Livingston County Curriculum Document s2

Livingston County Curriculum Document

SUBJECT: First Grade Practical Living/Vocational Studies Aligned Curriculum—Consumerism Big Idea: Consumer Decisions Individual and families need to make consumer decisions due to the numerous products/services on the market, multiple advertising techniques, and the need to make responsible financial management decisions. Accessing and assessing consumer information, comparing and evaluating products and services, provides basis for making effective consumer decisions. Consumer decisions influence the use of resources and the impact they have on the community and environment.

Academic Expectations 2.30 Students evaluate consumer products and services and make effective consumer decisions. 2.33 Students demonstrate the skills to evaluate and use services and resources available in their community. 5.4 Students use a decision-making process to make informed decisions among options. Duration Program of Studies Essential Questions Critical Vocabulary Introduced Assessments Resources (amount of Core Content (POS) (I) (Include (Include time) 4.1 (DOK) Skills and Concepts Reinforced dates for field trips ( R) GRADE, and books Mastered GMADE and required to (M) Thinklink be read) testing

PL-EP-3.1.2 VS-P-CD-S-1 How do consumer Price M Feb Students will Students will decisions and Quality develop an May identify major understanding of practices affect my Features factors (price, how consumer community and Goods quality, features) decisions are environment? Services to consider when influenced by Consumer making consumer economic and Wants social factors by: decisions. a) recogni Needs zing that Purchase consumers Media are people whose Advertising wants are Producer satisfied by using goods and services b) recogni zing that producers are people who make goods and provide services c) describ ing the steps in making consumer decisions d) identifyi ng the difference between wants and needs (e.g., food, clothing, and shelter) and the relationship to consumer decisions e) describ ing major factors (e.g., price, quality, features) to consider when making consumer decisions f) definin g barter, giving examples of bartering (e.g., trading baseball cards with each other), and explaining how money makes it easier for people to get things they want g) recogni zing the relationship between supply and demand and the dependence one has on others to provide for wants and needs h) depend ence one has on others to provide for wants and needs i) identifyi ng the ways friends may influence your decisions when making purchases recognizing how media and advertising affect consumer decisions

VS-P-CD-S-2 Students will investigate media advertisements and newspaper stories that influence consumer decisions

VS-P-CD-S-3 Students will explore and use technology to access information as a consumer March PL- EP-3.1.4 VS-P-CD-S-4 Reuse April Students will Students will Reduce identify consumer describe how actions (reusing, consumer Recycle reducing, actions Environment recycling) that (e.g., reusing, impact the reducing, environment. recycling) influence PL-EP-3.1.5 the use of Students will identify resources and the available health impact the and safety agencies environment by: in a community that describing some provide services: community  Health activities that department promote healthy  Fire department environments  Sanitation  Police Ambula nce services