What's the true costs of the things we buy? 

In Social Studies, students will investigate how a market economy works and what the social, economic and environmental costs of the products they consume are.

Team Products: 

-Public Awareness Campaign. 

-PSA Commercial and Infographic explaining the cost of producing a popular consumer good and create a suggestion of a humane eco-friendly alternative. 

- Greenspire Store cart with sustainable products to sell during brain break."

Individual Products:

- Diagram explaining the flow of materials, labor, and capital used to produce a popular consumer good.

1. Market Economy: How does a market economy work?

   • Students will complete Checkpoint 1 Quiz

2. Consumer Good Production: Where do the things I buy come from and how are they produced?

   • Students will create a circular flow diagram. The diagram will explain the flow of materials, labor, and capital used to produce a popular consumer good. They will pick a product they think would be good for the school store and complete a perspective graphic organizer. 

3. Consumption Impacts: What are the impacts on the economy, people and the environment when I buy a product?

   • Group narrow down product choices and find product sources -Gallery Walk Observations

4. Sustainable Consumption: How can we raise awareness of the impacts of products and promote responsible consumption?

   • Checkpoint 2 Quiz 

5. Public Awareness Campaign: How can we share what we have learned with others in our community?

   • A persuasive letter to local school principals urging them to stock school stores and vending machines with sustainable humane consumer goods.

   • Open up the school Store