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Ourselves is designed to develop personal economic concepts through storybook characters presented by the volunteer in read-aloud stories and hands-on activities.
The learning objectives listed beside each activity state the skills and knowledge the students will gain.
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Activity One: Rico and His Friends Like to Play
The students are introduced to a storybook character and his friends. Through a group discussion and by drawing pictures of themselves, they discover ways that individuals relate to each other. |
Key Learning Objective
The students will
 recognize the role of self |
Activity Two: Rico and His Friends Make a Choice
The students learn how storybook characters plan to earn money to buy something they want.
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Key Learning Objective
The students will
identify examples of daily economic activity |
Activity Three: Rico and His Friends Work Together
The students learn how the storybook characters work together to earn money.
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Key Learning Objective
The students will
learn how workers depend on each other for success |
Activity Four: Rico and His Friends Save for a Tent
The students see the storybook characters saving money to buy a tent.
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Key Learning Objective
The students will
recognize the importance of saving money |
Activity Five: Rico and His Friends Buy a Tent
The students see the storybook characters buying a tent with the money they have saved.
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Key Learning Objective
The students will
recognize the role of the consumer |
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Ourselves enhances the students’ learning of the following concepts and skills:
Concepts – Buying • Choices • Consumer • Earning • Exchange • Incentives • Job • Marketing • Money • Play • Saving • Scarcity • Selling • Wants • Work
Skills – Abstract thinking • Concrete thinking • Decision making • Drawing • Following directions • Graphing • Interpreting information • Listening responsively • Matching • Responsibility • Sequencing • Teamwork
All JA programs have technology enhancements and are designed to support the skills and competencies outlined in the SCANS (Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) report. These programs also augment the school-based, work-based, and connecting activities for communities with school-to-work initiatives.
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