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“Morning Warming” is a hands on unit of
study that bring to life third grade academic content standards in the
social studies curriculum. Third grade classes created a business from the
ground up, which sells hot chocolate to Mills Lawn students three mornings
a week before school.
Teachers Kristin Adkins and Sarah Amin divided the
two classes into four committees (board
members/proposal team, advertising committee, suppliers, and laborers).
Each group researched then developed an understanding of production,
distribution, and consumption. The goal
was to have students identify producers and consumers, categorize economic
activities as examples of production or consumption, explain advantages of
specialization and division of labor to produce items, recognize that
money facilitates the purchase of goods, services, and resources, and
enables savings, and identify examples of economic competition in the
local community.
Students planned together,
shopped for supplies at a local warehouse club, made advertising posters,
and sold their product as part of this learning project. (See photos
below.)
Students will use the business profits to
purchase items for the school. Some ideas the students have had are recess
games and equipment or flowers and plants to beautify the school grounds.
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