Five 10-minute lessons
Produced 2007 — A PBS 45 & 49 Production
School-use rights: unlimited
Grades 5-8 / social studies
Closed Captioned
Teacher guide (available online)
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5/8 SS
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Economics helps us understand how goods and services
are provided and acquired (supply and demand). The focus of this
project is to provide an understanding of the basics of economics,
and to view economics with a historical perspective.
- Competition, Supply and Demand and Interdependence
- Scarcity and Factors of Production
- Import, Export, Trade and the Circular Motion
of the Economy
- Government Regulations and Tariffs
- Mercantilism and Early Economic History
Block feed schedule: 9/5,
10/11, 10/19, 1/7 |