LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 6

The learner will apply basic economic concepts to home, school, and the community.

Objective 6.03

Participate in activities that demonstrate the division of labor.

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Dog gone job!
Students watch a video of a workers at a kennel and talk about the types of jobs that they saw. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
Increasing productivity
Students read a story and then experiment to see how instruction and practice improves their ability to make an origami dog. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
Lean on Me -- We Depend on Each Other!
Students discern how an assembly line works, reinforcing the underlying principles such as interdependence, specialization and division of labor. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
Little Bill the producer!
After watching the video and completing an activity about producers, they produce their own books about Little Bill, Alice the Great, or Dr. King. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
The Little Red Hen
After reading the story, “The Little Red Hen,” students will categorize resources and be able to identify what future incentives the characters will have to help the little hen in her work. Students will also have the opportunity to explore bread making. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance and Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
A Pet for Beans from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
Students learn about trading through a discussion of “Jack and the Beanstalk.” (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
What do other people want to be?
Sudents graph people's job choices and identify the goods and services each job provides. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Social Studies and Mathematics)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
Who gets more than their fair share?
Students identify and describe various methods of distributing goods or services. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 and 3 Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
Working hard for a living
Students learn that work is a means for obtaining money. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education