Dawn Lesson Plan

Trading, Gifting, and Gratitude: The Psychology of Reciprocal Economics

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will complete a series of tasks, including reading, discussion, and creative writing, which stimulate reflection on different economic models both in Dawn and in the real world.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9

Structure:

To begin this activity, a student volunteer may read aloud the following passage from Chapter 11, which begins "'Are you afraid?'..." and ends "'It's trade, Jdahya said. 'Stay close to Nikanj. Do what it has trusted you to do.'"...