Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ312864
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Bubble-Good Data: Product Testing and Other Sources.
Atwood, Virginia A.
Social Education, v49 n2 p146-49 Feb 1985
The goal of this mini-unit is to teach elementary students economic concepts related to consumerism and to develop problem-solving skills. Students test a product such as sugarless bubble gum and study how it is advertised. The students then make their own advertisement for the product. (RM)
Descriptors: Advertising, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection, Data, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Elementary Education, Information Sources, Learning Activities, Merchandise Information, Problem Solving, Purchasing, Social Studies, Student Developed Materials, Student Projects, Units of Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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