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Simple Simon Meets a Producer A classic rhyme, Simple Simon and the Pie-Man, introduces students to the concepts of consumer and producer. Students learn that consumers are the peo... Grade: K-2    Published: 07/17/2003

Little Bill the Producer! This lesson teaches the most basic vocabulary about production. People who make goods and provide services are called producers. This lesson only d... Grade: K-2    Published: 07/01/2004

Mystery Workers In this lesson students review the concepts of goods, services, and producers using the Internet to locate examples of each in a teacher's classroo... Grade: K-2 3-5    Published: 02/18/2004

Every Penny Counts You know that five dollars you got for your birthday? There are so many things you can spend it on, aren’t there? A toy boat to sail on the p... Grade: K-2    Published: 08/11/2003

What Do People Do? Students will give examples of human resources that are producers, and identify goods and services produced by workers. Grade: K-2    Published: 12/04/2001

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Financial Fitness for Life: Pocket Power - Grades K-2 - Teacher Guide Grade: K-2   Published: 2001 6 of the 16 lessons are related to this lesson. The top 5 are listed below. Theme 3: Lesson 11 - Ads Make Us Spend Students examine various forms of advertising and discover why companies advertise their products. They watch television commercials to answer questions about products advertised and consumer wants. ... Theme 3: Lesson 9 - We Decide to Spend Students create want webs for a hamster and then for themselves. They experience spending money in exchange for goods and services when they use dimes to become consumers at a school carnival. Theme 4: Lesson 14 - We Owe Money Students assume the role of the Wild Wanter and determine the amount of credit needed to satisfy their wants when income is limited. They construct a Pay Box to show some of the ways consumers pay fo... Theme 3: Lesson 8 - We Are Consumers Students discover that they are consumers. As they fill their pockets with pictures of wants, students learn that consumers want both goods and services. As they try to help Nicholas choose a pet, a... Theme 1: Lesson 1 - A Good Day for Money Students listen to a short story introducing them to Penny and Nicholas, the "Money Kids." Students discuss ways people receive money -- through earning income or receiving gifts. They construct "m...

Master Curriculum Guides in Economics: Teaching Strategies - K-2 Grade: K-2   Published: 1993 1 of the 25 lessons are related to this lesson. It is listed below. 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 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 1: Lesson 5 - Bulletin Board: People Movers Students draw and collect pictures and build clay models of consumer transportation as they create a bulletin board display of transportation services people consume. 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 6 - Decision Making Students will learn that making decisions without thinking them through and collecting sufficient information can learn to consequences they did not anticipate. They will learn to find out about othe... Unit 1: Lesson 1 - Scarcity It is a paradox that people who learn to accept and deal with scarcity often achieve much more than those who don't accept it. The inability to deal with scarcity leads to problems with money, educat... Unit 3: Lesson 11 - Workers Use Other Resources Students will define resources as things that people can use to produce goods or services. They will identify human capital as a resource, identify examples of land, and identify examples of physical... Unit 3: Lesson 12 - Inputs, Plan, Outputs Students will take pride in their ability to produce something. Unit 3: Lesson 13 - Learning to Produce Students will increase their self-confidence by discovering their ability to learn skills.