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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

Old Business, New Business In this lesson students are introduced to several businesses from the past. They see that, while the names for these businesses are different, many... Grade: 3-5    Published: 12/17/1999

I Have No Money, Would You Take Wampum? Through the use of folk tales, history, and the students' own experiences, students will recognize the inter-relatedness of goods, services, money.... Grade: 3-5    Published: 12/10/1999

Pennies Make Cents Students will review the history of trade before money and will investigate the history of money. Students will locate information about the first ... Grade: 3-5    Published: 12/24/1999

The Color of Resources This lesson will demonstrate the making of Crayola products to introduce natural, capitol, and human resources as well as touching on some other aspec... Grade: 3-5    Published: 04/30/2007

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Exploring the Marketplace: The Community Publishing Company - Teacher Resource Manual Grade: 3-4   Published: 1989 3 of the 35 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Lesson 7: Community Interdependence In this lesson students learn about the interdependence that exists among people and places in their community. The students listen to "The Communityville Tour" and associate the information in it wi... Lesson 12: Interviewing People in the Community Students learn how to conduct an interview to collect information about people and places in their community. Students practice their interviewing skills by interviewing each other, with the students... Lesson 13: Results of the Community Interviews Students review their Community Notebooks and interview forms to help them form generalizations about their community. Lesson 3: Communities Change Students analyze how Communityville has grown by examining another map of the town. The students locate new resources that provide goods and services to the people of Communityville. Lesson 4: Communities Today Students study how resources change in communities by comparing the maps of Communityville. This lesson summarizes the two previous map lessons and helps students become familiar with the suppliers of...

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 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 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 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 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.

Financial 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 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... 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...