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Grade 2, Social Studies Std 5: Explain the relationship between the production and distribution processes. • Discussing the impact of consumer choices and decisions • Making informed decisions about borrowing and saving

Lesson Plans: Orange Juice From the tree to the glass - students will understand the interrelationship between production and distribution. Goat in the Rug Geraldine, a goat, tells the story of a Navajo weaver who produces a rug using the goat's mohair. Students will discover what producers, resources, and intermediate goods are through this story. People Who Supply Our Food In this unit, students will learn about the people who supply our food. Bananas From Manolo to Margie - follow a crop of bananas from a plantation in Honduras to Margie's breakfast table in the United States. Along the way, see how the bananas are handled by many workers and carried on different forms of transportation. Banana Day The students will sequence how a banana gets from a banana plantation to a supermarket. Where Do Your Belongings Come From? Students will figure out where their belongings came from and to consider the reasons why many items are imported from other countries. On The Road Again Moving people, products, and ideas - in this lesson students will identify modes of transportation and communication for moving people, products, and ideas from place to place. The Right Job for 'The Tortoise and the Hare' Students will explain how specialization benefits a community. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie A fun economics lesson dealing with unlimited wants, goods, and services. The Goat in the Rug A fun economics lesson from an old Navajo folktale dealing with producers, resources, and intermediate goods. Why We Save Valuable learning about choice, money/exchange, saving, spending, opportunity cost. Farming: Natural Resources Students identify natural resources, and weather & climate, temperature, and precipitation.

Resources: FirstGov for Kids: This site provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject. (Good for Smartboard K-5) Economics Songs: We've Been Working on Production. Economics Songs: Questions (Capital, Human, and Natural Resources). Made in the U.S.A.: Students map products made in the United States. Students describe how economic links make Americans more alike, and locate major manufacturing centers in the U.S. Suggestions for English Language Learners: (E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) (E/B) Students point in response to questions. (E/B) Students answer questions with one word or phrase. (E/B) Students use play money to illustrate need, profit. (E/B) Students label community shops and activities. (E/B) Students create a neighborhood using pictures, model of buildings. (D) Students explain (orally) how a business gets its inventory, i.e. buy from a farmer, buy from another source. (D) Students complete a cloze story. (D) Students answer prepared questions. (D) Students complete and illustrate graph or economic circle. (D) Students create a "business" in the classroom in which students role-play proprietors and customers. (D) Students role play members of the neighborhood. (D) Students compare and contrast two businesses. (D) Students graph the results of an actual school fund-raiser. (E) Students illustrate economic circles, i.e. how money changes hands from consumer to producer, family to farmer, utility company, according to the goods and services purchased. (E) Students answer questions in written form that require higher order thinking skills. (E) Students give an oral or written analysis or a problem that might occur in a neighborhood, such as a shop burns, a shop goes out of business.
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