Date: 10-17 Class: FACS 8 Time: 12:33-1:21

Topic: Technology in the real

world
Content Standards-
MMSFACS 2.1.4 Controlling
personal information, financial
account fraud
MMSFACS 5.5.1 Technology
integration throughout FACS
units and topics as available
Essential Question:
How does technology affect the
way I live in today’s world?
Learning SWBAT Goals:
..identify strategies for technology management
..compare and contrast technology usage

Instructional Activities/Learning Tasks Resources Checkpoints for Learning

Phase (Anticipated Time) Guided Questions, Informal
Formative Assessment, etc.
Anticipatory Introduce the discussion to Informal formative guided
Set start by asking the students Smartboard questions (NG)
guided questions
“How much time do you spend
on your phone?” “Is
technology more beneficial
than harmful?” “How does
technology help us be good
consumers?” Everyone comes
write one way that it helps us
become a good consumer on
the board. Think of budgeting,
banking, couponing, etc. (10
minutes)
 Body http://www.edudemic.com/the- Informal Formative Debate
The class will be broken up into 4-negative-side-effects-of- (G)
two different groups. One technology/
group will be assigned a prompt https://advergize.com/science-
on why technology is good and technology/10-advantages-
one on why technology is bad. technology-modern-life/
The groups will go through and
highlight words they may not
know. Then, they will discuss in
their groups why is technology
good? Do you agree with this
article? In what ways has
technology been beneficial to
you? And vice versa for
negatives of technology. They
will discuss these article and
questions (10 minutes)
Then, the two like stations will
come together and discuss the
articles further. The two groups
will come up with their way to
convince the other group about
why technology is good or bad.
(10 minutes)

Each group will report back on

their finds and try to convince
the other group (10 minutes)

Start reading chapter 13.2 (10

minutes)
Assessment Informal Formative Debate (G)
of Learning Informal formative guided
-formal questions (NG)
- informal
-formative
-summative

Wrap-up/ Tell the students to be sure to

Transition bring textbooks for the next
day. Before they can leave,
they need to write down one
pro and one con of technology.
(5 minutes)

* Attach copies of handouts, power points, worksheets, etc. used to teach the lesson.