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ERIC Number: EJ546636
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
Using Children's Theater to Teach Economics.
Shotick, Joyce A.; Walsko, Greg
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v9 n3 p11-13 Jan-Feb 1997
Profiles "Barnyard Economics," a children's play produced by Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE). SIFE is a national organization for college students who provide economic education to the community. The audience-participation play uses the adventures of a pig to illustrate opportunity costs, production of goods and services, and productive resources. (MJP)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Cross Age Teaching, Economics Education, Elementary Education, Free Enterprise System, Fundamental Concepts, Instructional Innovation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Skits, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Theater Arts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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