NOT your Grandma's Lemonade Stand
After a review of elementary economic concepts, students will apply their understanding by playing an online computer game, Lemonade Stand. This ga...
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 03/15/2002


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


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


From Butterflies to Buffaloes
Nature tourism, also known as ecotourism, is a fast growing segment of the tourism industry. In this lesson, students learn what ecotourism is and ...
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 06/10/2002


The Best Deal
Students will learn how to determine 'price per unit' to help make decisions when comparing products.
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 02/04/2004


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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
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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 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 3: Lesson 9 - What Results When People Use Improved Physical Capital Resources?
Students learn that using technologies increase production during a business simulation.
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 5: Lesson 15 - What Results When People Set Goals and Plan to Achieve Their Goals?
Students read biographies of leaders, inventors, entrepreneurs, or workers to identify the character traits of successful persons. They identify the personal characteristics and human capital the suc...

 

 
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