Social Studies - 4th Grade
Educational Links

Standard 2

Students will understand how Utah's history has been shaped by many diverse people, events, and ideas.

Objective 3

Investigate the development of the economy in Utah.

• Consumers and Producers
  This song sung, to the tune of "The More We Get Together," helps students remember how producers and consumers are connected.
• EconEdLink: We Are Consumers and Producers
  This interactive lesson plan helps students learn what consumers and producers do.
• Junior Achievement: Student Center
  Learn about working in a career and budgeting, planning for college, and saving for future expenses.
• Kearns Mansion: Interactive Game
  Learn about the Kearns family and life in turn-of-the-century Utah as you solve clues to find the five silver coins hidden in the Kearns Mansion in an online, interactive game.
• Lesson Plan- Supply and Demand
  This lesson's objective is for students will be able to list as a group economic goods, economic bads, items that are scarce in our society and factors that affect our economy.

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