| SESSIONS |
KEY
LEARNING OBJECTIVES |
One:How
Does a Community Work?
The
students study a poster illustrating
a community to identify typical jobs.
They develop an awareness of how people
live and work together in a community.
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- Identify
a variety of jobs in the community
- Recognize
how people live and work together
in a community
- Become
aware of a wide range of job opportunities
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Two:Sweet
"O" Donuts
The
students, individually and in teams,
use different production strategies
to simulate producing donuts.
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- Define
production
- Compare
unit and mass production methods
- Understand
that different strategies are used
to produce different types of products
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Three:The
Role of Government
The
students learn about the economic
role of government by identifying
services that it provides to its citizens.
Students also learn that government
must collect taxes from everyone to
pay for these services.
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- Recognize
government jobs in the community
- Understand
why government collects taxes to
provide services for everyone
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Four:A
New Business
The
students determine the best use for
the empty store on the How Does a
Community Work? poster. The step-by-step
decision-making process helps students
understand how group decisions are
made.
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- Define
choices
- Practice
using a decision-making model
- Recognize
the need to make decisions carefully
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Five:Money
and Banking
The
students learn about money and why
it is important to the community.
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- Identify
circumstances of money being exchanged
for goods or services
- Understand
how money is used in a typical community
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