Unit Map 12142015
Unit Map 12142015
Unit Map 12142015
Understand how goods and services are an essential part of daily life.
Explain how goods and services need to be in demand in order to barter effectively.
Discover how having money increases opportunities to buy, which contributes to the
growth of the economy.
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Understand how a limited money resources interferes with getting all of the wants.
Develop and create songs using facts about goods and services.
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Teacher will read students a book about bartering called Lets Trade: A Book about
Bartering by Nancy Loewen.
Teacher will be asking questions throughout the book. Students will also focus on
predicting and inferring during this lesson.
Students will be asked to do a Mix-Pair-Share.
Students will be asked to draw a picture of something they would like to barter and write
why this item is worth the trade. And if they could buy the item if they had to money.
There will be a whole class discussion about the pictures and some students will be able
to share their drawing.
Assessment: The picture and writing will be an informal assessment to determine if students are
able to explain the purpose and use of bartering.
Students will need to show the displayed amount using the play money.
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The teacher will callout different coins and the students will need to display them their
desk.
Students will see pictures displayed on the Smartboard with an amount attached to it.
Students will need to show the displayed amount using the play money. (Partner
Activity)
Students will be given a cafeteria menu. Students will have to buy an item from each of
the 4 food areas and determine the amount of money left. Students will have to show
their math work on a separate sheet of paper. The students will have $2.00 to spend.
Assessment: Students will informally assessed on math (addition and subtraction). The teacher
will also see the combinations students will have from the menu.
Lesson 5: Centers and Final Summative Assessment
This lesson will consist of five learning centers / work stations. This will allow students
to get additional practice with good and services, bartering, and the use of money.
The final summative assessment will be for students to create a flyer, poem, song or rap
about a good or service they would like to sell or barter. Students will be able to share
their flyer, poem, rap, or song. Students will have the option to work with a partner or to
work alone.
Field Trip
Students will be having a field trip to a grocery store. Students will be given a list in
which they will record five items they would like to purchase, the cost of the item and the
aisle the item was in. Students will total the amount of money they would have spent and
put it in the correct box. Students will tell what their favorite section (frozen, diary,
snacks, etc.) is in the grocery store? And also, list two service providers in the store and
the services they provide.
Other possibilities to include in unit lesson:
Natural and capital resources
Limited resources