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This unit explores ways people use money differently when they buy goods and services. It also examines how and why individuals and groups seek to safeguard the rights of the consumer. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore how to seek redress for a consumer problem. They examine how to fix a consumer problem by calling, visiting or writing letters to a seller of a product. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate private organizations that help consumers resolve marketplace disputes. They examine the incentives that these organizations have to assist with consumers problems. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students discuss responsible consumerism in small groups and consider how consumer-led campaigning for sustainability can be effective. They identify consumer campaigns that have been effective means of change as part of a larger unit. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students investigate the issue of consumer responsibility. They discover whether consumers in the UK should be responsible for consumers from other countries. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students investigate the concept of consumer surplus as it relates to economic policy and decision making. They determine the difference between the value they place on something as compared to the price that they actually pay for it using CD's as an example. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore their role as consumers and conservationists and what roles they play in today's economic climate. They explore resource allocation issues. Students analyze data and draw comparisons between historical and present-day decisions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students are given the scenario that they are hired by a department store as a market researcher to conduct a survey about the purchase of personal items. They ask consumers, in two age groups, about the factors that influence their decisions about their preferred sources of information. Students brainstorm a list of personal items. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students explore what influences how consumers spend their time and money. More importantly they explore how and why teens are such a target in today's market. Teen consumers have become one of the most important and influential groups of people in today's economy it is extremely important that they be aware of how and why they spend their resources the way they do. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students make a buying decision. They use the internet, newspaper, and other printed materials to research several types of cars. Students make a decision to which one is the best car to buy. They hand in a write up on which car is the best and why they think so. Full Review »
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