Welcome! Junior Achievement Our City

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Welcome!Junior AchievementOur City Program
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Day 1 Inside Cities

• Objectives
• Students will be able to
• Define a city as a place where people live, work,
  play and go to school
• Learn about the different zones used in city
  planning
• Identify the job of a city planner within a city

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Im your volunteer!

• About me and why Im here
• Our program
• What I do
• When I was in schoolIm happy to meet you and
  excited to spend time learning together!

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How would you describe a city?
Discuss with a partner 1 minute

• A city has lots of special areas called zones. A
  zone is an area set aside for a certain purpose,
  like houses, business or school.

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Have you seen these zones in our city?
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Group work expectations

• Group members should each have an important job,
  like
• Speaker
• Writer/artist
• Discussion leader
• Timer
• Respect each others opinion
• Group members should all be part of the
  discussion

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If you had to plan zones for this classroom, how
would you design the room?

• Group work
• 5 minutes
• Complete the zones worksheet by sharing ideas in
  your group

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What is a city planner?

• In a city, a city planner is someone who decides,
  through careful study, what types of buildings
  should go where.

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What are some zones in our city?

• Business Zone
• Farming Zone
• Industrial Zone
• Residential Zone
• Multipurpose Zone

Have you seen these zones in or near our city?
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Look at your photo, what zone do you think this
is?

• Group Work
• 2 minutes

• What are the people doing?
• Do people live here?
• Do people work here?
• Can you buy things here?

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Questions?

• Why are zones needed to make a city run smoothly?
• What would happen if a city had no city planner?
• Discuss in your groups
• 2 minutes
• Look around on your way home today and think
  about what zones you see!

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Thanks, see you next time!

• Clean up
• Put your nametag inside your Junior Journal and
  turn them in.
• Take home the postcard and magnet.
• Next time We build a city!

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Day 2 Building a City

• Objectives
• Students will be able to
• Understand the importance of the construction
  business to a citys economy
• Recognize the skills a builder needs
• Identify how the builders job relates to the job
  of a city planner

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Its great to see you again!

• Lets remember
• What is a zone?
• Why is a zone important?
• What does a city planner do?
• Why is a city planners job important?
• Pick 2 questions and discuss with a partner
• 3 minutes

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Today, were going to learn about the
construction business!
What is construction?

• Construction is the process of putting something
  together, or building.
• City planners tell builders where they are
  allowed to build certain buildings within certain
  zones.

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There are 5 zones in our city.Can you remember
their names?Can you remember what goes in
them?Discuss with a partner2 minutes
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Lets look around the classroom.

• What are some jobs a builder might have done
  here?
• What challenges might he or she have faced?
• What tools did he or she use?
• What skills did he or she need?
• Pick 2 questions and discuss with a partner
• 3 minutes

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A blueprint is an important tool!

• A blueprint is a detailed set of instructions to
  make sure a building is built right. We use
  blueprints to build many things, like houses and
  office buildings.

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Lets look at an example of a blueprint.

• Builders always check their work to make sure
  they are following directions properly and making
  a quality building.
• Practice taking measurements on your blueprint.
• Use the scale to figure out what the
• real size of this building will be!
• Work on your own
• 5 minutes

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Work on your own10 minutes
Now, lets build our own city!

• Write your name on your building
• Write the name of your business on your building
• Carefully build your building remember,
  quality is important!
  Think about
• What zone does your building belong in?
• What materials were used to build your building?

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Questions?

• What would have happened if you had constructed
  your building with the wrong measurements?
• Why is it important that you build a building
  correctly?
• What should we name our city?Discuss with a
  partner3 minutes

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Thanks, see you next time!

• Clean up
• Put your nametag inside your Junior Journal and
  turn them in.
• Take home your blueprint worksheet and leave your
  building on the zone map.
• Next time We become restaurant owners!

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Day 3 Dining Out

• Objectives
• Students will be able to
• Make group decisions necessary to start a
  restaurant
• Decide on a type of restaurant
• Discuss and select the best location for a
  restaurant
• Decide what to charge for meals
• Select an employee
• Promote the restaurant

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Its great to see you again!

• Lets remember
• How do city planners and construction workers
  work together?
• What zone does a restaurant belong in?
• Discuss with a partner
• 2 minutes

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Today, were going to learn about the restaurant
business!

• A restaurant needs both consumers and producers
  to be successful.
• Consume means to buy or use a good or service.
• What is a consumer?
• Produce means to make something.
• What is a producer?

