Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 4: Community Economics}

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Little Social Studies Thinkers  is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends.  It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 4: Community Economics teaches students how jobs and money affect people in a community. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

Working in a Community
Earning Income
Wants and Needs
Goods and Services in a Community
Natural Resources and how they contribute to G/S
Producers and Consumers
Supply and Demand
Choices about Money

——————–WHAT’S INCLUDED?———————

COMPONENTS OF THE UNIT:

  • A complete Teacher Guide
  • 9 printable/projectable Books for Read-Alouds
  • 12 Step-by-step, Scripted Lesson Plans (Twelve, 30-minute lesson plans in all)
  • Essential Question and Learning Target Posters
  • Anchor Charts
  • Whole Group Activities
  • Craftivity
  • Student Workbook that follows each lesson
  • Quick Check/Exit Ticket for every lesson
  • Primary Assessment and Rubric for scoring
  • Parent Letter
  • A COMPLETE unit PowerPoint to guide your teaching during each and every lesson (all books, targets, activity and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint to help you save paper)

 

OUTLINE OF UNIT 4:

Lesson 1: WORKING IN A COMMUNITY
Lesson 2: EARNING MONEY
Lesson 3: WANTS AND NEEDS
Lesson 4: GOODS AND SERVICES
Lesson 5: NATURAL RESOURCES
Lesson 6: PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS
Lesson 7: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
Lesson 8: MONEY CHOICES
Lesson 9: COMMUNITY ECONOMICS AND THE FLOW OF MONEY
Lesson 10: SPENDING AND SAVING CRAFTIVITY
Lesson 11: REVIEW
Lesson 12: ASSESSMENT