Students examine their own consumption habits. Using various advertisements, they discuss their role in showing consumers what they must have in their lives. As a class, they encourage each other to change their habits and discuss how hard work can replace the need for the instant gratification of purchasing material goods.

Concepts

consumerism, markets

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Additional Tags

consumerism, markets, social studies

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