1. Topic-
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2. Content-
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1. Students will understand that economics impacts every aspects
of our lives.
2. Students will learn what impacts the prices we pay for goods and
services.
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4. Objectives-
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| TSW explain how competition affects the prices of goods and services
by using the FTC website to gather information and answering questions
about each area of competition. |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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- Student journals
- Monopoly Game board
- T "� Chart for mall comparison
- T- chart example
- EconEdLink for full lesson and links
- Food Court
- Tripple Cold Creamery - monopolies
- The Cinema - FTC
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
1. Show a Monopoly board and ask students to talk about how to play
the game.
2. Students should get to the idea that it is best to own all of one
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B. Development-
1. In this lesson we are heading back to the mall.
2. Students will be comparing 2 different malls using a T-chart.
3. Examine the mall design on each side of the T-chart and write down
what you notice about each one. (See T-chart example.)
4. Students should understand that having more stores and more choices,
sellers will work harder for their business. This is known as competition.
5. Give students some background on the Federal Trade Commission.
The Federal Trade Commission is the nation's consumer protection agency
and one of the government agencies responsible for keeping competition
among businesses strong. Its job is to make sure companies compete
fairly and don't mislead or trick people about their products and
services. Read more about the FTC.
6. Let students share their thinking about which mall is better for
the consumer. Can they think of examples of monopolies in their own
malls?
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C. Practice-
1. Use the link to head to the food court of the mall. This is a
government website designed to teach kids about competition.
2. Click on the site to get started. Listen to the conversation of
the main characters, and then listen to each pizza restaurant. Decide
which one offers the best pizza deal. Then go back to the main characters
and see what they chose.
3. Ask students if Emily and Isaac chose the pizza they would have
chosen.
4. Competition allows consumers to get goods and services at lower
prices. They get better customer service and more choices so they
can get better quality.
5. Display this question: How does competition encourage producers
to produce more of what consumers want and are willing to buy?
6. Answer the question together as a group.
7. Students can show with Thumbs Up or Down if they agree or disagree
with the choice of pizza made. Justify reasoning.
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D. Independent Practice-
1. Using computers, students work in teams to complete two more
experiences with competition "� monopolies (Triple Cold Creamery)
and the FTC (the cinema). Following the experience, students will
answer questions:
* Monopolies: What is a monopoly? If you owned a business and did
such a good job that the other store in town went out of business,
are you breaking the law?
* FTC: Why was the Federal Trade Commission needed and established?
Monitor students as they work.
2. Question teams about what they discover about competition as they
work. Reteach as necessary.
3. Share responses to questions.
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-
1. Grouping students so that the higher English speakers can assist
developing English speakers.
2. Depending on student level, students will either write as they
gather information and answer questions or draw and/or tell orally
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F. Checking for understanding-
Use the FTC website to gather information and answer questions about
each area of competition.
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G. Closure-
| Students will write in their journal a short answer to question:
What impacts the prices we are charged for goods and services? |
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7. Evaluation-
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| Students will explain the factors that affect the price of goods
and services. |
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