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Who is a consumer and who is a producer?
A consumer uses things
A producer builds things

• A consumer buys things

A producer makes things
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Is it possible to be both a consumer and a
producer?
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An entrepreneur is a producer who creates and
organizes a new business
Lets become entrepreneurs and start our own
restaurant business!
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Lets brainstorm

• What are some of our favorite restaurants in our
  city?
• What important decisions do you think the
  restaurant owners had to make before they opened
  their restaurants? Discuss with a partner2
  minutes

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Planning our restaurant

• Place What is the best location?
• Product What type of food will you serve?
• Price How much will you charge for a meal?
• People Who will you hire first?
• Promotion (advertising) How do you want to tell
  people about your new restaurant?

Group work 15 minutes Complete the Reci-Ps for
Success worksheet by sharing ideas in your group
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Lets compare answers!

• Which choices would make our restaurant the most
  successful?
• What other important decisions should we think
  about before we open our restaurant?

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Thanks, see you next time!

• Clean up
• Put your nametag inside your Junior Journal and
  turn them in.
• Take home your Reci-Ps for Success worksheet and
  turn in your groups poster.
• Next time We learn about the newspaper business!

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Day 4 Making Headlines

• Objectives
• Students will be able to
• Understand the importance of the newspaper as a
  communication tool.
• Recognize the skills a reporter needs.
• Generate article topics and develop article
  outlines.

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Its great to see you again!

• Lets remember
• Why do cities have zones?
• What zone does a newspaper belong in?
• Discuss with a partner
• 2 minutes

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Today, were going to learn about the newspaper
business!

• Why is it important for a city to have news?
• How do we get our news?

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Lets look at a newspaper
The Junior Achievement Post
?Title of Paper
November 1, 2010 Issue 1
LOCAL NEWS
?Section Name
Third Grade Students Build Their Own City By A.
Volunteer Third grade students in Maryland are
enjoying the Junior Achievement Our City
program this year and have gotten to build and
name their own city! Students learned about
zones, construction and blueprints, and used
their new skills to make buildings and build a
city. Students are learning about the important
jobs that they can have so they can help make
their city a better place to live.
?Headline
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What information do reporters include in a
newspaper article?

• Who is the newspaper article about?
• What happened?
• When did it happen?
• Where did it happen?
• Why did it happen?The Five Ws!

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Lets become reporters!

• Use your article paper to write a story for our
  citys newspaper. Write a story that would fit in
  the section that you are assigned to
• Entertainment plays, books, movies, computer
  games
• Sports school, city, national or international
• Business new products and stores
• School News new rules, new programs, new
  teachers, school eventsWork on your own20
  minutes

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Questions?

• Why is it important to know the news in our city?
  
• What challenges do you think a reporter faces?
• How can a newspaper help an entrepreneur?
• What should we name our newspaper?
• Pick 2 questions and discuss with a partner3
  minutes

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Thanks, see you next time!

• Clean up
• Put your nametag inside your Junior Journal and
  turn them in.
• Read the newspaper this week!
• Next time We learn about banks!

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Day 5 You Can Bank on It

• Objectives
• Students will be able to
• Understand that the purpose of a bank is to keep
  money
• Complete a single bank transaction
• Balance a checkbook

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Its great to see you again!

• Lets remember
• How do news reporters work with people in our
  city?
• What zone does a bank belong in?
• Discuss with a partner
• 2 minutes

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Today, were going to learn about banks!Lets
brainstorm

• What is a bank for?
• Why is it important for a city to have a bank?
• How does a bank work?
• Discuss with a partner
• 4 minutes

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At the bank, you can
Deposit money into your account Deposit means
add Withdraw money from your account Withdraw
means subtract
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You use a deposit ticket to deposit money
Lets fill out a deposit ticket together!
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You can write a check to withdraw money

• Lets write a check together!

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Lets practice using a bank account in our city!

• Group Activity
• 10 minutes
• Follow instructions to complete your deposit
  ticket, write your check, buy a newspaper and a
  meal in our city.

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A check registry is an important tool to keep
track of the money in your bank account.

• Why do you think it is important to keep track of
  your money?

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Questions?

• Why are banks important to people in a city?
• What skills do you need to use a bank account?
• How does a bank help consumers?
• How does a bank help producers?
• Pick 2 questions and discuss with a partner4
  minutes

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Thanks for learning with me!

• Clean up
• Put your nametag inside your Junior Journal,
  collect all of your worksheets and take them
  home.
• Congratulations on finishing the
• Junior Achievement Our City Program!