Spending Money Wisely.

Autor/inn/en	Wentworth, Donald R.; und weitere
Institution	Lesley Coll., Cambridge, MA. National Center of Economic Education for Children.
Titel	Spending Money Wisely.
Quelle	4 (1982) 2, (14 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Activity Units; Concept Teaching; Consumer Education; Decision Making; Early Childhood Education; Economics Education; Elementary Education; Experiential Learning; Learning Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Area of activity; Tätigkeitsfeld; Konsumerziehung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Wirtschaftskunde; Elementarunterricht; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Lernaktivität
Abstract	The theme article of this issue, "Spending Money Wisely," by Donald R. Wentworth, begins with an explanation of basic strategies which aid wise spending. The article goes on to provide an introduction to economic reasoning related to consumer purchases and focusing on the role of incentives, scarcity, and alternatives. Four teaching units follow this conceptual introduction. The first unit, intended for pre-kindergarten use, includes activities which have preschoolers listen to a book about shopping ("On Market Street," by Arnold Lobel, 1981), sing a song, hear an economic version of the three pigs, create a nutritious snack, and survey their snack preferences using a pictograph. The K-2 unit, "Kiddie Konsumers," has students set up a mini-mall in their classroom to practice making wise purchase decisions. Additional activities have students clip refund coupons, recognize wise consumer decisions presented in teacher-read scenarios, and investigate which fast food chain has the best price on a cheeseburger, fries, and milkshake. "Sell Words," the third and fourth grade unit, contains seven activities designed to help students learn how to spend their money wisely. Students analyze advertising techniques, keep a television advertising log, conduct a swap-meet attempting to "market" their used merchandise, listen to a guest speaker, and play a consumer version of "lets pretend." The unit for 5th and 6th graders involves students in examining alternative purchase decisions, evaluating the quality of products as a part of consumer decision making, playing "The Chip Choice," and investigating peanut butter bargains. (JDH)
Anmerkungen	Joint Council on Economic Education, 2 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01