Why Work Now?
Why do people work so hard? Why aren't you just assigned a job that you are interested in and get paid as much as the next guy? This lesson will sh...
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 03/17/2003


I Can Be an Entrepreneur
Learners are given advice on how they can earn extra money by becoming an entrepreneur. After investigating several web pages that offer exam...
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 10/30/2003


Bill, Are You Bogus?
In a barter system, people have to trade goods and services for other goods and services. In an economy that produces millions of goods and service...
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 12/21/1999


Competition Works in Our Flavor
Competition provides benefits for consumers. First, more competition means consumers have more choices of goods and services. Second, when more firms ...
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 08/11/2009


Did You Get the Message?
Advertising is the primary tool used by businesses to tell consumers about the goods and services they sell in the marketplace. Businesses also use ad...
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 06/15/2006


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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
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 5 - How Can I Improve My Ability to Produce What People Want?
Students read about the life and career decisions of Philip Simmons, a blacksmith and artist from Charleston, South Carolina. They analyze the skills and knowledge Mr. Simmons used to make different...
Unit 4: Lesson 11 - Can I Learn to Work with Others to Produce?
In a large group, students attempt to accomplish a task that requires working interdependently with others. They identify the human capital they used to produce a service. Then they identify the hum...
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 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 ...

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
2 of the 16 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below.


Theme 1: Lesson 1 - Earning Income
In this lesson, students play a guessing game to identify various occupations. Then they consider some of the education, skills, and talents required for those occupations. They analyze the connectio...
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.

Mathematics & Economics: Connections for Life - 6-8Mathematics & Economics: Connections for Life - 6-8
Grade: 6-8   Published: 2002
1 of the 12 lessons are related to this lesson. It is listed below.


Lesson 3 - Baby-sitting Wages and Movie Prices
Through an analysis of data for baby-sitting wages (a price for labor) and the price of movie tickets since 1945, this lesson introduces the students to the idea that prices for goods, services, and r...

 

 
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