No City Is an Island: The Study of Interdependence.

Autor/in	Braden, Nancy
Titel	No City Is an Island: The Study of Interdependence.
Quelle	(1981), (111 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Agriculture; Awards; Banking; Budgets; Business; City Government; Community Characteristics; Community Planning; Community Study; Economic Factors; Economics Education; Entrepreneurship; Grade 5; Income; Intermediate Grades; Learning Activities; Local Issues; Monetary Systems; Program Descriptions; Resources; School Community Relationship; Specialization; Taxes; Teacher Developed Materials; Units of Study; Arkansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Landwirtschaft; Award; Auszeichnung; Bankgeschäft; Finanzhaushalt; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Ökonomischer Faktor; Wirtschaftskunde; Unternehmungsgeist; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Einkommen; Mittelstufe; Lernaktivität; Monetary system; Währungssystem; Betriebsmittel; Hilfsmittel; Arbeitsteilige Spezialisierung; Abgabe; Lerneinheit
Abstract	In this award winning project for incorporating economics study into the curriculum, a fifth grade class studied economic interdependence as it applied to their community (Barling, Arkansas). Class readings of several books dealing with the development of an economic community preceded the students' creation of a mini-Barling with elected officials and regularly scheduled board meetings. Students chose to study four aspects of their community's economic structure: household economics, the business world, financial institutions, and government. Learning activities for each of these topics included: surveying class and community characteristics, analyzing the town's economic sectors, and locating the town's goods and services (household economics); studying retail business, analyzing income, and comparing agriculture, services, and industry (business world); researching the functions of money and banks (finance); and studying social decision making, analyzing the school's organization, examining various types of taxes, and researching the town's budget (government). A variety of strategies such as research projects, bulletin boards, group discussion, and guest lectures was used within each topic. As a culminating activity, students created a filmstrip of a town council meeting. Appendices include a bibliography and copies of classwork. (LP)
Anmerkungen	National Depository for Economic Education Awards, Milner 184, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761 (free).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC