Teaching Activity Day 1 Introduction Generate interest for the project by asking students what things they like to buy. List their responses. Provide help as necessary by asking about toys, clothes, and favorite foods. Objectives Students recognize themselves as consumers by identifying the top products consumed by the class. Students discover and apply map and research skills to locate and match countries with identified products.
Students define and understand imports and exports .
Students analyze possible reasons for production of a product in a given country. Students implement a trading simulation, choosing a country and a product they will export and import to countries within the class. Resource books, encyclopedias, atlas, maps, and globes Explain to the students that when they buy goods or services to satisfy their wants, they are acting as consumers. Also, explain that the things they buy and consume are products goods made using resources. Give students an example of how the information on the letter should be completed e.g., Beanie Babies made by Ty.