Vickie Lilley’s classes learn and discover and experience…

Six Hats Lesson-Discovering the Phenomenon that is Black Friday: In this lesson, students consider the phenomenon of Black Friday and then research and debate the idea that Americans are “programmed” to shop. They will look at current Black Friday ads and also discuss Cyber Monday with regards to Internet Marketing.

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Look below for the outcomes… after Black Friday

The students did their reactions:

A few postings….

Student 1 said...

A. I woke up at 3:30, got ready, and first went to Staples. Stood in line for about an hour and a half but i got a 21.5 inch computer monitor for half price. After that went to Harrisonburg mall. B. My mom and dad both had to work so they didnt shop lol. C. My sister camped out at bestbuy to get a laptop. D. Best deal i got was the monitor but staples also had laptops for $299 E. Worst i heard about was people in line at staples, because some were there since midnight and most were cold.

Posted on Saturday, November 28, 2009 11:43 PM

Student 2 said...

My mom woke up at like 3:45 with my dad and sister, they then proceeded to wake me up and I told them that i needed sleep and wasn't going. So my parents and sister went to Walmart, Target, Pet Smart, and the Harrisonburg Mall while i was at home sleeping then later on cleaning my room. I didn't hear any stories about their experience and most of the people i know didn't even go shopping on black Friday but, I think the best deal they got was $399 for a really nice laptop. Lastly my mom told me that the worst experience she had was the Walmart in Waynesboro because everything was roped off and there were people everywhere.

Posted on Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:47 AM

Student 3 said...

I woke up at 3:30 and got ready and woke up my sister. We left and went to Target, Kohl's, Walmart in Waynesboro, Starbucks, Walmart in Staunton, and Lowe's. My brother and dad did not go. My mom had to work so she didn't go either. I didn't hear any stories from relatives because they don't usually go shopping on black friday. it's just me that goes shopping. The best deal I got was a 2$ movie and I saw TV's in people's carts for $200. I haven't had a bad black friday shopping experience.

Posted on Sunday, November 29, 2009 1:40 PM

Student 4 said...

On Black Friday I didn't go shopping, I slept in and hung out with my family most the day. My parents didn't go shopping either. They never go. Since noone I know went shopping I don't have any stories to share about their bad or good experiences.

Posted on Sunday, November 29, 2009 3:25 PM

Student 5 said...

On black friday I worked the whole day. My mom was also working but my dad went to walmart to get my niece a scooter. The only story i heard was from my boyfriends mom and she works at walmart in harrisonburg and she told me about the fight that broke out in walmart over a camera.My dad got a motorized scooter for only 29.99. I have not really heard of any bad experiences in shopping on black friday. Response to Student 2: My dad was talking about at walmart how they had everything roped off and you could only go all the way around the store and how there was so many people there, they had no more shopping carts.

Posted on Sunday, November 29, 2009 7:02 PM