Thanksgiving Celebration

Introduction

Everyone loves a celebration!  Well maybe everyone except the person who has to pay for it.  People get together for the holidays all of the time and we just take for granted the expenses.

 

 

Task

In this project, you will be in charge of the Thanksgiving Celebration for our class.  You will plan the menu (don’t forget the paper products), decorations, and entertainment activities.  You will create a google presentation and write a party proposal and have a budget of $500.00. 

Spend it wisely.

Process

STEP 1 -   Choose your partners (2-3 in a group max!)

STEP 2 – One of you should open a google presentation and share it with the others in your group and with the teacher.  (The others will find the shared file in the SHARED WITH ME file.

-       you have to go back to your google drive home page and click on the SHARED WITH ME link to find the shared file

STEP 3 - Go to the link in this step and create a graphic organizer for each item (food, decorations, and entertainment)

*** after making your organizer, you will need to do the following to get it into your presentation:

- Go to the FILE menu on the top of the page

- export organizer as a PDF (be sure to save it to your desktop)

- open the file on your desktop

- go to the VIEW button on the top of the page

- select SLIDESHOW

- screen shot the image (command-shift-4)

- the image will now be a jpg file and you can drag it into your presentation

http://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/PDFs/Freeform_Web.pdf

STEP 4 - Find images and costs of the items that you listed in your brainstorming organizer

This is what your presentation slides should look like

Google Presentation

-       slide 1 – title slide

-       slide 2 – invitation to your party

-       slide 3 – graphic organizer planning food items you want to look for

-       slide 4 – graphic organizer planning decorations you want to look for

-       slide 5 – graphic organizer planning entertainment you want to look for

-       slides 6+ - images and information about the food, decorations, and entertainment (you can put the food slides after the food graphic organizer etc. if you want) *you must include websites where you found the items.

-       slide – breakdown of budget with the total cost of the party

  • what is the cost per person for the party

-       slide – summary of what you learned about this as

STEP 5 - Write a proposal on a pages document outlining your party plans, ideas, and cost.

RESOURCE LINKS:

http://www.partycity.com

http://www.orientaltrading.com/holidays/thanksgiving-a1-550877.fltr

http://www.theholidayspot.com/thanksgiving/party_ideas.htm

http://www.dollartree.com/party-supplies/574/index.cat

https://www.winndixie.com/Pages/Home.aspx

http://www.walmart.com

 

Teacher Page

Standards

Common Core State Standards

 

English Language Arts

-       Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization and analysis of relevant content.

-       Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

-       Use technology to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

Math

-       Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.

-       Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context.

-       Use operations to calculate and solve budget equations.

 

Objectives

-       SWBAT demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

-       SWBAT use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

-       SWBAT design and plan a celebration on a given budget.