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Economy in and between Communities
A5109
- This engaging program will grab and hold your students attention as they are introduced to the key concepts surrounding our community's economy. They will learn the difference between goods and services in both the public and private sector. Lots of real life visuals show people at work—production workers and service workers—and helps students unde... |
1-3 |
$39.95 |
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For the Greater Good
U1403
- This city is polarized when a proposed highway project threatens homes in the Latino section of the city. Theme: individual rights vs. the common good. |
10-12 |
$49.95 |
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How Location Affects Life / Different Areas, Climate, Latitude and Longitude
G9021
- Students examine geographical and human factors that affect personal and societal ways of life. Physical components such as climate, landform and relative location are discussed, expanding a learner’s understanding of characteristics within northern and southern hemispheres, differing latitudes and longitudes. Population density, cost of living, an... |
4-8 |
$39.95 |
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How our Economy Works / All about Earning and Spending Money
A5708
- In this engaging video students learn that people work to earn money so that they can satisfy their basic needs and wants, and that everything we spend money on is either for goods or services. They learn what a job is and the difference between production workers and service workers. They are introduced to the concepts of saving and banks. |
K-3 |
$29.95 |
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Learning about Natural Resources
S1201
- Reduce/Reuse/Recycle are meaningless words to students who do not have a clear understanding of the importance of natural resources. In this engaging production students first learn about the three types of natural resources: inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable. Next, identify the earth's wide variety of natural resources—air, water, oil, co... |
K-4 |
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Production Workers / And the Goods They Make
A5703
- Learn about the people who make or grow the goods we need—production workers. See how these workers make trucks and houses and grow food for the community. Understand simple explanations of the terms goods and services, consumers, income; and learn why people work. |
K-3 |
$29.95 |
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Service Workers / And the Services They Provide
A5702
- Learn about the workers who serve our communities and the services they provide—police officers, fire fighters, sanitation workers, grocery clerks, and others. Discover that providing a service means doing something to help someone else. Terms like goods and services, consumers, and income come alive in this visually rich presentation . |
K-3 |
$29.95 |
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The Five Themes of Geography
G9001
- When geographers look at a “Place”, they want to know what it is like there. Then, when geographers want to know where a place is, they use “Location” to find it. "Human Environment Interactions" shows us how places affect people, and how the people living there can affect a place. Geographers also study "Movement"—the way people, ideas, and goods |
3-7 |
$39.95 |
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Transportation in and Between Communities
A5108
- Kids discover how transportation moves people and goods from one community to another in this beautifully photographed comparison of land, water, and air travel. Their advantages and disadvantages are shown in memorable animated graphics. How transportation has changed over time through technological advances is illustrated with light-hearted histo... |
K-3 |
$39.95 |
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