In a Pickle Objectives To understand how consumers influence the food supply. No special preparation is required. Chapter One activities are recommended as pre-activities.
Youth work on teams and provide leadership to complete the activity.
Youth acquire and evaluate information from the sheets. Youth begin to understand economic systems and how consumers affect demand while producers and distributors affect supply. Youth practice reading, speaking, and listening. Youth learn and reason about supply and demand and apply these concepts to particular situations. Become familiar with these skills and help children understand and master them.