Bishop - Ameritowne-Friday Assignments

Hello Everyone, thanks for all of your great work on the Marketing Project and everything this year!


This will be your last assignment this year:


I would like you to write a paragraph about what you thought was the most useful information from Ameritowne this year and what you enjoyed the most.  Reflection is an important part of learning and it is great feedback for me, I look forward to reading your thoughts.


Have a great week!

Hello everyone, this week is going to be fun!  You get to being making your marketing poster, Google Slide or other digital presentation to market your business.  You can decide if you would like to do a poster or a digital presentation and you will have two weeks to complete the project as we will be working on it for two weeks in class.  If you complete a poster you will send me a picture and if you complete a digital presentation I will have you send it to me. Here are the directions:


1.  Watch this week's video ( it is short, I describe the project and rubric for you).


2.  Choose what type of presentation you would like to do.


3.  Look at the rubric (this tells you what you should include in your presentation) it is right above the video under my name. If you click where it says rubric criteria the list will open up and describe each item.


4.  Work on your project for the next two weeks, it will be due Thursday, May 14th.


5.  Let me know if you have any questions, I am happy to help!


I hope this is fun and gives you a chance to be creative!


Have a great week, I will send a reminder summary next week,
Mrs. Bishop

Hello everyone, this week we are finishing our marketing projects.  I included the directions from last last for you to review if you need to.  If you have already finished your project you can turn it in this week or you have until next week to complete it.  Here are the directions again and the rubric for you to refer back to:

1.  Choose what type of presentation you would like to do.


2.  Look at the rubric (this tells you what you should include in your presentation) it is right above the video under my name. If you click where it says rubric criteria the list will open up and describe each item.


3.   Work on your project for the next week, it will be due Thursday, May 13th.


4.   Let me know if you have any questions, I am happy to help!


I hope this is fun and gives you a chance to be creative!


Have a great week, I look forward to seeing your completed marketing plan!
Mrs. Bishop

Hello Everyone,  this week we are going to come up with the marketing plan for your business.  I provided a Marketing Plan for you to gather your ideas on, if you don't have something to write in every space that is ok.  You will use this to help you think about what your marketing plan might look like and you can refer to your 2 earlier business plans as well.


1.  Watch the Introduction video.
2.  Watch Part 1 of the video.
3.  Fill out your marketing plan.
4.  Watch Part 2 of the video.
5.  Draw of sketch of what your poster board or digital marketing project might look like. (We are just formulating ideas this week.)
6.  Send me a picture of your marketing plan and sketch of your project idea.


Let me know if you have any questions!
Mrs. Bishop

1.  Watch this week's video.
2.  Review your interest and skills inventory.
3.  Brainstorm your business ideas.  Examples: Dog walking, lawn mowing/snow shoveling, pet sitter, make jewelry, make birdhouses. Think about what best fits you, your talents and interests.
4.  Decide if your business is a service or product-based. (Business plans are located below).
5.  Complete the Service business plan or the Product business plan. You don't have to do both!
6.  Send me a picture of your completed plan.
7. You can definitely ask your parents, grandparents or anyone you know for advice and ideas.


Let me know if you having any questions,
Mrs. Bishop

Hello everyone, I hope you had a very nice Spring Break! To wrap up Ameritowne this year you are going to put to use many of the topics we have learned about this year by creating a business of your own. We will go step by step and guide you through the project by doing one piece each week to get to the final project.


Here is the first step in creating your business, you are going to complete a Skills and Interest Inventory to help guide you to what type of business might be the best fit for you.  The Inventory is located below, go through each section and write the answers that best fit you. I provided an example for you to look at as well.  Send me a picture of your completed inventory.  Here are the sections you will fill out:


1.  Fill out the list of activities that you enjoy.
2.  Fill out the list of your strengths and abilities.
3.  Write  2 areas you feel you know a lot about (expertise) and 2 areas you would like to know more about.
4.   Section 4 you will fill out ways you can help others, issues that affect you and others and what are skills you would like to improve on.
5.  Last, write a sentence about something you are passionate about (care a lot about).


You may want to start brainstorming some business ideas as you fill out the inventory, have a great week and we will continue next week.


Have a great week,
Mrs. Bishop

This week's assignment is a review for the field trip, if you cannot attend the field trip you may skip this week's lesson.
1. Watch this week's video.
2. Make sure you have the listed items for the field trip:
* Complete the front of your postcards.
* Complete the goals for your shop.
* Complete your business name.
* Come up with business slogan.
* Come up with your business logo.
*. Read through the 2021 field trip letter.
3. Remember to bring the above items, your waiver and a sack lunch to the day in Towne.
4. Make sure you have a mask!
5. Let me know if you are missing any of these items for the day in Towne and I will email them to you.
6. I sent the information for the field trip to your parents as well.

