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Taxes, climate zones and eras

Social Studies

Taxes, climate zones and eras

An AR classroom game for Grade 5. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive sorting activity.

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A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. Sort these into groups.

    Sort into

    • saving
    • investing
    • putting money in the bank
    • buying shares
    • dropping coins in a piggy bank
    • opening a shop
    Read the explanation

    Separate saving from investing.

  2. Sort the taxes into groups.

    Sort into

    • direct tax
    • indirect tax
    • income tax
    • value added tax
    • land tax
    • excise duty
    Read the explanation

    Direct tax is levied on income; indirect tax hides in the price of goods.

  3. Sort the climate zones into groups.

    Sort into

    • near the equator
    • near the poles
    • the humid tropics
    • the frigid zone
    • rainforest
    • ice field
    Read the explanation

    Climate follows how far you are from the equator.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Sort four Grade 5 topics: saving versus investing, direct versus indirect taxes, climates near the equator versus near the poles, and events of the Thonburi versus Rattanakosin periods.

What's in the worksheet

4 sorting rounds, 2 baskets each - Saving or investing: bank deposit, buying shares, piggy bank, opening a shop - Direct or indirect tax: income tax, VAT, land tax, excise tax - Near the equator or near the poles: tropical humid zone, frigid zone, tropical rainforest, ice fields - Thonburi or Rattanakosin: regaining independence from Burma, abolishing slavery, founding the capital at Thonburi, the 1932 revolution

How to use it in class

Use as pre-exam revision since it draws on several units; about 5 minutes. - Before round 2, show a convenience-store receipt with the 7% VAT line so children see indirect tax hidden in the price - In teams, if members disagree on a card, they vote within the team before submitting - If round 4 goes badly, draw a timeline, Thonburi BE 2310-2325 then Rattanakosin, and have children place each event - Play it linked to the class to record results in the mark book.

Common sticking points

- Round 1: opening a shop may look like ordinary earning rather than investing; explain you spend money on stock hoping for profit and may lose it - Round 2: excise tax is an unknown word and children guess direct; give examples, it is hidden in the price of fuel and sugary drinks - Round 4: some think abolishing slavery predates Rattanakosin because it feels ancient; stress it was under King Rama V - Round 3: rainforest is not a climate zone name and may cause hesitation; note that such forest grows in southern Thailand, near the equator

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