Day 2: Creating the X-Ray, Pt. 2

Today the period was much shorter than usual because of the disaster drill that occurred during 3rd period. But, today's task, teams had continue to work on their X-Ray posters.

Economists turned in copies of their autobiography. And, Reporters submitted copies of their questions they researched to be used during the Economist Conference.

Public Relations agents spent the period writing out the information for their X-Ray Posters, this includes the following:

The Brain: In this section the main economic ideas of the economist are written into the X-Ray poster.

The Heart: In this section, the economist's passions are included.

The Mouth: This section includes a quote from the economist, words, what the economist would say.

The Knees: The knees represent the weaknesses and/or strengths of the economist and their ideas.

The Feet: In the last section, or the feet, the students write about what the economist walks for and/or who he stomps on.

The X-Rays not only let students become familiar with the ideas and life of the economist, but it also gives them the opportunity to practice research skills, work collaboratively in teams while learning economics.

[Students pictured, Pic. 1: Ulysses Harris (Historian) working on the X-Ray poster for his team (Karl Marx); Pic. 2: Elyse Alvarez is writing in-depth analysis on her team's economist for their X-Ray poster; Pic. 3: Joanne Nguyen adds artistic details to the X-Ray poster of Paul Baran, while the rest of her team adds information on the lower part of the X-Ray.]