Laura Ingalls Wilder's Frontier Town
Laura Ingalls Wilder made a sketch of De Smet, South Dakota in the 1880's. This lesson will discuss the markets in De Smet and competition.
Grade: 3-5    Published: 06/25/2003

What is Competition?
Students will understand what businesses are, that a marketplace exists whenever buyers and sellers exchange goods and services, and that there is ...
Grade: K-2 3-5    Published: 12/17/2003

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

Believe it or Not?
Advertisements can tell consumers about prices and other information that may help them in the decisions they make about what to buy. But students al...
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 03/03/2006

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