The Subsistence Agriculture Game: A Simulation of Farming. Instructional Activities Series IA/S-17.

Autor/inn/en	Martinson, Tom; Harnapp, Vern
Institution	National Council for Geographic Education.
Titel	The Subsistence Agriculture Game: A Simulation of Farming. Instructional Activities Series IA/S-17.
Quelle	(1975), (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Agricultural Production; Agriculture; Decision Making; Economic Factors; Economics Education; Educational Games; Environmental Influences; Farm Occupations; Farmers; Foreign Countries; Geography Instruction; Learning Activities; Poverty; Secondary Education; Simulation; Social Studies; Teacher Developed Materials; Teaching Methods; Topography + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Production; Landwirtschaft; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Wirtschaftskunde; Educational game; Lernspiel; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Farmer; Agriculturist; Landwirt; Landwirtin; Ausland; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Lernaktivität; Armut; Sekundarbereich; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Gemeinschaftskunde; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Topografie
Abstract	This activity is one of a series of 17 teacher-developed instructional activities for geography at the secondary-grade level described in SO 009 140. Through a simulation, students develop an understanding of subsistence agriculture in Central America and how it is influenced by cultural and physical factors. During four 50-minute class periods, students "live" for ten years on a subsistence-level farm, make informed decisions on crops they would plant, calculate profits and losses, and discover some reasons for resulting differences in profits and losses over the ten years. Drawing a "chance" card adds an element of uncertainty to each farmer's success. During the simulation students read maps of topography, climate and soil and use tables to calculate crop yields and prices. A postgame evaluation session facilitates verbal input by students. (DB)
Anmerkungen	NCGE Central Office, 115 North Marion Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60301 ($1.75, secondary set $15.25)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC