• First Quarter Work
• Second Quarter Work
• Third Quarter Work

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Second grade students learned more about how influential leaders were able to create change through their choices and events, which has become a staple in their community. Students studied and learned more about former lawmakers and community leaders that have changed the East Lake Community. Students researched inspirational leaders and their many character traits that have helped them create changed like Eva Davis. Students were able to learn more about how they can play a vital role in their community every day and how each decision they make can exact some form of change.

East Lake Community Photo Study

Final Products

Students were able to walk around the East Lake Community and take pictures of their surroundings. These pictures were able to help students see and understand more about their community and the different changes that have occurred over time. Students reflected and wrote about how they felt about these pictures and what they would change in the future.

Students were able to reflect and learn from the inspirational leaders and created numerous projects to illustrate the affect of their change on future generations such as:

•  Neighborhood Photos,
  
• QR Codes/Recordings, 
  
• Community Member Portraits,
  
• Self Portraits, 
  
• Surveys,
  
• Reflections on learning

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Second grade tackled Atlanta’s transportation problem and its impact on society, the environment and the economy. They utilized design thinking and problem-solving to develop and prototype alternative modes of transportation. Their ideas included a wind-powered MARTA, a super-bus, and a high-speed train.  

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Second Grade's Exploration of Transportation

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Second grade students were able to learn more and apply their decision making skills using economic concepts. Students learned about the economic vocabulary such as, personal savings, scarcity, opportunity costs, lottery, first-come-first-served, and spending choices. Students were able to make connections by participating in real life scenarios that teach the vocabulary and learning about college and how much it costs. 

Research and Development
Students played money-themed board games (Monopoly, The Game of Life, The Allowance Game, etc.).

• Playing these games allowed students to make choices regarding economics. After playing these games, students created their first journal entry by answering the following questions:
  • ​“What did you learn from playing these games?” 
    
  • What did you like about the game?
    
  • What would you change about the game?
• Students were presented with the challenge of designing their own board game or videogame/app to demonstrate their understanding of the economics concepts.

Final Products

• Group Projects:
  
  • Gameboard, app/video game, game show, etc.
• Individual Projects
  
  • Storyboard (comic strips) explaining all economic vocabulary
  • Economics Art piece: poster illustrating scarcity or opportunity cost
  • Saving and spending money word problems 
  • Spending and Saving Narrative

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