Lesson Plan

Grades 3-5

When the Chips are Down

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40 minutes

SUBJECTS: Social Studies

TOPICS: Economics, Resource Distribution

Resource Overview

Students compete for global resources and experience the inequity of resource distribution around the world.

Students will be able to:
  • Define import and export and differentiate between the two.
  • Explain the economic principle of scarcity.
  • Examine how trade around the world creates interdependence among people in different places.
Students hold poker chips representing resources in global resource comparison lesson

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

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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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