|
Students will understand:
People
are both producers and consumers.
Different
businesses operate within our community.
There
are producers and consumers in our community.
All
people have wants and needs
We
depend on others to meet our wants and needs
Businesses
create jobs for a community and provide goods and services
Skills. Students
will be able to:
Distinguish
between a want and a need.
Describe
how people in the community earn a living to meet their needs.
Identify
which businesses within the community produce goods and which produce
services
|
Learning Standards
Give
examples of people in the school and community who are both producers and
consumers.
Explain
what buyers and sellers are and give examples of goods and services that
are bought and sold in their community
|
Sample Assessments
Sort and
classify pictures of goods by those that are wants and those that are
needs.
Draw
pictures of several businesses in the community. Beneath each picture write the name
of the business, what it produces, whether it supplies goods or services,
and whether it addresses people’s wants or needs.
Sample Learning Experiences
Visit
various businesses in the community include some that provide services and
some that provide goods
|