Oct 12 2021 Careers 9 TTOC Minimalism vs. Materialism & Catch Up Work Day Teams

Attendance. Please refer to emailed list. 

Please obtain Laptop Cart #1 from the Library. You can send a student to do this. They will need a key card from the front desk (at the entry of the school) in order to go up and down the elevator with the cart. 

Mini Lesson First - then - Catch Up Work Time on laptops for students to work on and complete Assign 1-5 in Office365 Teams. 

Note: Very few students have all items in (maybe 2 students?) thus ALL students have work to do during this time. Other students can work on other work but CANNOT distract students still with work to completed from working on items that they need to complete. 

Mini Lesson - Minimalism vs. Materialism

Class to view the following video 1st :) 

A rich life with less stuff | The Minimalists | TEDxWhitefish

Group work.  Split the class into groups of max 4. Have groups complete the following questions. All names on 1 piece of paper to hand in with answers. 

Group Work Questions:

1. Materialism - What is it? In your own words - (teacher may need to assist).

2. How does materialism (excess stuff) affect our lives? future careers? life goals?

3. Minimalism - What is it? In your own words - 

4. What was your favourite part of the video? Why?

Class Discussion re: answers to above questions once all groups have completed their work. 15 min group work time allocation. Please collect answers after class discussion. Please leave completed copies in my box in the staff room. Hathorn. 

Catch Up Work Time for students to work on and complete Assign 1-5 in Teams. 

Note: Laptop utilization. There should already be an existing sign out sheet for Careers 9 D in the log book that comes with the cart. Try to provide students with the same laptops as they typically sign out. Teacher to hand out and collect laptops back in prior to class completion. All laptops to be cleaned by the students with the spray cleaner and yellow cloth that comes with the library laptop cart prior to handing their laptop back in.