To aid teachers in media selection, this column looks at an array of fairly recent filmstrips, films, video cassettes, slides, and recordings for consumer education, arranged by topic and in ascending grade level order. It also suggests some ready sources of government pamphlets. Ordering information is appended. (Author/SJL)

Granite School District, Salt Lake City, Utah, has developed an elementary consumer education program designed for infusion into regular subject matter teaching. This article presents goals and starter activities from each of the project's eight topic areas: money management, income determination, basic economics, advertising, purchasing, energy,…

Presents opinions on various issues related to consumerism in the United States and questions how students in economic education classes can be helped to understand economic issues. (Author/DB)

Explains how students in high school social studies should benefit from participation in an economic education program. Presents objectives relating to the consumer in society, consumer rights and responsibilities, and consumer law. A directory of materials and resources concludes the article. (Author/DB)

Resources available to secondary level teachers of economics include the school, newspapers, government, industry, and the community. Methods for utilizing these resources in the classroom are described. (Author/DB)

Interprets economic education broadly as any activity in which students think about economic reasoning and consider how people behave in an economical manner. Observes that, using this definition, economic education is widely practiced in Japanese elementary schools. Looks at the national Course of Study to illustrate the argument. (DSK)

Although there is a strong case for teaching economics at the middle school level, there are practical hurdles to making that goal a reality. Academic economists, who are well trained in economic theory and its applications, are not trained, generally, in the theory and application of effective curriculum development and teaching methods for the…

Fifty state departments of education were surveyed to determine state changes in economics education (including consumer education and free enterprise education) mandates since an earlier survey conducted in 1981 by Brennan and Banaszak. Findings, which are presented in a table summarizing the status of mandates for economics instruction in each…

This document is one in a series of three monographs developed by the National Association of State Boards of Education and designed to acquaint the reader with consumer education issues and how they affect policies. Included in these monographs are articles on what should be taught as part of consumer education, how consumer education programs…

This document, one in a series of six Project SCAT (Skills for Consumers Applied Today) units for senior high school students, provides an overview of basic economic skills and consumer practices. Project SCAT is designed to help students develop basic skills, solve problems, and apply consumer knowledge necessary for making wise choices in the…

Builds case for consumer-oriented studies as an integral part of elementary school curriculum based on the Western Provincial Task Force on Elementary Consumer Education's study of (1) the desirability, potential and current state of consumer-oriented studies for children in grades 1 through 6, and (2) recommended course of action. (CM)

Discusses the teacher's responsibilities in role-playing situations in consumer education; identifies four different kinds of simulations; and suggests six topics for role-playing about consumer issues. (AV)

Teachers' ideas for teaching elementary secondary school students about business, industry, economics, consumerism, and money management are presented. Class activities involving a toy automotive industry, a consumer convention, and a class "microtown" are described. (CJ)

A teaching unit on economics discusses basic background information, suggests classroom activities, and lists sources of instructional resources. Reproducible masters for two instructional levels are included and introduce economics law and basic financial management. (FG)

Proposes a content sequence for an economics education program that would take into account its three dimensions: consumer economics, career guidance, and citizenship education. (SK)