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Choices & Changes: In Life, School, & Work - Grades 2-4 - Teacher's Resource Manual Grade: 2-4   Published: 2001 8 of the 18 lessons are related to this lesson. The top 5 are listed below. Unit 3: Lesson 11 - Workers Use Other Resources Students will define resources as things that people can use to produce goods or services. They will identify human capital as a resource, identify examples of land, and identify examples of physical... Unit 2: Lesson 7 - Goods and Services, Work and Workers Both men and women do work and it is done in the home and outside the home. In this lesson, students begin to understand and value work in all of its forms. Unit 1: Lesson 6 - Decision Making Students will learn that making decisions without thinking them through and collecting sufficient information can learn to consequences they did not anticipate. They will learn to find out about othe... Unit 2: Lesson 8 - The Work I Do Too often, children don't understand why they are in school. They begin to think about this more as they grow older. In this lesson, children learn that their activities in school are work, and thei... Unit 2: Lesson 9 - I Am a Bundle of Human Capital Students will recognize that they have many skills.

Choices & 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 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 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 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 1: Lesson 1 - What If I Do Not Have the Skills and Knowledge I Need to Produce? Teams of students use their limited knowledge to accomplish a challenging task. Most of the student teams will not be successful until they acquire the necessary knowledge. The students read one of ...

Financial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Teacher Guide Grade: 3-5   Published: 2001 5 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 13 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime? In this lesson, students role-play how they would respond to various lending situations and analyze how to make better decisions about lending. By assuming the role of lender, students will analyze t... Theme 4: Lesson 14 - Managing Money A budget is frightening to many people. It brings thoughts of sacrifice or giving up things they want. It is seldom seen as a helpful tool for making better decisions about the things they want, inc... Theme 2: Lesson 4 - The Grasshopper and the Ant In this lesson, children use an adaptation of Aesop's fable, "The Grasshopper and the Ant," to learn about the trade-off between satisfying wants today and planning for the future. Children use the f... Theme 3: Lesson 12 - Credit is Based on Trust In this lesson, students solve a puzzle to learn about trustworthiness. They participate in a reader's theater play and analyze the connection between trust and creditworthiness.

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 13: Results of the Community Interviews Students review their Community Notebooks and interview forms to help them form generalizations about their community. 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 27: Job Application The students discuss the jobs on the production line that will be necessary to produce the books. They consider personal strengths and abilities that would qualify them for particular jobs. They als... Lesson 29: The Production Process Students produce their class book and thereby experience first-hand how people specialize and cooperate in a business. The children discuss the results of the production process and relate the experi... Lesson 9: Visiting a Business A study trip can enhance the learning value of this unit by providing students with an opportunity to observe a business. When planning the trip, try to select a business such as a bookstore; a shop ...