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Data Sources: Tools of the Trade.
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Atwood, Virginia A. – Social Education, 1985
Social studies instruction using a variety of data sources engages elementary school children in relatively autonomous collecting, organizing, and evaluating of data--processes necessary for exercising sound judgment and taking appropriate action. (RM)
Descriptors: Data, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Decision Making
Bubble-Good Data: Product Testing and Other Sources.
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Atwood, Virginia A. – Social Education, 1985
The goal of this mini-unit is to teach elementary students economic concepts related to consumerism and to develop problem-solving skills. Students test a product such as sugarless bubble gum and study how it is advertised. The students then make their own advertisement for the product. (RM)
Descriptors: Advertising, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection, Data