Thursday, January 17, 2008

Cricket in Times Square.


excellent lesson plan base line of how to do exactly that.

Here's a good site on Chinese cricket culture.


And this is our lesson plan aimed at a seventh grade grasp of practical business:

The family that Chester ends up living with owns a newspaper stand in a New York City subway station. The business is not very profitable until Chester becomes famous for his singing.

What does it take to start and run a business? Present your findings in visual and written form. You may gather information from books, magazines, web sites, books, and interviews. List your sources in bibliographical format. Before starting, write three questions about your topic (for instance, don’t forget why, how, what, where, and who). When writing the report, make sure you have a strong beginning, plenty of information in the middle, and a compelling conclusion.