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Economía en el fin del mundo - Campamento

Los estudiantes aprenden los conceptos básicos sobre economía y gobierno en esta simulación sobre supervivencia en un mundo postapocalíptico.
Mikael Hellstrom, Ph.D.
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5 reuniones en vivo
10 horas presenciales

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Nivel de inglés: desconocido
Grado de EE. UU. 8 - 11
This class teaches basic economics and government. Topics included are:
* the effects of supply and demand
* differences between market, mixed and planned economics
* differences between democracy and dictatorship
* the meaning of scarcity
* how governments make decisions to distribute goods and services in society

These topics are covered through a simulation where the learners take the roles of the few humans who remain after the apocalypse, a world similar to what is seen in movies like Mad Max, Oblivion or the Matrix, and computer games like Fallout. These survivors have to build a new society, produce basic goods like food, and decide, as a community, what resources to collect and how to use them. All these questions are questions of economics and governance.

The first day, learners get familiar with the status quo situation and introduced to the basics of the simulation - their community, their available resources, actions they can take to develop that community and improve their situation. If they want food, supplies, things – they have to take the time to make it. Their objective is to maximize the community's Wealth, Happiness and Health. They will get a chance to do a first turn of finding resources and bartering with each other.

The second day they will have to start answering questions like: Will they decide on a free market economy or a planned economy, or a mix? What consequences will these have for the prosperity and productivity of the community? How will they manage disagreements? Who will get to make decisions for their community? Will that person be chosen in elections in the community or simply take power by force? Why would they choose one style of government over another?

The third day and beyond, they will continue to explore their surroundings for resources, barter and build projects that develop the community, and they will have to decide how to use the collected resources to improve their community. 

As the learners answer the questions as they arise through their play together, they will have to study and consider key concepts from economics and government studies, and confront the consequences of their choices and possibly correct mistake they make along the way.

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Learners will get an understanding for:
* the effects of supply and demand
* differences between market, mixed and planned economics
* differences between democracy and dictatorship
* the meaning of scarcity
* how governments make decisions to distribute goods and services in society
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Se unió el March, 2021
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Doctorado desde University of Alberta
I taught this as a unit for three grade 9s while doing my practicum as part of a B.Ed. After Degree. The students in those grade 9s loved it, and learned economics and government much faster than usually. I presented on the experiences at the Living Games Conference for teachers and instructors using game-based learning in 2018.

Further, as a Ph.D. in political science, I have taught many courses in Political Science 101, as well as at higher university level as an adjunct professor at the Universities of Alberta and Calgary and now at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada.

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por 5 clases
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120 min

Completado por 12 alumnos
Videoconferencias en vivo
Edades: 13-18
3-6 alumnos por clase

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