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Passing It On:
Curriculum Outline
Developed by Glenn Christmann, with Andrea (Henry) Licciardello, for sixth-grade advanced math students at Main Road School, Franklin Township.
SUBJECT AREAS
Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, Health
UNIT GOALS
- To become familiar with important aspects of the regional agricultural economy
- To understand that marketing is a critical link between production and consumption
- To understand how family and personal economies are linked to larger economic chains
- To understand how auctions work
SUBJECT-SPECIFIC GOALS
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Math
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Language Arts
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Social Studies
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Health
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UNIT PLAN
- Prepare students for residency program
- Elicit students'personal experiences with auctions
- Identify different types of auctions
- Explain the history of auctions
- Review listening skills
- Develop interview questions
- Introduce the methods and skills of an auctioneer
- First visit by Henry Licciardello
- Explain different types of auctions
- Define auctioneers'jargon: "the block under the hammer," "ring man scales," "filler words"
- Describe auction setup
- Discuss skills and techniques of the auctioneer
- Demonstrate and conduct practice of tongue twisters and basic auctioneering scales
- Answer student interview questions
- Develop topics introduced by auctioneer
- Review jargon
- Play tape of auction
- Identify scales and filler words
- Discuss consignment methods
- Develop skills in auctioneering: Second visit by Licciardello
- Distribute handouts of auctioneer's scales and tongue twisters
- Assemble students in circle and practice scales
- Demonstrate use of hands and eyes in bid calling
- Lead students in calling bids and calling scales Introduce and demonstrate use of filler words
- Lead students in saying tongue twisters
- Reassemble students in small groups and conduct practice sessions
- First visit by Henry Licciardello
- Introduce the production-consumption chain
- The Production-Consumption Chain
- Review and discuss the steps in producing a crop
- Describe the function and setup of a produce auction
- Discuss the distribution of produce after it leaves the auction
- Demonstrate the relationship of the production-consumption chain
to family nutrition and economics
- Review components of a well-balanced diet
- Create a menu plan for a family of four
- Using advertisements, calculate costs of plan
- Discuss ways to reduce costs
- Assignment: Create a menu plan for four and calculate costs
- The Production-Consumption Chain
- Prepare for mock auction
- Mock Auction preparations:
- Select and mount pictures of items for sale
- Record registration information on back of items
- Review procedures of a consignment auction
- Develop clerking system form
- Practice bid calls and tongue twisters
- Establish bidding guidelines for mock auction
- Mock Auction preparations:
- Conduct mock auction: Third and fourth visits by Licciardello
- Mock Auction
- Demonstrate calculation of commissions
- Display chart of percentage system used at consignment auction
- Review conversion of percentage to decimals
- Review multiplication of decimals
- Demonstrate calculation of commission on chalkboard using
figures from mock auction
- Mock Auction
- Review and evaluate entire unit
- Assessment and Evaluation Procedures
- Grade students on accuracy of responses during mock auction and post-auction discussion
- Use lesson plans to review all unit activities
- Distribute evaluation forms to be completed individually
- Assessment and Evaluation Procedures
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