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ERIC Number: EJ251612
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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The Chocolate Milk Crisis: A Consumer Economics Simulation Unit for Grades 1-6.
Derrico, Patricia; Karsotis, A. Thomas
Social Studies Journal, v10 p18-21 Win 1981
Describes a simulation game developed to introduce elementary school students to basic economic concepts, including scarcity, availability, resource utilization, trade-offs, and demand and barter. The simulation, based on a shortage of chocolate milk in the elementary school lunch room, stressed problem solving skills. (DB)
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Economic Factors, Elementary Education, Problem Solving, Simulation, Social Studies, Units of Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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