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ERIC Number: EJ600307
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
Teaching about Goods and Services Using Benny's Pennies. Pull-Out 1.
McGrew, Chris
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v11 n2 pps1-2 Nov-Dec 1998
Asserts that elementary students should know the basic vocabulary of economics, in particular, the "Significant Six": (1) goods and services; (2) productive resources; (3) scarcity; (4) opportunity cost; (5) specialization; and (6) exchange. Provides a lesson called "Benny's Pennies" that focuses on goods and services that prepares students to learn other economic concepts. (CMK)
Descriptors: Collage, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Economic Factors, Economics Education, Elementary Education, Group Activities, Persuasive Discourse, Problem Solving, Role of Education, Social Studies, Story Telling, Student Development, Student Interests, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics