Transportation: They Say We Had a Revolution (Part 2)
Advancements in transportation have played a key role in the growth of our nation. U.S.government policies have also had a considerable impact on the ...
Grade: 6-8 9-12    Published: 06/03/2009


Transportation: They Say We Had a Revolution (Part 1)
Advancements in transportation have played a key role in the growth of our nation. U.S.government policies have also had a considerable impact on the ...
Grade: 6-8 9-12    Published: 01/30/2008


What's Your Angle?
This lesson is last in a series of lessons on entrepreneurship for 3-5. Students will learn about market research and ways to influence consumer b...
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 02/12/2004


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


Economic Spotter: Inventors and Entrepreneurs in the Industrial Age
The Industrial Age has also been called the Age of Edison. Edison patented more than 1000 inventions and gave rise to three industries: electric ut...
Grade: 3-5    Published: 11/08/2002


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Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 5-6 - Teacher's Resource ManualChoices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 5-6 - Teacher's Resource Manual
Grade: 5-6   Published: 2001
9 of the 15 lessons are related to this lesson. The top 5 are listed below.


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 2: Lesson 6 - What Results When People Can Produce More?
Students become components of their circular flow model, representing the producer and consumer sectors, while making exchanges in resource and product markets. Productive resources, goods and servic...
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 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 3: Lesson 8 - Can I Use Physical Capital to Produce More Things People Want?
Groups of students form companies to produce five-pointed stars. Workers in the four companies use different combinations of physical capital in production. Students demonstrate ways in which using ...

Financial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Teacher GuideFinancial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Teacher Guide
Grade: 3-5   Published: 2001
3 of the 16 lessons are related to this lesson. They are 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...
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 1: Lesson 2 - Urban Mouse & Rural Mouse
In this lesson, children use an index of businesses for a fictitious community to learn that people provide goods and services in the community. They read an adaptation of the fable "City Mouse, Coun...

Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 2-4 - Teacher's Resource ManualChoices & 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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