Grade K-2, 3-5, 6-8
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Activity
Building Your Own City
Objective
Students will be able to:
- Determine the types of goods and services needed in a community.
Standard
National Standards in Economics
Scarcity
Standard: 1
- Students will understand that: Productive resources are limited. Therefore, people cannot have all the goods and services they want; as a result, they must choose some things and give up others.
- Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Identify what they gain and what they give up when they make choices.
Concepts
In this economics activity, students choose the goods and services needed in their community.
Resources
Procedure
This is an individual activity where students will watch the video, Let’s Build a City: Crash Course Kids #48.1, and consider what goods and services they would want to have in their local community. Then, students will respond to either the Quizizz or complete the ReadyAssessments Quiz. To complete this activity, students need to follow the instructions below:
- Watch the video Let’s Build a City: Crash Course Kids #48.1.
- Respond to the Quizizz or complete the ReadyAssessments Activity.