How have children participated in Learners will understand: Learners will be able to: Lesson: production, consumption, distribution over How people and communities deal with Ask and find answers. time and space? scarcity of resources. Analyze the Lesson: The difference between wants and differences between needs. wants and needs. Lesson: What people and communities gain and Evaluate how the give up when they make a decision. decisions that people Lesson: How economic incentives affect people’s make are influenced behavior. by the trade-offs of The characteristics and functions of different options. Lesson: money and its uses. Examine and evaluate Various organizations that help people different methods for Lesson: How have events effected what I buy? achieve their individual economic goals allocating scarce (banks, businesses, labor unions). and services in the The characteristics of a market economy school and The goods and services produced in the community. Project: market and those produced by the Assess how consumers government. will react to rising and falling prices for goods and services. Third Nine Weeks Science, Technology, Society This theme explores how developments in science and technology impact individuals, groups, institutions, and societies. Wants and needs stimulated advances in science and technology. An understanding of science and technology in their social contests allows learners to question and analyze the impact both in the past and in the present, as well as to analyze what the future may bring. Essential Questions Essential Knowledge Processes/Skills Instructional Resources
How have children participated in production, consumption, distribution over time and space? How have events effected what I buy? Learners will understand: How people and communities deal with scarcity of resources. The difference between wants and needs. What people and communities gain and give up when they make a decision. How economic incentives affect people’s behavior. The characteristics and functions of money and its uses. Various organizations that help people achieve their individual economic goals (banks, businesses, labor unions). The characteristics of a market economy The goods and services produced in the market and those produced by the government. Learners will be able to: Ask and find answers. Analyze the differences between wants and needs. Evaluate how the decisions that people make are influenced by the trade-offs of different options. Examine and evaluate different methods for allocating scarce and services in the school and community. Assess how consumers will react to rising and falling prices for goods and services. Lesson: Lesson: Lesson: Lesson: Lesson: Lesson: Project: Third Nine Weeks Science, Technology, Society This theme explores how developments in science and technology impact individuals, groups, institutions, and societies. Wants and needs stimulated advances in science and technology. An understanding of science and technology in their social contests allows learners to question and analyze the impact both in the past and in the present, as well as to analyze what the future may bring. Essential Questions Essential Knowledge Processes/Skills Instructional Resources
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