I included a copy of the field trip waiver and the informational letter below.

Let me know if you need any clarification on any details.
I look forward to seeing you next week, Mrs. Bishop

It is field trip week! if you cannot attend the field trip you may skip this week's lesson, I will have a new project for everyone after Spring Break.
1. Make sure you have the listed items for the field trip:
* Complete the front of your postcards.
* Complete the goals for your shop.
* Complete your business name.
* Come up with business slogan.
* Come up with your business logo.
*. Read through the 2021 field trip letter. (This has the time and directions in it.)
3. Remember to bring the above items, your waiver and a sack lunch to the day in Towne.
4. Make sure you have a mask!
5. Let me know if you are missing any of these items for the day in Towne and I will email them to you.
6. I sent the information for the field trip to your parents as well.

I included a copy of the field trip waiver and the informational letter below.

Let me know if you need any clarification on any details.
I look forward to seeing you on Friday!

If you have any questions, let me know!
Mrs. Bishop
[email protected]
720-362-0960

Hello everyone, this week you are getting your job assignment and the shop you'll be working in. If you are not able to attend the field trip you can choose if you want to complete this week's assignment, if you would like to you can choose which shop you would like to work in and come up with goals, a name, a slogan and logo for that shop.

1. Watch this week's video, Job Assignments and Goals.

2. Find your job assignment, (located below.)

3. Fill in your shop on the front of your postcards.

4. Complete the 4 goals for your shop.

5. Complete: Your business name.
A slogan.
A logo.

If you have any questions, let me know!
Mrs. Bishop

We are preparing for what we need for our day in Towne, if you are not attending the field trip day you do not have to complete the postcards if you choose not to, but I would like everyone to vote on which law should be used on our day in Towne. He are this week's activities:

1. Watch this week's video.

2. Complete the postcards, directions are in video #2.

3. Vote for your 3 favorite laws. Read through Bills in Laws and fill out your three votes at the bottom of the Google Doc, email me your choices or send me your choices in a comment here in Google classroom.

Thanks for your participation,
Mrs. Bishop

Hello Everyone, it is time to apply for a job! This week you will fill out your job application, here are the activities for the week.

1. Watch this week's video.

2. Tell your parents about the materials pick up. (February 22nd - 26th at APEX 10:00 - 3:00.)

3. Send me an email or comment letting me know if you plan on attending the field trip or not.

4. Fill out your job application and share it with me or email me a copy.

I am excited to see what jobs you are interested in, have a great week!
Mrs. Bishop

Field Trip Information: Friday March 19th, 9:30 - 1:30 Cherry Creek Location (map to come later).

1. Watch this week's video, in the video you will find permission slip information. (Located below).
2. Read through the Job Board and the job descriptions so you can begin thinking about what job you would like to do. (Located below).
3. Watch the Towne Tour Video - this will give you a look at what our day in Towne will be like. (Located below).
4. Take the skills assessment (described in the video) and share your results with me. (Located below).

Have a great week!
Mrs. Bishop

The lessons we are completing now will be leading up to our day in town! This week we are going to talk about laws and come up with some laws of our own that may used for our day in town. Here are this week's activities:

1. Watch this week's video. (Located below).
2. Watch the Brain Pop on the 3 Branches of Government. (Located below).
3. Watch the video on real, but funny laws, that exist around the world! (Located below).
4. Come up with 2 or 3 laws that you think would be good and fun for us to follow for our day in Ameritowne. (Share those with me so we can collect them and vote on which one will make it to Towne).

Have a great week,
Mrs. Bishop

Great news, our field trip is scheduled! I'm so happy for those of you who stayed with us! Our trip will be on March 19th, so keep that open. I will send more details as we get closer including times, shops open and the steps they have taken to make sure everyone is safe so stay tuned!

Here are the activities for this week:
1. Watch this week's video. (Located below).
2. Read through the slideshow information.( Link is located below.) I go over the information in the video.
3 Read through the Ameritowne charities and think about which one you would like to donate.
4. Read through the Tips for Donating Wisely.
5. Complete the Philanthropy research activity. (Located below, share with me please). (I go over the activity in the video).

We will be choosing shops and jobs soon, I am looking forward to getting ready for our trip.

Have a great week, see you soon!

Mrs. Bishop

Welcome to a new week, this week we will be talking about debit/credit and what the difference is between them. Here are this week's activities:
1. Watch this week's video. (Located below).
2. Follow along with the activities in the video.
3. Read page Card Confusion (Located below, I read through it in the video).
4. Watch: Credit Brain Pop and Debit Brain Pop.(Located below).
5. Review Profiles in Plastic 24 - 25, read and answer the scenarios. Read through Debit/ATM Cards: The Good and the Bad,
as well as Ten Terrific Tips for Responsible Use of Debit/ATM Cards for help on the scenarios. (Located below).
6. Share with me your responses to the scenarios.(Take a picture or send an email).

