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A lesson plan for Grades 3–5 Social Studies

Provider: National Council on Economic Education

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This lesson illustrates the differences between inventions and innovations. It discusses what entrepreneurs are and their role with inventions and innovations.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 3

  • Goal 5: The learner will apply basic economic principles to the study of communities.
    • Objective 5.02: Explain the impact of scarcity on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
    • Objective 5.05: Distinguish and analyze the economic resources within communities.
    • Objective 5.07: Identify historic figures and leaders who have influenced the economies of communities and evaluate the effectiveness of their contributions.
  • Goal 6: The learner will recognize how technology is used at home, school, and in the community.
    • Objective 6.01: Describe and assess ways in which technology is used in a community's economy.
    • Objective 6.02: Identify and describe contributions made by community leaders in technology.
    • Objective 6.03: Identify the impact of technological change on communities around the world.

Grade 4

  • Goal 7: The learner will recognize how technology influences change within North Carolina.
    • Objective 7.01: Cite examples from North Carolina's history of the impact of technology.
    • Objective 7.02: Analyze the effect of technology on North Carolina's citizens, past and present.
    • Objective 7.03: Explain how technology changed and influenced the movement of people, goods,and ideas over time.
    • Objective 7.04: Analyze the effect of technology on North Carolina citizens today.

Grade 5

  • Goal 5: The learner will evaluate ways the United States and other countries of North America make decisions about the allocation and use of economic resources.
    • Objective 5.05: Evaluate the influence of discoveries, inventions, and innovations on economic interdependence.
  • Goal 6: The learner will recognize how technology has influenced change within the United States and other countries in North America.
    • Objective 6.01: Explore the meaning of technology as it encompasses discoveries from the first primitive tools to today's personal computer.
    • Objective 6.02: Relate how certain technological discoveries have changed the course of history and reflect on the broader social and environmental changes that can occur from the discovery of such technologies.
    • Objective 6.03: Forecast how technology can be managed to have the greatest number of people enjoy the benefits.