Notebook 11 Service Pack 1 Now Available! Today is a very exciting day for me. I received an email from Dave Milford from SMART Technologies. He told me that Service Pack 1 for SMART Notebook 11 is now available to download from SMART's support page. This is what I love about SMART- While attending the SMART Exemplary Educator Summit in Calgary this summer, we had the chance to visit with the creators of Notebook 11 to discuss quirks, bugs, and annoyances that we had with the update. Goods and Services Key Concepts Consumers, Goods, Services, Complementary Goods and Services Goods and Services: Some are Private, Some are Not The role of government is to provide for the common defense, define and protect property rights, and enforce contractual arrangements. Grades 3-5, 6-8 Trouble is Brewing in Boston - "Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak" It’s December 16, 1773 and many of the citizens of Boston are furious with King George’s new tax on tea. Grades K-2, 3-5 To Buy or Not To Buy While precise numbers are not known, it is believed the number of boycotts has grown markedly in the past fifty years. Grades 6-8, 9-12 Mystery Workers In this lesson students review the concepts of goods, services, and producers using the Internet to locate examples of each in a teacher's classroom. I Can Be an Entrepreneur Learners are given advice on how they can earn extra money by becoming an entrepreneur.
Free One Act Plays - Free Plays and Drama Resources Attention drama teachers, directors and theater students! Looking for royalty-free One Act plays, scenes, comedies, and dramas? This annotated list will steer you towards that perfect play for your cast and/or classroom. 1. Scenes from Classic Plays About.com's growing library of monologues, scenes, and short plays, including public domain / classic works by Shaw, Ibsen, Shakespeare, and Chekhov. 2. This ten-minute parody of "12 Angry Men" not only offers a humorous opportunity for actors of all levels, it also provides a glimpse into the jury / justice system. 3. When three friends take a time machine back to the 1980s, they set a chain of events in motion that stir up historical figures from the age of Pirates, the Old West, Ancient Egypt and Thomas Edison. 4. This short play for children is based upon Wade Bradford's picture book "Why Do I Have to Make My Bed? 5. 6. A two person scene which takes place at a movie theater box office. 7. 8.
How to create interactive exercises using the Lessons activity tool - SMART tutorials for teachers One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference This lesson reviews the content and concepts of a wonderfully illustrated and information-packed picture book. What could be better than playing a competitive H-E-N Bingo game while reviewing economic concepts? One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Milway [NOTE: This book is relatively new (Kids Can Press, Ltd, 2008). If you do not own a copy, you may find one in your school or public library. It is available for purchase online. ISBN number: 978-1554530281.] Activity 1: H-E-N Bingo! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Activity 2: "Because" Questions Review Kojo’s story with the students by asking these “Because” questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Teachers may also direct students to the One Hen Website for more interactive games and activities. Tell the students they now have an idea of what opportunity cost, loans, profits, capital resources, human resources, natural resources, scarcity, choice and entrepreneurship are and how they work.
Make your own word search puzzle You can use this page to create your own word search puzzle with your own list of words. These puzzles are popular with different groups of people, especially teachers and students. Please enter a set of words. When you are done, hit the "Make Puzzle" button to generate a word search puzzle. Once the puzzle is displayed, you can use the "Printable HTML" or "Printable PDF" buttons to get a clean page suitable for printing with your web browser. The puzzle that is generated will remain on this server for about two months. Some users list their puzzles for all to see. If you want help with international characters, you can call up an Alphabet chart to use for cutting and pasting letters that are hard to type. Some people find this word list form too small, or want to have hidden words. Over the years, I've received many messages from students, teachers, and parents who have used the program for school work as well as a way to give a pleasant diversion from the normal grind.