Have a great week!
Mrs. Bishop

Welcome back, I hope you had a wonderful break and I am so glad you came back to Ameritowne. We should have news soon on our field trip and how that will take place. This week we are going to take a look at investing and find out what kind of investor you might be. Here are this week's activities:

1. Watch this week's video (located below).
2. Fill out and score, What Kind of Risk Taker Are You? (directions in the video).
3. Watch the Brain Pop on Investing (located below).
4. Take a picture or send me a message about which kind of risk taker you are.

It's great to have you back, have a wonderful week!

Hello everyone, this is the last week before Christmas/Winter break. You don't have an official assignment this week, I would like you to use this week to finish any work that may not be finished so you can be all wrapped up and have a relaxing break!

Watch this week's video and you will be all set! Have a wonderful break and I look forward to seeing you in the new year!

Welcome back everyone, I hope you have a break with family and friends! If you missed the announcement, Liliana is our new mayor! Elections for Judge will be coming up after the holidays so keep that in mind.

This week we are going to practice writing checks as this is how you will access some of the money in your account while we are in Ameritowne. Here are the activities for lesson:

1. Watch this week's video it will guide you through how to write a check.
2. Print out: Steps to Write a Check (located below.)
Practice Checks (located below.)
3. You will need your check register from the last lesson on writing deposit slips. (If you don't have yours you can print it out again,
located below.
4. Send me a picture of your practice checks and check register.
5. Watch the Brain Pop on Money.

Have a great week!

Hello everyone, YOU WILL HAVE TWO WEEKS TO DO THIS ASSIGNMENT, have a great Thanksgiving week off! This week we are going to continue to explore banking, interest and practice how to write a deposit slip and record it into a checkbook register.

1. Print out the three forms located below:
How to Make a Deposit
Practice Deposit Slips
Practice checkbook register

2. Watch this week's video. (Located below.)

3. Complete the activities in the video, send me a picture of the deposit slips and checkbook register.

I will announce who our Mayor will be as soon as all of the votes are in, don't forget to vote so everyone's voice is heard!

Hello everyone, we are ready to hold the general election for mayor. There is one candidate from each of the the classes Monday - Friday. Thanks for the wonderful campaign posters!!

1. Watch this week's video. (Located below.)

2. Look at the campaign posters. (Located below.)

3. Watch each candidates video. (Located below.)

4. Vote. (Ballot located below.)

5. Add the banking definitions to your binder. (Definitions are located in my video.)

6. Watch the Banking Brain Pop.

Have a great week !

Hello everyone, we have our candidate for Mayor! It was actually a very close race, thank you to everyone that ran, you guys had great ideas and wonderful videos. I appreciate the extra effort! Liliana is our Friday candidate, so your mission is to create a campaign poster for her and send it to me so I can post it and hopefully it will help Liliana win for this class.

1. Watch this week's video for directions.

2. Watch the two brain pop videos about political parties to gain a better understanding of how the parties work.

3. Create your poster and send me a picture of it (so I can create a montage before the final vote!)

Have a great week, I can't wait to see your posters!

Welcome back to Ameritowne! Thank you to all of our candidates that ran for Mayor, all of you made a great effort. Next week we will vote for Mayor in the general election. This week we will narrow down the shops each class would like to have, Towne Hall will go to the class that wins Mayor. Hand in your poster for the Mayor campaign when you have it finished, thanks!

1. Watch this week's video.

2. Look at the Ameritowne map to see the available shops.

3. Read the business descriptions of each shop. (Page 10 located below)

4. Read the job descriptions on pages 11 - 13. (Pages located below)

5. Choose the top 3 shops you would like to have for our class.

6. Enter your top three choices for shops in the question section on google classroom and click turn in.

Have a wonderful week!

Type your answers here and click turn in.

Welcome back to Ameritowne, we are going to watch or read our classmates speeches for mayor and then vote for who you think will best represent the class on the General Election Ballot.

1. Watch this week's video for directions.

2. Watch/read the speeches of your classmates from Group 1. These are classmates that do not wish to actually be mayor but still have great speeches.(Located below.)

3. Watch/ read the speeches of your classmates from Group 2. These are classmates that will be on the ballot this week for the Mayoral primary. You will vote for one of these students to be on the ballot for Mayor.(Located below.)

4. VOTE!! I want to hear everyone's voice by voting! Fill out the Google form, if that doesn't work send me a picture of the ballot you filled out or write your choice on a piece of paper and send me a picture. Google Form and ballot located below.

Type in Yes or No and turn in.

