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Lesson1

GoodsandServices

GoodsandServices:TheThingsWeWant

TeachingObjectives:

1.Toteachthatgoodsandservicesarethingsthatpeoplewant.

2.Toteachthedifferencweengoodsandservices.

EconomicConcepts/Vocabulary:

Goods,Services,wants

TimeAiiowed:

30minutes

Materiais:

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Examplesofgoods

Picturesshowingpeopleperformingservices

Chalkboardoroverheadprojector

DiscussionofEconomicConcepts:

Economicsstudieshowproductiveresources(naturalresources,humanresources,

andcapitalresources)areusedtoprovidethegoodsandservicesthatsatisfyhuman

wants.Inmanyelementarytextbooksadistinctionismadweenwantsandneeds.

Becausethisdistinctionisnotalwaysclear,economistsusuallylumptheterms

togetherunderthegeneralcategoryof“wants.”

Goodsaretangibleitemsthatresultfromproduction,suchasbooks,automobiles,

pants,paperclips,andshovels.Servicesarenonphysicalresultsofproduction,and

mustbeconsumedassoonastheyareproduced.Examplesincludetheservicesofa

dentist,teacher,orplumber.

Goodsandservicesare,bydefinition,thingsthatpeoplewant.Asweshallseeinlater

lessons,therearenotenoughgoodsandservicesfreelyavailabletosatis~everyone’s

wants.Theresultisthebasiceconomicproblemofscarcity,whichisdiscussedin

Lesson3.

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TeachingTips:

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Lesson3.Simplyemphasizethebasiclessonobjectives:thedistinctionbetween

goodsandservices,andthatgoodsandservicesarethingspeoplewant.

2.Thethingsthechildrensaytheywantmayfocusontoys,candy,pets,etc.Em-

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