Group 5 - Economics

 

List Group members

 

                                                                       

 

                                                                       

 

                                                                       

 

 

Each time you find an answer:

            1. Create a source card following the model (Note only 1 source card for each source)

            2. Create a note card and place your information for the answer on it

 

1.  How is pearl diving done today?  Fully explain the process.

 

 

 

 

2.      Is pearl diving still done in the same locale as the book?  Other places? Where?

 

 

 

 

3. Do the divers earn a lot of money?  How much?

 

 

 

 

4.  What are the qualities of a good pearl?  How important is the size of the pearl?

 

 

 

Conclusion:  What might the biggest, most beautiful pearl be worth on today’s standards?  How did you come up with that figure?  What are the possibilities that a pearl could be the size of a seagull’s egg?