they become interdependent
Example: a farmer depends on a doctor for medical care, while the doctor depends on the farmer for food

4. Vocabulary
Specialization-the act of producing a narrow range of goods and services that cannot meet all of the economic wants of a community
Opportunity cost: the next best (second best) choice that is given up when a decision is made
Example: My choice for breakfast was a bagel, eggo waffle, or egg sandwich. I chose eggo waffle. The opportunity cost is an egg sandwich because that would have been my second choice.

5. Water Usage Activity 1: Activity 2:
Step A: Follow the directions to create a bar graph.
Step B: Use your bar graph to answer the questions with a partner.
Activity 2:
Use the table to answer the questions with a partner.

6. Assessment Read the writing prompt.
Be sure to start your short essay with a thesis statement that has 3 parts
Use details from the data we analyzed today to answer the question