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Online Field Trip
Do your students know how long it'll take to earn enough money for a new CD player? Or how credit card charges work? Sense and Dollars is a fun, interactive site that helps your students and their families demystify personal economics. They can even plan a dream prom!
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Econ and Me: Four children encounter problems in their communities which they learn to solve—thanks to their invisible friend Econ—by applying economic principles. Students learn that spending money often requires careful decisions, and that obtaining money is more complicated than sticking a card in a bank machine.
With Econ and Me, even teachers who have never studied economics can introduce basic economic concepts.
Subject(s): Mathematcis, Social Studies
Grade(s): Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Estimated episode length: 15 minutes
"Scarcity " (#1 )
Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:29 AM on channel MPTV
Econ tells Sean and his friends that they have an economic problem—a scarcity of space. When they decide to build a clubhouse, they find they have a scarcity of wood. The swing set is a resource that could support a clubhouse.
"Teacher Program A - Teacher Orientation " (#1A )
Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:44 AM on channel MPTV
Introduces the content and design of the five student programs. Step-by-step instructions guide teachers in the use of program 1. Includes strategies for integrating the basic economic concepts into language arts, mathematics, and problem solving and for using the teacher's guide to maximize learning opportunities.
"Teacher Program B - Teaching Strategies " (#1B )
Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:08 AM on channel MPTV
Introduces programs 2 through 5. Demonstrates teaching strategies and ways of evaluating students' comprehension. Suggestions for use of the instructional materials are provided along with an examination of the inductive/deductive framework and concept development process contained in the instructional design of the programs.
"Opportunity Cost " (#2 )
Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:32 AM on channel MPTV
Jennifer sees that the swing set was her opportunity cost for choosing the clubhouse. When the children can't fit in all their furniture, Econ's decision tree leads them to keep a bookcase and identify a table as their opportunity cost.
"Consumption " (#3 )
Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:46 AM on channel MPTV
Econ tells the children that they can use their $4.00 to buy goods, save their money, or pay someone to perform a service. Three decide to spend their limited income, but Tanya saves hers for the amusement park.
"Production " (#4 )
Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:01 AM on channel MPTV
The children decide to earn money to go to the amusement park with Tanya by putting on a play involving neighborhood children.
"Interdependence " (#5 )
Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:16 AM on channel MPTV
Tom and Sean arrive late for rehearsal and say their small jobs don't matter. Econ shows them a real-life example—the amusement park, where Sean and Tom depend on all the people who work there. The program closes with the successful production of The Incredible Econ.
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Lesson Plans
Get READy for Economics -- What is the difference between “want” and “need?” Teach your students the important concept of responsibility in this lesson that covers the basics of economics, using video from the popular PBS show Arthur, as well as other
Subject(s): Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies
Grade(s): K, 1, 2, 3
To Be or Not to Be Depressed I: Understanding the Great Depression -- What was America like in the 1930s? In this first part of a two-part lesson, students will be introduced to the history of the Great Depression, as well as examining F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and building a historical timeline
Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies
Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
To Be or Not to Be Depressed Part II -- How did F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby portray the American Dream at the time of the Great Depression? In this second part of a two-part lesson, students will examine Fitzgerald’s novel as well as playing a fantasy stock market game.
Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies
Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
We All Need Each Other -- Your class has been appointed to start a new community—now you have to decide what jobs must exist. In this lesson, students are introduced to the concepts of goods and services, as well as the interdependence of a community.
Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade(s): 3
London Town- A Rival to Annapolis? -- Travel back in time and learn about Maryland’s London Town, once rival to the modern capital, Annapolis. In this activity, students will examine the factors that made one city flourish and one retreat into the background.
Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade(s): 5, 6
Cash or Credit? -- What are the dangers of using credit cards? Introduce your class to the basic concepts of credit card usage by utilizing this activity, which includes an online interactive program.
Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade(s): 7, 8
How Much Time is Your Money Worth? -- Show your students the value of a dollar using this activity that has students use an online interactive program that converts money into time.
Subject(s): Social Studies
The American Experience - The Kennedys: Economics -- The Kennedys offers insights into American history topics including immigrant stories
Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade(s): 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Working Hard for a Living -- In this EconEdLink lesson, students learn that work is a means for obtaining money. They distinguish paid work from other activities people do. Students choose a job they would like to do for money and discuss why they chose it.
Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade(s): K, 1, 2
Simple Simon Meets a Producer -- In this EconEdLink lesson, students learn what consumers and producers do. They give examples of resources used by producers. This lesson incorporates student handouts, interactives, and links to a variety of Web resources.
Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade(s): K, 1, 2
NOT Your Grandma's Lemonade Stand -- In this EconEdLink lesson, students manage a virtual lemonade stand to learn about market economics. They identify what they gain and what they give up when they make choices. They identify people as consumers and/or producers.
Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade(s): 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Communities - What They Provide for Us -- In this EconEdLink lesson, students learn that a job is work people do to earn a living. Students also discover the difference between jobs that provide a service and jobs that provide a good. This lesson incorporates a student interactive and handout.
Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade(s): K, 1, 2
Lean on Me -- We Depend on Each Other! -- In this EconEdLink lesson, students discern how an assembly line works, reinforcing the underlying principles such as interdependence, specialization, and division of labor. Students explain why an assembly line makes the production process more efficient.
Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade(s): K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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