Life or Debt: Holiday Shopping Update
Awhile back, I shared a post about my Life or Debt unit. As we approach the holiday season I wanted to share a little update. Last week my students had to "go shopping" for all the fixings for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Today, I surprised them with a little Black Friday and Cyber Monday Holiday Shopping. I used the same app that I mentioned previously to create a list of items that people are purchasing this year with the actual costs during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. In class, the students rolled a die to determine how much shopping they would do. The number on the die correlated to the number of times that they had to tap the button on my app and buy something. The room was buzzing immediately! Students were groaning, exclaiming, consoling each other, and generally had great difficulty containing themselves. Further accentuating the event, last week was a short "work week" and student pay day today was only averaging $40. As if that wasn't