Gail Bennett: INT 925 Project #1

Elementary Economics Lessons


By the end of grade four, students will:
D.4.1 Describe and explain of the role of money, banking, and savings in everyday life
D.4.2 Identify situations requiring an allocation of limited economic resources and appraise the opportunity cost (for example, spending one's allowance on a movie will mean less money saved for a new video game)
D.4.3 Identify local goods and services that are part of the global economy and explain their use in Wisconsin
D.4.7 Describe how personal economic decisions, such as deciding what to buy, what to recycle, or how much to contribute to people in need, can affect the lives of people in Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.


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