This is an exciting week, we are going to talk about primary elections and start our journey to choose a mayor for Ameritowne. Watch this week's video and the Brain Pop on primary elections( it will describe how candidates get on the ballot for election.)

As described in the video, I would like everyone to compose a speech telling why you would be a good mayor -EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT THE JOB- I would like everyone to have the experience! I would like everyone to record their speech on flip grid, You will have 1minute and 30 seconds to record.

You are marketing yourself this week!

Follow this link or type in the flip grid address.

https://flipgrid.com/8d9f8fda

Type in this address:
https://flipgrid.com

Then type in:
8d9f8fda

It will take you right to my speech area.

Points you may want to put in your speech.
-Introduce yourself.
-Talents that you have.
- Jobs you do at home.
- Responsibilities you have.
- Ideas you have for making Ameritowne better/more fun.
- Do you like to help people/problem solve.

If you feel strongly about not recording a speech write your speech and email it to me.

After you submit your video, answer the question (above this assignment) that ask's if you are interested in the Mayor's job. Just answer Yes or No and we will use that to see who should be on the primary ballot.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Hello citizens of Ameritowne, welcome to week 7, watch this week's video to guide you through these activities:

1. Complete the Sour Skittles supply and demand chart from last week along with me in Part 1 of the video. (send me a picture, email me or bring your chart to office hours.)
2. Print out the ballot A/B and watch Part 2 of my video to do the fun informed voting activity.(ballot located below.)
3. Watch the Voting brain pop included in Part 2 Video.

Your presentations were great from last week, I am putting them together in a folder so you can see how everyone advertised their lunch solution!

Watch this week's video about Supply and Demand and follow along with the activities:

1. Add the definitions for Supply and Demand in your binder. (included in my video).
2. Listen to Supply and Demand examples (included in my video).
3. Watch the Supply and Demand Brain Pop.
4. Complete the Demand Column of the Sour Skittles Supply and Demand Chart (explained in my video). Send me a photo or a summary of your chart so I can get the data ready for next week. Your Sour Skittles Chart is Located below.

This week we are going to be Advertising executives! Last week you came up with a slogan for the lunch container project that you thought was the best based on the P.A.C.E.D chart. You had so many great slogans, I would like you to take your slogan and create a video, Google Slide/slides or a poster highlighting your project. Share it with me. This is open ended so be as creative as you would like to be!

Watch the marketing video below for some background and ideas.

Here are some things you may want to include:
NAME OF YOUR PRODUCT
THE SLOGAN
A LOGO
PICTURES OF YOUR PRODUCT
A BREIF SUMMARY OF WHY YOUR PRODUCT IS GREAT
WHAT IS IS USED FOR
WHY DO PEOPLE NEED IT
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD

I am going to see if I can these projects with the class so you can see everyone's ideas.

Remember you want to highlight what was great about your product and make it eye catching to the consumer!

I hope you had a good week and had time to go through last week's lesson and think about what a consumer is and what producers do. This week we are taking a look at a model businesses use to help them make decisions, that we can use too. In this lesson you will find the PACED, Decision- Making Grid and you will fill it out to help you decided which lunch container is the best for you and then you will come up with a marketing slogan for that product based on it's price quality or convenience. We will take this a step further next week. See you soon!

1. Watch the video.
2. Complete your PACED Grid. Print out if possible.
3. Write down your slogan or catch phrase for you product.
4. Send me a picture or submit the grid and your slogan.

Below you will find the video and the grid:

This week we are reviewing goods and services, starting a definition page in your binder and talking about consumers and producers. Watch the video: These steps are discussed in the video. (The video is at the bottom).

1. Write definitions in your binder: Goods, Services, Consumer and Producer

2.Fill out the google form, Price, Quality and Convenience, enter your choice for each add and click submit.

3. Think of slogan, for a favorite product based on price, quality or convenience. Type your slogans in the form below and submit.

Example Slogans: Come to APEX Homeschool Program, we have highly trained teachers. (Quality)
Join us at APEX, it is only one day a week! (Convenience)
Check out the APEX program, it won't cost your family anything. (Price)


Optional Activities:

The Alphabet Game - the link is below.
Capitalism Cartoon - the link is below.

Watch my video for the week , it will explain the activities for the week:

1. Add your Goods and Services to the padlet chart, follow this link: https://padlet.com/kbishop563/agcvwmoxjxvav0ce

2. Print out the map of the stores that are in Ameritowne (or write them on paper if you are unable to print it). Then circle each
store with the coordinating color listed below.

Stores that deal in goods = green.
Stores that deal in services = red.
Stores that deal in both = blue.

For the map activity you can show it to me at office hours or take a picture of it to post here or email to me. Whatever is easier for you!

This week's video and map are located below.