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The Productive Blues (Jeans) Upon completion of this lesson students will: identify examples of productive resources; categorize productive resources as human resources, capital... Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 08/11/2003

The Little Red Hen The Little Red Hen is a classic story for nearly all adults, and many children. Here it is retold and enhanced in order to provide a framework for ... Grade: K-2 3-5    Published: 01/20/2003

Economic Spotter: Resources During World War II In World War II pennies were made of steel and zinc instead of copper and women were working at jobs that men had always been hired to do. Why? Bec... Grade: 3-5    Published: 01/03/2003

Those Golden Jeans This lesson is designed to review the three types of productive resources-natural resources, human resources, and capital resource-needed to... Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 04/15/2002

Mystery Workers This lesson is designed to review the concepts of goods, services, and producers that were introduced in the lesson, Mystery Workers. It th... Grade: K-2 3-5    Published: 02/20/2001

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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 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 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 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... 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.

Exploring the Marketplace: The Community Publishing Company - Teacher Resource Manual Grade: 3-4   Published: 1989 9 of the 35 lessons are related to this lesson. The top 5 are listed below. 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... 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 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 27: Job Application The students discuss the jobs on the production line that will be necessary to produce the books. They consider personal strengths and abilities that would qualify them for particular jobs. They als... Lesson 28: Preparation for Production This lesson prepares the class for assembling the books. You will review the steps in production with the class. The students will then develop a list of rules for the workers to follow. At the con...

Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 5-6 - Teacher's Resource Manual Grade: 5-6   Published: 2001 7 of the 15 lessons are related to this lesson. The top 5 are listed below. Unit 3: Lesson 7 - Can I Produce Something People Want? Students use common objects to produce goods they think people will use to satisfy wants. They read a biography of inventor George Washington Carver, learning how Carver helped tenant farmers in the ... 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 5: Lesson 14 - How Can I Overcome Obstacles to Achieve My Goals? Students play The Road to Success game. While playing the game, they identify obstacles and ways to overcome obstacles to achieve a goal. They identify the incentives they respond to when they make ... Unit 4: Lesson 10 - What Are the Advantages of Working with Others to Produce? Students read historical fiction set in 1855 in the Oregon Territory. The story illustrates the results of people working interdependently. The students identify ways in which the characters in the ... Unit 5: Lesson 13 - Why Should I Set Goals and Plan to Achieve My Goals? Students create lists of their personal goals and prioritize the goals on their lists. They identify the goals that will require development of their human capital. They identify ways in which they ...

Financial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Teacher Guide Grade: 3-5   Published: 2001 7 of the 16 lessons are related to this lesson. The top 5 are listed below. Theme 3: Lesson 7 - To Choose is to Refuse In this lesson, students use the concept of opportunity cost to help decide which wants to satisfy with their limited income. Practicing decision making helps build consumer skills and develop an und... Theme 3: Lesson 13 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime? In this lesson, students role-play how they would respond to various lending situations and analyze how to make better decisions about lending. By assuming the role of lender, students will analyze t... Theme 2: Lesson 4 - The Grasshopper and the Ant In this lesson, children use an adaptation of Aesop's fable, "The Grasshopper and the Ant," to learn about the trade-off between satisfying wants today and planning for the future. Children use the f... Theme 2: Lesson 5 - Why? How? Where? This lesson provides some practical activities to extend students' understanding about how to make saving choices. Children set a goal, determine a strategy for saving, and decide how they will save ... 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...

The Wide World of Trade Grade: 6-8   Published: 2003 2 of the 11 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Lesson 1: There's Never Enough Working in groups that represent countries, students randomly draw cards from boxes labeled natural resources, human resources, and capital goods. The groups use their available resources to provide ... Lesson 5: Mystery Almanac Working in groups, students participate in an activity to identify countries from around the world. Based on what they learn about these countries, students complete an Information Resources Chart. ...

Master Curriculum Guides in Economics: Teaching Strategies - K-2 Grade: K-2   Published: 1993 4 of the 25 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Unit 2: Lesson 10 - Bulletin Board: Art Gallery Students combine natural, human, and capital resources to produce "art masterpieces" which they display in a bulletin board gallery. 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.