Project Review: Economic Isolationism

The last project for the 7th and 8th grade students was a persuasive essay about if the U.S. could practice economic isolationism. The students began by learning the terms they were to use. From that they found that economic isolationism is the act of separating a country economically from every other country. From there, the students had to draw a physical map containing some of the natural resources of a chosen country. This was to help the students understand how the resources are related to the economy and how each country is affected differently by location/geography. The students learned about the pathos, ethos, and logos to incorporate in their essay. That led into the essay in which the students needed to choose a side answering the question, “Could the United States practice economic isolationism?”. They researched the facts and converted it into an essay using ethos (credibility), pathos (emotion), logos (logic), and credible sources. That’s what has been happening lately at Pathways.

~Adam Fehring