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 6.07

Recognize that all families produce and consume goods and services.

Resources aligned to this objective

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Build your community
Students identify businesses that provide goods and services desirable to people in most communities. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
Communities - What They Provide for Us
Students learn that a job is work people do to earn a living. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
Every penny counts
Students will learn about choice as consumers. (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
Mystery workers
Students review the concepts of goods, services, and producers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
Native American cultures across the U.S.
Students discuss the differences between five Native American tribes within the U.S. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Simple Simon meets a producer
Students learn what consumers and producers do. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
To market to market
Students will participate in a marketplace simulation by role-playing producers and consumers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
We are consumers and producers
Students learn how they and family members fulfill the roles of producers and consumers at home and in their community. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
What is competition?
Students understand what businesses are and that a marketplace exists whenever buyers and sellers exchange goods and services. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–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