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Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 5-6 - Teacher's Resource Manual Grade: 5-6   Published: 2001 5 of the 15 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Unit 1: Lesson 3 - What Results When People Improve Their Human Capital? Students read 1998 U.S. labor-market data, compare education and income levels, then graph and analyze the data. Unit 2: Lesson 4 - How Can I Make Decisions About My Future? In the mid-1700s thousands of Europeans traveled to North America seeking adventure, freedom, and economic opportunity. The risk of deciding to travel across the Atlantic Ocean in a wooden ship was g... Unit 1: Lesson 2 - How Can I Improve My Human Capital? Students read about the experiences of Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal 600 years ago. He organized a way to improve human capital, enabling him to accomplish his goals and enabling others to s... Unit 1: Lesson 1 - What If I Do Not Have the Skills and Knowledge I Need to Produce? Teams of students use their limited knowledge to accomplish a challenging task. Most of the student teams will not be successful until they acquire the necessary knowledge. The students read one of ... Unit 3: Lesson 9 - What Results When People Use Improved Physical Capital Resources? Students learn that using technologies increase production during a business simulation.

Financial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Teacher Guide Grade: 3-5   Published: 2001 5 of the 16 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Theme 3: Lesson 11 - This One or That One? In this lesson, students consider various factors that are important in comparison shopping. They compare prices and other factors for a particular product in order to make a decision. Theme 3: Lesson 8 - How Would You Like to Pay? In this lesson, students are introduced to various methods of payment, such as cash, check, debit card, money order, and credit card. They learn some of the advantages and disadvantages of each metho... Theme 3: Lesson 12 - Credit is Based on Trust In this lesson, students solve a puzzle to learn about trustworthiness. They participate in a reader's theater play and analyze the connection between trust and creditworthiness. Theme 4: Lesson 15 - It's a Balancing Act In this lesson, the students use manipulatives to learn about income, expenses (variable, fixed), and budgeting. Theme 3: Lesson 10 - Why Do I Want All This Stuff? In this lesson, students learn about various types of advertising appeals, such as bandwagon, celebrity endorsement, and authority endorsement. They analyze ads to decide the audience to which the ad...

Exploring the Marketplace: The Community Publishing Company - Teacher Resource Manual Grade: 3-4   Published: 1989 3 of the 35 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Lesson 25: Obtaining a Bank Loan This and the following lesson are designed to familiarize students with that process of obtaining a loan from a bank. You may choose either to invite a banker to visit the classroom or take a study t... Lesson 26: Study Trip This optional lesson gives students the experience of visiting a bank to obtain a loan for their business. The lesson requires advance planning. Lesson 18: Preparing the Final Draft As writers in the Community Publishing Company, students work to produce a product that consumers will want to buy. Therefore, they should use their best penmanship in writing the final draft of thei... Lesson 15: Beginning Sentences and Descriptive Words Students focus on writing beginning sentences for their reports and selecting descriptive words. NOTE: It is assumed that students can write complete sentences and have had prior experience with des... Lesson 7: Community Interdependence In this lesson students learn about the interdependence that exists among people and places in their community. The students listen to "The Communityville Tour" and associate the information in it wi...

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Financial Fitness for Life: Pocket Power - Grades K-2 - Teacher Guide Grade: K-2   Published: 2001 1 of the 16 lessons are related to this lesson. It is listed below. Theme 1: Lesson 3 - What Is Money? This lesson focuses on two types of money -- paper money and coins. The students identify money and its value (ability to buy things) while participating in a money-matching activity. The students g...