Lesson 4 - Mercantilism

Social Studies 10-C/10-2
Heather McCracken
Lesson #4: Mercantilism

Oct. 6 (77 mins)
Stage 1: Desired Results

GOs: Students will:
 Assess the impacts of historical globalization on Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples
SOs: Students will:
 Recognize and appreciate various perspectives regarding the prevalence and impacts of
Eurocentrism
 Explore the foundations of historical globalization
 Develop skills of historical thinking
 Develop skills of geographic thinking
 Demonstrate skills of decision making and problem solving
Learning Students will: (Using BPM – Behaviour, Proficiency, Method)
Objectives  Define mercantilism
 Explain the principles of mercantilism
 Apply economic principles of mercantilism
 Analyze the impact of mercantilism
Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Formative Classroom discussions during the Summative N/A
Assessment Mercantilism Countries Competition - At the Assessment
end of the competition, students will be asked
to use the principles of mercantilism to assess
which of the student-created countries would
be the most successful under these policies.
This will be directly related to the concepts
discussed in the powerpoint and will serve as a
formative check on whether or not students
understood and retained the concepts (SLO 2.5,
2.7, S.4).
Mercantilism Questions - this will serve as a

second, more individual check on whether
students understood the concepts discussed in
class. Students will answer questions related
to the content covered in class. The homework
will be collected and reviewed for
understanding (SLO 2.5, SLO 2.7, S.2, S.3).
Stage 3: Learning Experience

Prior Create and print enough copies of the Resources to Mercantilism Powerpoint
to Mercantilism Notes Bring:
Lesson: Mercantilism Notes
Create the Mercantilism Powerpoint
Load the two mercantilism videos.

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Time: Content/Description Notes/Assessments:

10 mins Introduction:
- As students enter the classroom, greet them, give them a squirt
of hand sanitizer, and ask them to find their seats.
- Let them know that the instructions for the bell work are up on
the whiteboard. Ask them to begin the task as soon as they get
seated.
- Put the Mercantilism powerpoint on the board.
Instructions for bell work:

- Welcome! Please get out your homework from last class (the
Silk Road Destination paragraph)
- At the bottom of the page (or a new piece of paper if you typed
your paragraph) write your thoughts to the following question:
How is the Silk Road related to globalization as we know it
today?
- Share your research and paragraph with someone sitting near
to you. Explain why you choose the destination you did and
what you learned from your research.
Rotate around the classroom, ensuring students get started on their

work right away. Only give students a couple of minutes to think about
this.
After students are done sharing, go around the classroom with the
period 1 bin and ask students to hand in their homework.
Transition:
Say to students:
- Thank you for sharing!
- We are going to continue our journey through history, fast
forwarding in time approximately 1500 years to an economic
system known as mercantilism.
Body:
50 mins Say to students:
(total) - To learn about this system, we are going to pretend that you
guys are representatives from different countries.
- I am going to put you in small groups of three or four with the
people sitting near you.
- I am going to give you a blank piece of paper, and one person
in the group needs to be nominated as the writer.
- Your first task is to come up with a name for your country.
- Your second task is to make a plan to make your country the
richest and most powerful country in the world.
- I am going to give you ten minutes to come up with this plan.
- The note taker should be taking notes so that you have the plan
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down in writing.
Allow students to get started, then rotate around the classroom, making
sure students are on task and don’t have any questions.
Ask them to also appoint someone to share their plan once the ten
minutes are over.
Divide the front whiteboard into five or six sections and write the name
of each country in the middle of each section.
After ten minutes, have students share their plan. Write a short version
of the plan on each country’s section on the whiteboard. Mercantilism explained
video:
Watch the first part of the mercantilism video (study.com). Pause at https://www.youtube.
0:57 and have students write down the four principles of mercantilism com/watch?v=gMYo07
in their notes. Then have them discuss whether their plans for their DESRs&t=36s
countries match up with the principles of mercantilism as outlined in
the video. If not, what was missing? Give them a minute or two to add
to their plans.
Watch the first two minutes of the mercantilism explained video. Pause
and have students work in their groups to come up with a list of five
natural resources and five manufactured goods for their countries. Classroom discussions
Have them share with the class. during the Mercantilism
Countries Competition -
Then have students come up with a list of five imports and five exports At the end of the
for their countries (based on the lists of natural resources and competition, students will
manufactured goods). Have them share with the class. be asked to use the
principles of
Play the remainder of the video. mercantilism to assess
which of the student-
Ask students to use the principles of mercantilism presented in the created countries would
video to assess which of the students-created countries would be the be the most successful
most successful under these policies. Have students vote on which under these policies. This
country would be the most successful (they can’t vote for their own will be directly related to
country). the concepts discussed in
the powerpoint and will
Afterwards, review the Mercantilism powerpoint with students. Have serve as a formative
them write down some notes on the key vocabulary and concepts, check on whether or not
including colony, mother country, merchant, mercantilism, and students understood and
Navigation Acts. retained the concepts
(SLO 2.5, 2.7, S.4).
17 mins Closure: Mercantilism Questions

Hand out the Mercantilism Questions worksheet. Ask students to - this will serve as a
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complete the reading and answer the questions for homework. second, more individual
check on whether
If there is time in class, students can work on the homework. students understood the
concepts discussed in
class. Students will
answer questions related
to the content covered in
class. The homework
will be collected and
reviewed for
understanding (SLO 2.5,
SLO 2.7, S.2, S.3).
Stage 4: Reflection
1. Detailed description of the actual lesson as taught: includes students’ response to instruction and any
changes from the lesson plan:
2. Specific strengths of the lesson plan and delivery:
3. Specific weaknesses in the lesson plan and delivery:
4. What must be addressed to improve this plan?

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Social Studies 10-C/10-2

Lesson #4: Mercantilism

Stage 1: Desired Results

Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Mercantilism Questions - this will serve as a

Stage 3: Learning Experience

Load the two mercantilism videos.

Lesson #4: Mercantilism

Time: Content/Description Notes/Assessments:

Instructions for bell work:

Rotate around the classroom, ensuring students get started on their

Lesson #4: Mercantilism

17 mins Closure: Mercantilism Questions

Lesson #4: Mercantilism

2. Specific strengths of the lesson plan and delivery:

3. Specific weaknesses in the lesson plan and delivery:

4. What must be addressed to improve this plan?

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