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Students make a greeting card for their pen pals or book buddies while studying specialization and division of labor in Social Studies. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students study the Industrial Revolution and its effects on workers and productivity in order to explain the concepts of division of labor and cottage industry. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students review the division of labor of the early colonists at the Jamestown settlement. They consider the effects this division may have had on the settlement and reflect on what labor would be important to a growing colony. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students compare outcomes of cottage industry process with division of labor process in manufacturing a product. They construct wholly or specifically a product using one of two processes; They make construction paper hot air balloons! Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explain how workers performing specific tasks contributes to the total production output of the workers. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students select a product to produce. In teams, pupils participate in hands-on activities to explore the concept of specialization. They discover the differences between a division of labor and independent production. Classmates list the advantages and disadvantages of specialization and division of labor in producing goods. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students define division of labor. They read books about how things are produced to help illustrate the concept of division of labor. They suggest other items that could illustrate division of labor. They create a sample flow chart (e.g., making a car, from farm to market, from store to table) and give examples and list them on the board. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students take a "behind-the-scenes" look at the school cafeteria as food is being prepared. They take notes on the jobs (i.e., division of labor) that they observe in the cafeteria. They write about the division of labor in the school and community. They compare what the cafeteria workers do to prepare a meal with a single person at a home does to prepare a meal. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students investigate the concept of a community and how it can change with the passage of time. Specifically the divisions of labor are covered and students identify the distribution of human resources in relationship to the size of the community. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examne the terms "specialization" and "division of labor" and participate in the making of a product in an assembly line. They listen to the book "Let's Visit a Toy Factory," then in small groups create a greeting card in an assembly line, with three students acting as "inspector." Full Review »
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