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Peer reviewedHennessey, Gail Skroback – Social Science Record, 1987
Offers a unit for sixth graders on consumer education. The unit includes a collection of activity ideas for teaching about money, goods and services, smart shopping practices, and advertising. Includes a brief list of printed and organizational resources. (JDH)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development
Ward, Scott; Wackman, Daniel B. – 1975
In this survey a sample was taken of kindergarten students, third graders, and sixth graders of both sexes and of varying socioeconomic backgrounds for the purpose of exploring their attitudes toward television commercials. Questions concerning the child's mother's attitude towards commercials, the child's cognition of commercials, and the child's…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Elementary Education
Estes, Cynthia – 1980
This document provides teaching guidelines and student material for a unit intended for use in sixth grade consumer, home economics, or language arts programs. Time allotment is six hours of classroom time spread over a two to three week period. The objectives of this capsule are to help students understand the purpose of advertising, locate the…
Descriptors: Advertising, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Economics Education
Kretsinger, Ann B. – 1980
This document provides teaching guidelines and student material for a unit intended for use in fifth and sixth grade social studies and economics programs. Time allotment is from four to six hours. The objectives are to help students identify the difference between wants and needs, to distinguish between items that are scarce and abundant, to…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Decision Making Skills
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1985
Helping students learn about taking responsibility for the planning and shaping of their personal financial futures is this 13-lesson teaching unit's goal. Each lesson includes performance objectives, materials, motivational activities, development, and enrichment activities. Concepts are taught through worksheets, stories, and games. Students are…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Economics Education
Download full textKempf, Jerry – 1973
The sixth grade instructional unit, part of a field-tested grade school level career education series, is designed to assist learners in understanding how present experiences relate to past and future ones. Before the main body of the lessons is described, field testing results are reported and key items are presented: the concepts, the estimated…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Career Awareness, Career Education, Consumer Economics
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Home Economics Education Service.
The guide contains sequential units of consumer and homemaking education instruction for grades 6-12. The units for each grade level build upon and expand concepts developed during the preceding level. Introductory material describes program goals, home economics offerings in Virginia secondary schools, and the development and use of the guide. A…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Cultural Influences
