From Rags to Riches

Melon Town Economics Unit

Carla Bryant
Agenda

1.
1. Introduction
Introduction

2.
2. Morphological
MorphologicalSynthesis
Synthesis

3.
3. Write
WriteBusiness
Business Proposal
Proposal

4.
4. Debriefing
Debriefing Session
Session

5.
5. Extended
ExtendedActivity
Activity

6.
6. Lesson
Lesson Assessment
AssessmentPlan
Plan
 Activity Format

Title Group Teaching

Objectives
Size Model

From Small TABA Continued

Rags Group Inductive on next
To Thinking page
Riches
Morphological
Synthesis
 Social Studies Student
Learning Expectations
• Students will be able to discuss the relationship
between economic development & the ways
people satisfy their needs and wants.
• Analyze the roles of choice and opportunity cost
in decision making (P.D.C. 1.4) (Production,
distribution & construction)
• Describe the roles that location, supply &
demand, prices and profits play in determining
what is produced and distributed in a market
system (P.D.C. 1.2)
 Gifted and Talented Student
Learning Expectations
• Problem solving
• Creativity
• Oral Communication
• Critical Thinking
Billionaire Donald Trump
• Donald Trump's father started The
Trump Organization, and was
moderately successful selling real
estate, and the son followed in
those footsteps.
• As Trump tells the story, he knew
he would need access to wealthy
clients to swing large deals, so the
young Trump wangled
membership in an "exclusive" New
York social club, to make contacts.
• He made contacts, made deals,
and kept coming out ahead. As his
fortune grew, Trump built the
Grand Hyatt (the biggest hotel
constructed in New York since the
1950s), and the Taj Mahal casino,
and Trump Tower, and Trump
Plaza, etc.
 Introduction
• Donald Trump has just announced that he
wants to build a $20,000,000 theme park
in Hope, AR.
• He wants his theme park to be different
from any other theme park in the world.
• Think about some of the theme parks that
you have visited…
• Pair with a partner and talk about some of
the things that you really liked and some
things that you really didn’t like.
 Morphological Synthesis

Purpose
Purpose Prompt
Prompt Procedures
Procedures

To Increase To create a  Brainstorm

attributes of a theme
interesting & new theme park
unusual park that kids  Brainstorm many
connection everywhere examples in each
category
will love
 Close eyes, drop
pencil on a choice in
To Increase each category,
connect the random
fluency choices with a dotted
line to create a new
theme park
Morphological Synthesis
of a Theme Park
 Writing Activity

Business Proposal Components

Solution Benefits Sample Credibility

 Writing Prompt
• You are a struggling theme park developer and
have found out that Donald Trump has decided
to invest $20,000,000 to build a new theme park
in Hope, AR.
• He wants the theme park to be unlike any others
in the world!
• Using the 4 parts of a business proposal plan,
write a theme park proposal to convince Mr.
Trump that you are the person that he is looking
for to design a new and innovative theme park.
 Debriefing Session
• Discuss your business proposal with a
partner
• Critique your plan to decide if you want to
make any adjustments
• Revise your plan if needed
• Present your proposal the class and make
final revisions
 Extended Activity
• Students will design and create a
Business Proposal power point
presentation to showcase their theme park
design
 Lesson Assessment
• Student showcase & a student evaluation
portfolios should include the following
items from this activity:
– Written Business Proposal
– Power-point presentation of Business
Proposal
• Both items will be assessed using a rubric