Spencer did well sorting pictures of services into those provided by local government or state government. The glossary was used to complete definitions of words associated with local, state and federal governments.

Lucas is learning about his place within the world. We are starting with his home environment and expanding. Today he drew a map of his room, drew a picture of himself in the house, wrote the number of his house and wrote his street address. We went from his room to his house, to the street he lives on. Tomorrow we will talk about his community within the town and the town within the state.

Spencer and I talked about the limitations/difficulties of trading. He learned the characteristics of money (portable, divisible, durable, recognizable). He did well completing sentences about the characteristics. Spencer brainstormed ways one uses money. We looked at the symbols on United States currency.

Kellan was tasked with using a ruler to make latitude and longitude lines over a map of the world. He then plotted the coordinates given to follow Santa's stops. East set of coordinates was on a different continent. Kellan identified and wrote the name of the continents.

Tristan was absent today.

Spencer watched a brief video to get an overview of Canada. Spencer learned about the climate and vegetation in different parts of Canada. He used the internet to research information about Canada needed to work on a Canada Fact Sheet. We will continue to work on completed the Fact Sheet next session.

We finished up our discussion of religion, discussed two short portrayals of slums in different countries, and ended with a review of the exchange theory of decision-making.

We compared Judaism, Protestantism, and Catholicism, and its impact on the social organization of America.

Abby observed class and other status differences and then noted their relationships with interaction patterns.

We compared social systems of nomadic tribes and modern agricultural societies. We also reviewed the concept and examples of social facts, and then we reviewed how to analyze interaction with Erving Goffman's dramaturgical model.