The Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution

• Shark Tank

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Premise

• You will take on the persona of an inventor
  looking for an investor to finance mass
  production of your latest and greatest creation

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Premise

• The inventor/invention will be chosen on a first
  come, first serve basis
• You will be provided a list of inventions to
  choose from

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Research

• You will have to research the invention and be
  able to discuss it at length
• Why was it invented? Inspiration?
• What is its purpose?
• How does it work?
• What is its impact?
• And so on, and so on, etc.

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Research

• We will spend the entire class period on Monday,
  November 7 in the library
• The library will have set aside about 20 books to
  sift through in conducting your research
• Use the library time wisely!

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Written Component

• You will write a five-paragraph summary of your
  invention
• Introduction Conclusion
• Other possible paragraph topics
• How it changed the world
• Why it was invented

• Written component will have its own grade, which
  will be scored based on the school-wide writing
  rubric

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Written Component

• Your five-paragraph essay MUST include a minimum
  of two REFERENCE materials
• In other words, you must use at least two books!
• You may use more than two reference materials
• You may use internet resources (other than
  Wikipedia) in addition to the reference materials
• NO WIKIPEDIA!
• in addition to the reference materials means
  you can use a credible Web site to help, but must
  still have at least two reference materials

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Written Component

• A bibliography or citation/references page must
  be included in addition to the five paragraphs
• MLA format
• easybib.com may be used to aid you
• Written component is due on Nov. 17
• LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DEDUCTED 25 FOR EVERY
  DAY THEY ARE LATE
• You have almost three weeks to do this!

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Now for the fun part
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The Game

• On November 17 and 18, you will try to collect as
  much money as possible from possible investors
  based on the invention you have chosen

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The Game

• Each person will have three minutes to explain
  what their invention is, why its important, and
  explain why investors should give you their money
• After those three minutes are up, you will answer
  questions from any and all of the potential
  investors

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The Game

• Each person in the class will have 100 to invest
  in inventions by others
• Cant invest in your own invention
• 40 cap on investing in any one invention
• Can invest in no more than 10 inventions

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The Game

• The person who gets the most money invested in
  their invention wins and will get a perfect score
  for presentation
• Second greatest amount will get second best grade
  on presentation
• Third greatest amount will get third best grade
  on presentation
• And so on, and so on