Economics
Money
Thematic Unit
Literature
Other Social Sciences
100
The field of study or discipline concerned with the production, distribution, exchange, and consumption.
What is Economics?
100
A good place to begin teaching economic concepts to our primary students is with___________.
What is money.
100
There have been five major US migrations of homeless children, the most recent being the result of the devastation of Hurricane _________ that hit Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, causing the evacuation of the port of New Orleans.
What is Katrina.
100
Picture books or novels that reflect our society as it currently exists offer individual opportunities for drawing comparisons to a more depressed economy. True or False
What is False
100
__________ also plays other economic roles as it frequently teams with geology.
What is Geography.
200
A ________________ may desire a town where there is inexpensive labor.
What is a Manufacturer
200
One effective way to introduce students to a concept is to immerse them in physical representations of the topic to be covered. True or False
What is True.
200
One way of addressing some higher-level economic concepts is through a study of the Great Depression that began in the United States in ____.
What is 1929.
200
What type of books can be used to introduce different aspects of economics?
What is Picture books
200
Today only two major automakers have corporate headquarters in the United States, _______ and ______.
What is Ford and General Motors.
300
What affects economic development?
What is Scientific and technological advancements
300
Name 2 ways you can teach the concept of money.
What is Literature and poetry.
300
The need to provide economic resources for children makes a study of the Orphan Trains one pertinent to ______________.
What is Elementary Students
300
The power of literature to put students in touch with another time and place is the vehicle by which even the most technical concepts may be introduced and explored. True or False
What is True
300
The economic success of a culture from long ago can be determined by __________ as they sift through the artifacts and relics left behind.
What is a anthropologists.
400
Students may feel that economic terms such as __________ or _________ hold little relevance to their daily lives.
What is Inflation or Depression
400
________ can play a large role in helping children understand a variety of topics, money being no exception.
What is Poetry.
400
Using the terminology introduced in the primary grades and expanding upon it in a spiral curriculum approach, fourth, fifth, and sixth graders can learn about money and balancing budgets by engaging in a week-long unit of study called the "_______."
What is "Mall of Life".
400
BONUS: How many degree's has Dr. Tucker achieved?
What is 6
400
The sun was said “__________________”, yet the end of World War II saw the beginning of the breakup of one of history’s most successful and far- reading empires.
What is “never to set on the British Empire”
500
Economics is based on a concern about _________.
What is Scarcity
500
John Hill suggests setting up a _____ ______ in the classroom to help students learn various economic principles such as making choices, scarcity, time and money, costs and benefits, and accepting responsibility.
What is token economy.
500
BONUS: What area of study is Dr. Tucker currently studying at NMSU?
What is Creative media technology
500
BONUS: What was Dr. Tucker first job when she moved to Las Cruces?
What is Transcribing city council meeting minutes
500
During the ________ ______, the colonies had vast amounts of raw goods such as cotton, grain, tobacco, and wood for shipbuilding and construction but lacked manufactured goods such as needles, cloth, medicines, and finished fine furniture, which England produced.
What is the American Revolution.
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