The student will demonstrate map skills by constructing a simple map of the North American continent, which will include the essential map elements of title, scale, key, directional indicator, and date. A good starting point. The student will explain the interdependence of producers and consumers in a market economy by describing factors that have influenced consumer demand and describing how producers have used natural resources, human resources, and capital resources to produce goods and services in the past and the present. On a String - This lesson is a total group lesson using the themes of geography to illustrate the interdependence of countries. Group discussion and an activity are used to teach the objective.
Emphasis is on the terms import and export.
Same address deals well with producers and consumers concept. An age appropriate lesson designed to show the interdependence of the three types of resources. For Rent - Lesson based on the story For Rent. Concepts include production, demand, choice, and scarcity. This is a compilation of learning goals for the primary grades in economics.