MYP5+World+Studies



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** The American Political System **

UNIT ONE: ECONOMIC MELTDOWN

MYP 5 has been learning about markets by investigating the origins of the financial crisis. We began by creating borrower profiles--an ambassador and a photojournalist, both with substantial student loan debt :)--shopping for a dream home in Wrocław, then applying for a mortgage. We also setup virtual stock portfolios and have been exploring concepts like diversification and risk.

Link to PBS Frontline documentary "Ten Million and Counting": []

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The Grade Tens are finishing up their unit on the global economic meltdown this week. They made some well-researched and very creative cartoons that track the securitization process of a home loan, a sample of which I’ve included here because they did such an amazing job.