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The Wide World of Trade Grade: 6-8   Published: 2003 6 of the 11 lessons are related to this lesson. The top 5 are listed below. Lesson 3: Everyone Is Interdependent In this lesson, students learn about resources from around the world that are used in the production of a specific product -- Hershey's Kisses. Students then determine the identity of a mystery produ... Lesson 7: Mutual (and Comparative) Advantages Using numerical examples and bar graphs, students see why it benefits two countries to specialize in the production of one of two products and then trade with each other, even if one country has the r... Lesson 2: Special Friends Pairs of students play the roles of two friends who have chores to complete before they can spend time together. Through trial-and-error, students discover the benefits of specialization and trade. ... Lesson 8: Something's in the Way The class is divided into two groups that participate in a simulation making two types of postcards. In the first round, each group specializes and then considers possible results from trading for th... Lesson 6: Trading Connections Students participate in a simulation to learn how trade benefits them as individuals and how trade benefits people in different regions and countries. Working in pairs, students learn about the major...

Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 5-6 - Teacher's Resource Manual Grade: 5-6   Published: 2001 4 of the 15 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. 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 4: Lesson 12 - What Results When People Work Together to Produce? Students read about the settlers at Jamestown in 1607 and the signers of the Mayflower Compact, focusing on why they agreed to cooperate to survive when they settled in North America. 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...

Master Curriculum Guides in Economics: Teaching Strategies - K-2 Grade: K-2   Published: 1993 3 of the 25 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Unit 4: Lesson 19 - Learning Center: School Connections Students learn that the school has specialized workers upon whom they depend while they are at school. Unit 4: Lesson 18 - The Baker Wants a Pair of Shoes Students sing an interdependence song and create their own new verses. Unit 4: Lesson 16 - An Interdependent Bunch Students create a bunch of balloon grapes to illustrate the concept that they make a "great bunch" of interdependent workers.

Middle School World Geography: Focus on Economics Grade: 6-8   Published: 2004 1 of the 9 lessons are related to this lesson. It is listed below. Lesson 6 - Joining Together That Which Has Drifted Apart In this lesson, the students learn about the physical forces that move people on different continents further apart and the economic forces that bring them together. They read about the formation and ...