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Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 2-4 - Teacher's Resource Manual Grade: 2-4   Published: 2001 3 of the 18 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Unit 4: Lesson 16 - Entrepreneurs and the Interdependence of Buyers and Sellers People often think of themselves as consumers, but not as producers. In this lesson, students will meet business owners, managers, and entrepreneurs so that they can identify with them and perhaps as... Unit 4: Lesson 17 - Markets and Exchange Students will feel empowered when they make voluntary exchanges. Unit 4: Lesson 18 - The Labor Market: My Human Capital Pays Off Students will envision themselves as future workers, business owners or managers, professionals, or entrepreneurs.

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