April 23, 2020 Bitcoin
Learning Target: I can explain how bitcoin's value has changed drastically during its history.
Warm Up: Directions: After looking at today's political cartoon students should ask themselves if investing in Bitcoin is any different than gambling.
Political Cartoon: Bitcoin Toss
Opening: Directions: The students will watch the video of our opening meeting.
The links show in the video of opening meeting are included below. Students may look at them if they wish. However, students are not required to do anything with these links.
Video: Opening Meeting
Anderson Cooper presses Las Vegas mayor over wish to reopen - CNN via YouTube
Las Vegas workers push back after mayor's call to reopen casinos and hotels - NBC News
Top vaccine expert says he was fired for resisting Trump on hydroxychloroquine - The Guardian
Work Session: Directions: The students will watch video with questions, "Bitcoin's Wild Ride."
Video: Bitcoin's Wild Ride - 60 Minutes Transcript
Standard(s): MA6.CN.1 Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
a. Identify and build media arts skills that support a variety of career options, higher order thinking, problem-solving, creativity, cultural experiences, and historical events in a global learning context.
MA6.CN.2 Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
a. Identify and describe trends in the media arts and communicate how the issues of time, place, and culture are reflected to increase innovation and quality of work (e.g. bridging cultural differences, interdisciplinary study, differing perspectives).
Early Finishers: