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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students examine information on how prices influence consumers. They list examples of goods and services and their substitutes. They describe the role of e-commerce in the marketplace today. 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 »
- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students explore the global implications of consumer decisions when purchasing groceries. They examine labels of food products and discuss the wording on the labels. They calculate food miles of how far each ingredient in foods has traveled. They identify the locations of the ingredients on maps. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students research techniques that could possibly help them in the future to make effective economic and career decisions. They explore how consumers use goods and services to satisfy economic wants and needs. Dealing with the problem of scarcity is also discussed and analyzed. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore the key economic concepts presented in this lesson deal with opportunity costs and trade-offs such as decision making, budget, and cost. The students will read the children's literature story Pigs Will Be Pigs by Amy Axelrod. After reading the story, students will participate in class and small group discussions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students define a problem, list two choices, evaluate the choices, identify what they gave up when they made that choice, and make a decision using a decision chart. they Go to the Jelly Belly web site and fill out a Decision chart just like Nathan. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students identify two factors that determine consumer demand as well as substitutes and complements for selected goods and services. After examining advertisements, they distinguish between fact and opinion and explore the factors that influence consumer demand and spending decisions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students create a class store, determine items they would like to buy, balance their credits and debits, make consumer decisions, practice making change to prepare for their turn as cashier, and practice writing checks. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students explore and examine nutrition and how the media impacts our consumer decisions. They design a cereal box and read about how the use of colors, slogans and prizes impacts buyers after recognizing that food supplies our bodies with nutrients by reading the nutritional labels on boxes of cereals. Full Review »
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