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Watts, Michael; McCorkle, Sarapage; Meszaros, Bonnie; Smith, Robert F.; Highsmith, Robert J. – 1996
This book opens with an exploration of the fundamental trilogy of economics - scarcity, choice, and cost. Students then examine the broad social goals of an economy in preparation for lessons treating many topics new to the precollege level such as the stock market, public choice, and aggregate supply and demand. The set of 20 lessons include: (1)…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship, Consumer Education
Call-Chronicle Newspapers, Inc. Allentown, PA. – 1981
More than 300 ideas are offered in this book as effective ways of using the newspaper for teaching in various subject areas. The first portion of the book contains a message to the teacher, a pretest for students in grades 5 through 12, and a section on introducing students to newspaper components and terminology. The major part of the book…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Consumer Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Billings, Henry – 1993
This document is a text for teaching economics. The book is divided into seven units. Unit 1 is called "What is Economics?" Its seven chapters discuss economics and scarcity, money, the role of the consumer, the role of the producer, capitalism and the free enterprise system, and the circular flow of the economy. The second unit is "How the United…
Descriptors: Banking, Business Cycles, Capitalism, Communism
Download full textRader, William D. – 1977
The document contains theoretical and practical information to aid social studies classroom teachers as they develop and implement consumer education programs. The monograph is presented in three major sections. Section I illustrates the kinds of theoretical content the author believes are appropriate for a school consumer education program.…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Ryan, Frank L. – 1980
The book presents 477 classroom activity suggestions for elementary and middle school teachers which reflect current social studies instructional thinking. The objectives are to promote greater understanding of the instructional topics presented and to encourage a commitment to integrating current instructional trends into personal classroom…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Career Education, Civil Liberties, Class Activities
Heller, Norma – 1998
This book provides guidance and instruction for nine in-depth projects that integrate information literacy skills and technology skills with the elementary curriculum while promoting small-group learning and interpersonal skills. These projects use the talents of both the teacher and the librarian and emphasize small group learning. The following…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Consumer Education, Educational Technology
