National Standards in Economics

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LESSON

Lesson 3 - The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution

http://msh.councilforeconed.org/lessons.php?lid=68362

Grades: 6-8

STANDARDS

Standard: 3

Grades: 4-12

• Allocation
• Students will understand that: Different methods can be used to allocate goods and services. People acting individually or collectively must choose which methods to use to allocate different kinds of goods and services.
• Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Evaluate different methods of allocating goods and services, by comparing the benefits to the costs of each method.

Standard: 13

Grades: 4-12

• Income
• Students will understand that: Income for most people is determined by the market value of the productive resources they sell. What workers earn primarily depends on the market value of what they produce.
• Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Predict future earnings based on their current plans for education, training, and career options.

Standard: 4

Grades: 4-12

• Incentives
• Students will understand that: People usually respond predictably to positive and negative incentives.
• Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Identify incentives that affect people's behavior and explain how incentives affect their own behavior.

Standard: 6

Grades: 4-12

• Specialization
• Students will understand that: When individuals, regions, and nations specialize in what they can produce at the lowest cost and then trade with others, both production and consumption increase.
• Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Explain how they can benefit themselves and others by developing special skills and strengths.

Standard: 9

Grades: 4-12

• Competition and Market Structure
• Students will understand that: Competition among sellers usually lowers costs and prices, and encourages producers to produce what consumers are willing and able to buy. Competition among buyers increases prices and allocates goods and services to those people who are willing and able to pay the most for them.
• Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Explain how changes in the level of competition in different markets can affect price and output levels.

Standard: 1

Grades: 4-12

• Scarcity
• 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.