Holiday projects like this are a great way to spend the last couple of weeks before Winter Break! Your students will be engaged, and you will have no stress because this has everything you need! You'll love that it's standards-aligned and fun for the holidays!

This group project is perfect for middle school classrooms! You can use this during the last two weeks of December - it’s a “set-it-and-forget-it” project!

This holiday social studies project covers economics standards and persuasive writing. Plus, it has everything you need from lesson plans to activity sheets to tips for running projects in your middle school classroom!

Skills and Standards Covered:

Skills Covered in the Project: All aligned to Georgia Standards of Excellence.

Specialization
Mapping/Geography
Investment in Human Capital and GDP per Capita
Investment in Captial Goods and GDP per Capita
Economic Continuum
Trade Barriers
Currency Exchange
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasoning and relevant evidence

This holiday project is a great way to cover your repeated economic standards. Plus, you’re adding in writing. Social Studies and Literacy? It can’t get any better than that!

What are the students doing? Project Details:

Students will create the “perfect” holiday product or event (from a list provided) and persuade people to purchase or visit.

6th Grade Projects include: Christmas Products (Germany) and Hannukah Products (UK)

7th Grade Projects include: Karamu (Kwanzaa/Kenya), Kadomatsu (Japanese New Year/Japan), Lantern Festival (China), Diwali (Hindu/India), and Hannukah (Israel)

Students will:

Research their nation and their holiday tradition
Plan their product or event
Overcome economic obstacles (Holiday Economic Digital Game)
Revise their plans (due to the obstacles)
Persuade in their Tab Booklet

What’s Included? Click here to view the full preview.

Teacher Unit Guide
Teacher Tips on Projects in Middle School
Lesson Plan with bell-ringer and summarizer ideas
Guided Research Pages (with answer keys)
Project Planning Sheets
Supply List Pages
Expenses Report
Digital Economics Game
Journal Entry
Updated Expenses Report
Illustration Activity
Persuasive Planning Pages with writing support
Persuasive Tab Booklet (Students' Final Product)
Scoring Rubric

My Holiday Project for Social Studies includes all the pages you see in the images above. I created this knowing you are super busy, so it is super LOW PREP. Click here to purchase the complete holiday project.

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