Basic economic concepts appropriate for the second grade are elaborated in this guide which is intended to be used for enrichment of an existing social studies program. Numerous supporting ideas are used to develop an understanding of the following fundamental concepts: 1) people in a community need goods and services; 2) someone must produce the…

The document contains student materials and a teacher's guide for a unit to help second grade students consider decisions that must be made when purchasing and caring for a pet. Objectives are to recognize that consumers have wants and needs, identify reasons consumers go to more than one place to trade or purchase goods, and tell what…

This document suggests learning activities, teaching methods, objectives, and evaluation measures for a second grade consumer education unit on quarters. The unit, which requires approximately six hours of class time, reinforces basic social studies and mathematics skills including following sequences of numbers, distinguishing left from right,…