Covid -Economy

The Covid Economy

The pandemic has changed our world in ways that may reverberate for a long time to come.

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How has the pandemic changed your world ? (Not allowed to mention school or remote learning.)

Think of one thing you do differently now.

(My example: I used to go food shopping every week as I was already out of my house, now that I am home more I go food shopping every 2 weeks.)

Vocabulary words

Reverberate

Revolutionize

Accelerate

Rural

Economy

Newfound

Clusters

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Reverberate - something that continues on like an echo, carries on for a long time

1: never seen or heard the word

2. seen or heard the word but I don't know the meaning

3. Vaguely know the meaning and can try to use it

4. Know the meaning and can define it

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Vocab: Reverberate

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2. seen or heard the word but I don't know the meaning

3. Vaguely know the meaning and can try to use it

4. Know the meaning and can define it

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Vocab: Reverberate - something that continues on like an echo, carries on for a long time

(Example: The yelling of the large crowd reverberates through the stadium.

Non-example : The coach quickly quieted the players.)

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Vocab: Revolutionize

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Vocab: Revolutionize - to change greatly or completely, to transform

Example: The invention of the telephone revolutionized the way we communicate.

Non-example: She added a single streak of pink to her hair, it did not revolutionize her appearance.

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Vocab: · Accelerate

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Vocab: · Accelerate - begin to move more quickly, increase in amount.

Example: the car accelerated towards her, she thought it would hit her as she crossed the street.

Non-example: The driver saw her crossing the street and slowed down.

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Vocab: ·Rural

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Vocab: ·Rural - place that is located outside of towns and cities, where farms are and not many people live closely together.

Example: In the fall we went apple picking on the apple farms in rural Connecticut .

Non-example: My sister lives in Manhattan, in a building with 20 floors. Manhattan is not a rural area, it is a city.

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Vocab: Economy

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Vocab: Newfound

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Vocab: Newfound:

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Vocab: Clustering

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Vocab: Clustering:

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Multiple Choice

Section 1: That has huge economic implications for downtown districts where there tend to be clusters of office buildings and for commercial (business) real estate.

Implications here means

• a) effects

• b) increases

• c) questions

• d) reasons

Multiple Choice

In section 2, the author says "This is just accelerating a well-established trend." By "trend: the author is referring to

• a) the variety of information (data) companies were collecting

• b) the joy people were finding by shopping online

• c) the struggles in person stores were already facing

• d) the preference shoppers have for trying clothes on before buying them

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At the end of section 2, Jeffery Wenger states that stores closing down "will change how your city or town feels." What does he mean? How might the closing of store change your city? (Answer on Jamboard)

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How