Economics 4th/5th: Indicator #6

Economics: Fourth and Fifth

Students will develop economic reasoning to understand the historical development and current status of economic principles, institutions, and processes needed to be effective citizens, consumers, and workers participating in local communities, the nation, and the world.

In the study of Maryland up to contemporary times and United States history through 1790, students are able to do everything required at earlier grades and are able to:


Indicator #6

Explain how taxes finance government operations and provide public goods and services.


This indicator implies the application of economic principles to every day life. The first lesson plan is from the IBM site called Managing Your Money. While this site includes some of the previously linked sites, this lesson plan example includes the use of the Internet. http://www.solutions.ibm.com/k12/teacher/moneyt.html
 

Another site that involves purchasing a video is:
http://discoveryschool.com/schoolstore/videos/money-kidsandcash/index.html

An interdisciplinary example for this indicator is
http://mdk12.org/practices/support_success/mspap/exemplars/social_studies/4-5/imported/index.html
 

 


 

 
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