Lesson Plan
Grades 3-5
When the Chips are Down
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Students compete for global resources and experience the inequity of global resource distribution, and then trade to simulate how cooperation can change the outcome of the initial distribution.
Students will be able to:
- Define import and export and differentiate between the two.
- Explain the economic principles of scarcity, surplus, and trade.
- Examine how trade around the world creates interdependence among people in different places.
Features of This Resource
- Combines kinesthetic (tactile) and auditory learning
- Covers economic concepts of scarcity, imports and exports
- Students practice abstract thought and understanding representations
- Upper elementary economics lesson
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This lesson plan must be purchased as part of a lesson packet or as part of a full curriculum that is available in our store.
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