Talking Turkey: Want and Need (A Thanksgiving Primer on Economics)
Big Ideas for Young Minds
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Grade Levels
7th - 12th, Homeschool
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRI.7.4
CCSSRI.11-12.4
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
2 pages
Big Ideas for Young Minds
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Description
Thanksgiving traditions are the perfect ingredients for cooking up some careful consideration of two key concepts in economics: want and need. These two interactive pages will whet student appetites for economics amidst the season's abundance. TE included.
Talking Turkey: Want and Need can stand alone as a satisfying way to fill those exciting final hours before school lets out for Thanksgiving.
Also consider these two pages as appetizer for a larger menu of activities for teaching concepts in economics, "Economics for Everyone.'
Talking Turkey: Want and Need by Katie Engen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Total Pages
2 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
40 minutes
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSRI.7.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
CCSSRI.11-12.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
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