| 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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