Lesson Overview
In Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe, Cricket uses a doogaloo to open the treasure box. Doogaloos, also known as scrip, were coins created to be used as currency in some mill towns. Students will use the doogaloo in the novel as a starting point for finding out more about metals and magnetism.
Essential Question
How can one explain and predict the interactions between objects?
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Computers for student use
Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe by Jo Hackl
One magnet per student
US coins of various denominations
Canadian coins of various denominations
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- Science and Engineering Practices
- 1 Literacy Skills for Social Studies
- 1 Literacy Skills for Social Studies
- 1.1 Explain change and continuity over time and across cultures.
- 1.11 Explain how political, social, and economic institutions are similar or different across time and/or throughout the world.
- 1.12 Explain how the endowment and development of productive resources affects economic decisions and global interactions.
- 1.13 Apply economic decision making to understand how limited resources necessitate choices.
- 1.15 Examine the costs and the benefits of economic choices made by a particular society and explain how those choices affect overall economic well-being.
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Log In to View LessonLesson Created By: SamanthaBell, Jo Hackl