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Master Curriculum Guides in Economics: Teaching Strategies - K-2 Grade: K-2   Published: 1993 2 of the 25 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Unit 2: Lesson 8 - Producer Charades Students create charades representing services performed in their classroom and later apply for and "hired" to produce these services. Unit 2: Lesson 9 - Learning Center: Producer Pigs Students hear a version of The Three Little Pigs and participate in a learning center which reinforces the concepts of natural, human, and capital resources. Unit 2: Lesson 6 - Mystery Workers Students play a questioning game as they learn that producers use their human resources by working in jobs to make goods and services. Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Foods Around the World Students prepare and taste foods from around the world as they learn about the different goods and services used by consumers around the world. Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Consumer Reflections Students view a very special consumer and produce life-size silhouettes as they learn that consumers use goods and services to satisfy their wants.

Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 2-4 - Teacher's Resource Manual Grade: 2-4   Published: 2001 1 of the 18 lessons are related to this lesson. It is listed below. Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Alternatives Have Advantages and Disadvantages In this lesson students will: Realize that alternatives have advantages and disadvantages; Accept responsibility for advantages and disadvantages of alternatives selected; And identify the advantages ... Unit 3: Lesson 12 - Inputs, Plan, Outputs Students will take pride in their ability to produce something. Unit 1: Lesson 4 - Choice In this lesson, students should recognize that they have the power to choose and that they do make many choices. Many people feel powerless because they think they don't make choices. Unit 3: Lesson 13 - Learning to Produce Students will increase their self-confidence by discovering their ability to learn skills. Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Opportunity Cost In this lesson students will: Recognize the importance of identifying the opportunity cost of a potential choice; Use the concept of opportunity cost before making decisions; Avoid using the word "fre...

Exploring the Marketplace: The Community Publishing Company - Teacher Resource Manual Grade: 3-4   Published: 1989 8 of the 35 lessons are related to this lesson. The top 5 are listed below. Lesson 5: My Community This lesson provides an opportunity for students to explore their own community by naming places in it that provide goods and services. Working in small groups, the students discuss and list this inf... Lesson 2: Community Resources This lesson aims to develop an understanding of natural, human, and capital goods resources through a mapping exercise. The students study a map of a model community and begin to understand that a co... Lesson 3: Communities Change Students analyze how Communityville has grown by examining another map of the town. The students locate new resources that provide goods and services to the people of Communityville. Lesson 12: Interviewing People in the Community Students learn how to conduct an interview to collect information about people and places in their community. Students practice their interviewing skills by interviewing each other, with the students... Lesson 4: Communities Today Students study how resources change in communities by comparing the maps of Communityville. This lesson summarizes the two previous map lessons and helps students become familiar with the suppliers of...

Your Credit Counts Challenge: Trainer's Guide Grade: 7-adult   Published: 2004 1 of the 6 lessons are related to this lesson. It is listed below. Section 2: Financial Institutions Participants identify the advantages and disadvantages of using financial services from alternative financial institutions and services from mainstream banks. Participants identify the services provi...

Financial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Teacher Guide Grade: 3-5   Published: 2001 1 of the 16 lessons are related to this lesson. It is listed below. Theme 3: Lesson 6 - Consumers Want Goods and Services This lesson focuses on consumer spending decisions that students make and the different roles they assume in making those decisions. The activities establish a rationale for studying personal finance...