Lesson Plans Grades K-3
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- A New Coat for Anna (K-1)
Capital Resources, Human Resources, Natural Resources, Productive Resources
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- Decisions! Decisions! (PreK-2)
Alternatives, Benefits, Choices, Costs, Economics Wants, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity
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- Growing Vegetable Soup (K-1)
Capital Resources, Human Resources, Natural Resources, Productive Resources
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- Pancakes, Pancakes. Pancakes and Productive Resources (K-1)
Capital Resources, Consumers, Human Resources, Natural Resources, Producer, Want
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- Too Many Toys (K-2), recipient of the 2016 GOLD Award of Excellence, NAEE, 2016
Choice, Decision Making, Demand, Economic Wants, Opportunity Cost, Price, Production, Scarcity
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- Digging Into Decision Making--Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel (K-3) 2016
Alternatives, Benefits, Choice, Costs, Decision Making, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity
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- Bartering to Harmonize (1)
Barter
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- Which Shoes Will You Choose? (2-3)
Alternative, Benefits, Choice, costs, Decision Making, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity
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- The Top Job (2-3)
Human Resources, Interdependence, Specialists
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- Interdependence Ties Us All Together (2-3)
Economic Wants, Goods, Interdependence, Services, Specialization
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- The Big Choice – Uno’s Garden (3-4)
Alternative, Benefit, Choice, Cost, Decision, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity
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- Bookworm Factory (3-4)
Artisan/Craftsman, Division of Labor, Human Capital, Productivity, Specialization
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- Developing Human Capital With Paper Airplanes (3-4)
Human Capital, Productive Resources, Productivity
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- E-N-T-R-E-P-R-E-N-E-U-R (3-4)
Benefit, Cost, Entrepreneur, Expenses, Incentives, Profit, Productive Resources, Revenue
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- Need Help as You Decide? Use the PACED Decision Making Guide! (3-6)
Alternative, Benefit, Choice, Cost, Decision, Opportunity cost, PACED Decision Making Guide, Scarcity
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- Lawn Boy--Specialization and Trade (3-4)
Barter, Specialization
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- Let's Decide--The Last Newspaper Boy in America (3-4)
Choice, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity
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- Headline News, Calling the Caller Consumer to Attention--The Last Newspaper Boy in America (3-4)
Consumers, Goods, Interdependence, Producers, Services
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- Roll the Presses--The Last Newspaper Boy in America (3-4)
Exchange, Interdependence, Scarcity
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- Welcome to Developing your Human Capital--The Last Newspaper Boy in America (3-4)
Human Capital
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- Producing a Newspaper--The Last Newspaper Boy in America (3-4)
Capital Resources, Human Resources, Intermediate Goods, Natural Resources, Productive Resources
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- Where in the World Were These Goods Produced (3-4, 7)
Exports, Goods, Imports, Interdependence, Voluntary Exchange
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- Play Ball (4)
Capital Resources, Entrepreneur, Human Capital, Human Resources, Natural Resources, Productive Resources, Trade
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