A compilation of lessons on Japanese history and cultural and contemporary issues is divided into sections for middle schools and high schools. A total of four lessons and a board game are contained in section one, lessons for middle schools. Lessons focus on Japanese schools; Japanese houses, past and present; and economic interdependence.…

This curriculum guide was developed to help elementary education teachers incorporate economics lessons into the social studies curriculum. First, second, and third grade students study the concepts of: (1) economic institutions; (2) scarcity; (3) choice and decision-making; (4) specialization and exchange; and (5) economic systems. A curriculum…

Designed to help upper elementary education teachers develop economics lessons as part of the social studies program, this curriculum guide introduces fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students to the study of: (1) economic institutions; (2) scarcity; (3) choice and decisionmaking; (4) specialization and exchange; and (5) economic systems. A…

Four units, teacher's notes, and a comprehensive glossary provide background information and activities aimed at raising the awareness of high school students and teachers regarding the nature of the food system and its relationship to nutrition, population, and resources. These non-sequential units analyze the economic and political factors…

This guide contains 13 concept-based lessons in economics for use in secondary U.S. history courses. One component of a two part publication, the guide demonstrates how the conceptual structure of the economics discipline presented in the first publication (ED 148 648) can be used to help students develop basic economic concepts. Each lesson is…

Economics education is examined as revealed by a study of science education at two-year colleges that involved a review of the literature, an analysis of the catalogs and class schedules of 175 representative institutions, and a survey of 69 economics instructors. Each of the three parts of the report reviews pertinent literature, reports study…

This unit provides secondary school students with methods for comparison shopping of savings institutions. It contains both student materials and teacher's guide and is designed for individualized instruction. Approximate time for the unit is six hours. Activities include analyzing cartoons, defining the terms "savings" and…

The teacher's guide is for a high school unit on accepting credit responsibility, part of family financial education program which also includes a unit on managing personal income. The components of the unit, correlated with a planned instructional program in any area of economics, can be used to reinforce certain relationships and concepts which…

The instructional unit, field-tested in Arizona, is intended to become an integral part of a total K-12 career education curriculum. Six lessons are designed to assist learners in understanding how present experiences relate to past and future ones by comparing the cultures of Europeans in New England, and of Spanish soldiers and Indians in the…

The Materials Evaluation Committee of the Joint Council reviewed both print and non-print supplementary student materials for economics in order to make this selected list of those materials thought to be suitable according to: 1) whether the materials are genuinely concerned with economic matters; 2) whether they are analytical in nature; and, 3)…

The purpose of this study was to determine the short-term impact of inquiry-oriented teaching materials on high school students' understanding of consumer education concepts and practices. In addition, the study sought to ascertain if a comparative advantage exists in offering consumer education courses at the preservice and the inservice levels…

Summaries of forty-eight business education research studies completed in 1977 (all but one a doctoral or independent study) are compiled for twenty-two subject areas. Although the quantity is small, these summaries should present a normal picture of the nature and scope of research in business education in 1977. (MF)

The technique of having college economics students write brief reaction papers in response to assigned readings has been found to be useful in motivating and enhancing student preparedness for classroom discussions. The reaction papers also helped students study for exams and develop writing skills. (MSE)

The Asian Consumer Education Study was designed to gather information about the current status of consumer education in Korea. Conversations and informal interviews with 27 consumer leaders showed that, with the exception of academic specialists and consumer professionals in government, business, and community organizations, consumers gave little…

This World Bank (Washington, D.C.) kit is a case study designed to introduce secondary school social studies students to a project in Kenya established to strengthen small-scale industries. The kit contains a pamphlet, a booklet, a sound filmstrip, and a teacher's guide. The pamphlet, "Economic Summary: Kenya," points out the severe…