A read aloud picture book used in a project-based learning unit by fifth graders in Michigan to introduce economic concepts
What is One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
100
After whole-group discussions, students chose to address this community problem?
What is child welfare?
100
Used as assessment for the Common Core State Standards for informational texts
What is advertisements?
100
A product or service that addresses a community need
What is social business?
100
The students success of their business provided a real-life example of how being social entrepreneurs can have a positive impact on their local community when they see how their $700 is used for this item at the teen homeless shelter
What is a fish tank
200
In the story, One Hen, Kojo is loaned money to buy a hen and sells eggs to payback this neighborhood group
What is a "trust group?"
200
Five student groups chose this color to create prducts for child welfare and to raise awareness about the problem
What is royal blue?
200
Students use advertisements in a meaningful way to work on Common Core State Standards in this subject
What is literacy?
200
The creation of a large, successful business that grew from a single investment in a single hen and led to an increased awareness of power of civic action
What is Kojo's story?
200
Kojo's story connects students because it is an engaging and true narrative and inspires students to learn about this in Ghana
What is culture?
300
The One Hen Project emphasizes economic and civics concepts and integrates English-Language Arts (ELA) and math
What is a PBL social studies unit?
300
The teacher provided the five student groups with this so they could buy their materials for the products they would sell
What is $10 loan?
300
The fifth graders' social business sold their wares at lunch which resulted in this outcome
What is yielded $800 in revenue
300
This helped students construct connections between Kojo's life and the lives of other people not only in their community but also globally
What is The One Hen project
300
Students engagement in Kojo's story created opportunities for them to meet this CCSS for interpreting literature
What is text-to-text connections?
400
In the story, students obtained "this" from their teacher to start a small business to raise money to help their community.
what is small microfinance loan?
400
The students gain hands on experience that helped them make sense of ____________ in the One Hen project.
What is economic terms?
400
After students paid back their teacher for the loan, they were left with $700_________ which they contributed to the building of a homeless shelter for teens
What is profit?
400
__________ allowed students to incorporate their civic awareness into running a social businesses and __________ helped market each product and inform the public of community issues.
What is Literacy-based activities and advertisements
400
Students newfound passion for helping children and teenagers focused their attention to read longer and more challenging books on this common theme
What is human rights?
500
Students worked in collaborative teams to research ___________ and then designed a product, marketed it, and sold it during lunch period at school in order to raise money to solve that problem
What is community problem?
500
In a reflection, students made connections between _________ and _________ when they gave money to help people and make a difference.
What is their experiences and Kojo's story?
500
Figuring sales and profits helped students practice math concepts and skills but also reinforced "this."
What is economic concepts
500
Guest speaker presentations served as a model of public speaking skills and required students to assess their own understanding, generate questions, and practice attentive listening meet this CCSS
What is Speaking and Listening
500
The One Hen unit gave students opportunities to read and write in a variety of global genres and exposed students to meaningful and complex vocabulary. Content from the project added to students' background knowledge and worldview but most important the project activities helped students make this connection of themselves