Christie Drago, Katharine Greenwood, Lauren Hansen, and Nicole Westermann

Performance Based Assessment Lesson

Curriculum and Strategies for the Gifted
Fall 2013
Instructor: Kati Searcy


Paper Slide Video: Four Factors of Economic Growth

Essential
Question
What influences an economy?
Objectives Goal:
Students will know: human capital, capital goods, entrepreneurship, natural
resources, and GDP
Students will be able to:
-analyze the four factors of economic growth
-create a product proposal
-synthesize prior economic knowledge
Students will be able to understand: Specific factors can impact an economy
causing the GDP to increase or decrease.
Role: Students will take on the role of a potential business owner attempting to
obtain a business license.
Audience: Approval Committee (committee to approve the business license)-
students will post their video to the teachers website.
Product: Paper slide video
Expectation: See rubric
Standards GPS:
SS7E3 The student will describe factors that influence economic growth and
examine their presence or absence in Nigeria and South Africa.
CCGPS:
L6-8RH3: Identify key steps in a texts description of a process related to
history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are
raised or lowered).
L6-8RH4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a
text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
L6-8RH5: Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially,
comparatively, causally).
L6-8RH7: Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs,
videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
L6-8WHST2: Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of
historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.
TAG:
Creative Thinking & Creative Problem Solving Skills
5. The student develops original ideas, presentations, or products through
synthesis and evaluation.
Assessment
of Learning
Diagnostic: For the first five minutes of class the students will brainstorm their
own ideas of what they think influences an economy. Once the time is up, the
students will be asked to complete a graffiti wall. In the front of the classroom
will be a piece of chart paper. In the middle of the paper will be written What
do you think influences an economy. Silently, they will write what they wrote
at the beginning of class. They can write questions, words, phrases, and draw
pictures related to the topic. This can be used as a pre-assessment.
Informal Formative: While students are working in their groups, the teacher
will rotate around the room and guide learners toward higher level thinking
through scaffold questioning. This will allow the teacher to assess how much
students are learning; provide opportunities for direct remediation, and/or
enrichment.
Formal Formative: Students will turn in their script for the teacher to check
before creating the video for their group.
Summative: The Economy Test
Introductory
Activities
Graffiti talk described in the diagnostic assessment section.
Learning
Strategies
-After the introductory activity, the teacher will introduce the Paper Slide Video
project by reading through the directions with students and showing them an
example video.
- Students will then work in assigned groups (groups are assigned according to
ability level and behavior)
- As students work, the teacher will rotate the room helping students.
- Once all students have finished recording the video, the teacher will show all
videos to the class.
Resources -Class notes on the Four Factors of Economic Growth
-Georgia Performance Standards website (www.georgiastandards.org)
Learner
Modification
s
-Modifications are in the product based on which business each group chooses.
-Groups are selected according to academic ability and behavior.
-Extended time will be provided for those who need more time to process.
-Students who finish early will complete the Government and Economy lesson
on Study Island. This program identifies students strengths and weaknesses
and provides scaffolded activities according to the students ability level. This
program also includes games if students reach certain levels of mastery.
Students who are high achieving find this program to be motivating, yet
educational.

Paper Slide Video Four Factors of Economic Growth

Imagine your group is going to start a business. Your group is going to create a product to be approved for a business
license. For approval, you must explain how your product will impact the economy, and therefore the GDP, of your
community. For this process, you will create a paper slide video that you will show to the Approval Committee.
Follow the steps below in order to achieve approval.


Steps to Success:
1. With your assigned group, review your Four Factors of Economic Growth class notes.
2. As a group, brainstorm a production cycle in which you are familiar (example: baking cookies).
3. Decide which factor each group member will create.
4. Write your script for each factor explaining how that factor can impact the GDP of your community. You
should have a minimum of 6 slides for your script:
(1) Introduction slide
(2) Human capital slide
(3) Capital good slide
(4) Resource slide
(5) Entrepreneur slide
(6) Conclusion slide
5. Turn in your script to your Social Studies teacher to review.
6. Once approved by the teacher, illustrate each slide.
7. Practice your presentation as a group-- Make sure you are ready! You will only record ONCE!!
8. When ready, record your presentation.
9. Submit to your teachers website

Paper Slide Video
GPS: SS7E3
TAG Standard: Creative Thinking & Creative Problem Solving Skills #5

Criteria Exceeds
4 points
Meets
3 points
Approaching
2 points
Does not Meet
1 point
Script (GPS
Standards)









X2
Explained the
relationship
between human
capital and GDP
in the scenario
and make
connection to a
previously
studied country.

Explained the
relationship
between
investment in
capital goods
and GDP in the
scenario and
make connection
to a previously
studied country.

Describe the role
of
entrepreneurship
in the scenario.

Explained the
relationship
between human
capital and GDP
in the scenario.

Explained the
relationship
between
investment in
capital goods
and GDP in the
scenario.

Describe the role
of
entrepreneurship
in the scenario.

Explained the
relationship
between human
capital and GDP.

Explained the
relationship
between
investment in
capital goods
and GDP.

Describe the role
of
entrepreneurship

Explained one of the
items below
Explained the
relationship
between human
capital and GDP.

Explained the
relationship
between
investment in
capital goods
and GDP.

Describe the role
of
entrepreneurship

Slide Video
(TAG Standards)


X1
Creates a video
using original
ideas that
combines the
four factors of
economic
growth and two
or more
graphics, charts,
and tables in
their
illustrations.
Creates a video
using original
ideas that
combines the
four factors of
economic
growth.
Creates a video
using original
ideas that
describes the
individual four
factors of
economic
growth.
Creates paper
slides using
original ideas
that describes
the individual
four factors of
economic
growth.
Total Points
(Points Possible:
20)