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Start the ee Students understand basic economic concepts and their individual roles in the economy and demonstrate basic economic reasoning skills. Producers and consumers depend on each other for the goods and services they want. Producers provide the goods and services that consumers buy. How do producers and consumers depend on each other? How do people get money to pay for goods and services? Why do we make, sell, and buy more of some things than others? Why do countries trade goods with other countries? Unit 5 Test Writing: An Advertisement WY Unit Project: A Class Fair ey T earned money to buy a gift for my brother. we g I think about the cost before I choose what T will buy. T use money I saved to buy what I want. ... Vocabulary producer A person who grows, makes, or sells goods. (page 246) goods Things that can be bought and sold. (page 247) A ‘ services Work done for others. (page 247) marketplace Where people buy and sell goods and services. (page 270) aS INTERNET RESOURCES Go to www.harcourtschool.com/hss to view Internet resources for this unit. consumer A person who buys and uses goods and services. (page 249) 235 Reading Social Studies Categorize and Classify As you read, you can categorize and classify information. When you categorize and classify, you sort things into groups. @ Decide what each group will be called. @ Place each thing in a group. Read the following paragraph. _ __Rob and Mom shopped at the Farmers’ Market. They bought fresh food, plants, and | _toys. The foods they bought were peppers and __ cucumbers. Mom chose a yellow rosebush and ___ daisies for the garden. Rob bought some toys—a __ wooden whistle and a puzzle. At the end of the _day,Momboughtacupof ______ lemonade and Rob bought grape juice.They had fun their shopping trip! Use this chart to categorize and classify the things that Rob and Mom bought. Some are foods. Some are not. What else did Rob and Mom buy? Copy the chart and complete it. ce You Rea) an as You Read As you read this unit, look for ways to categorize and classify information. 237 Anticipation Guide An anticipation guide helps you get ready to read. An anticipation guide is a list of statements. As you read, you will discover whether the statements are true or false. Practice the Skill ) Copy the statements on the next page. Work in a small group to decide what you think about each one. Read each statement. Circle T if you think the statement is correct. Circle F if you think the statement is incorrect. Anticipation Guide |. People usually make all of the things they need. 2. Most people do not need to earn money | to buy what they want. | If everyone wants to buy the same item, it can be hard to find. | et . Sometimes you have to save to buy things you want. | . Every country has all the resources it | Apply as You Read Use the anticipation guide above as you read the unit. Talk about how the information in the unit changed your thoughts about some of the statements. , a’ NV ly Neal, ly Re ei ERM ARKE) E> = he / es \ ly\ by Kathleen Krull illustrated by Melanie Hope Greenberg O_O OC memo meme Shopping carts clang. Magic doors whiz open and shut. Colors glow under bright white lights. So many breakfasts, lunches, and dinners! It’s all at a special, necessary, very real place: the supermarket. The doors don't really open by magic. When an electronic “eye” overhead “sees” you coming, it - starts a motor to open the doors. The supermarket is a whole world of its own. Where does all this crunchy, munchy, sweet, sour, fiery, frozen, fabulous food come from? 241 = @ oT It all begins on farms. Our food comes from places with lots of sunshine, rich soil, and clean water. Farmers make decisions every day during the long months of growing. 242 At harvesttime, workers pick the fruits and J vegetables. They pack everything neatly in boxes > and load the boxes onto trucks. Picking fruits and vegetables can be painful, low-paying work. Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) became ahero for workers when he founded the National Farm Workers of America. Small trucks, big trucks, gigantic trucks — all rev up their engines. Every night, drivers take off from farms or warehouses. » 244 They zoom down the highway toward your town. @ Interview someone who works at a supermarket to find out how one of your favorite foods gets to the store. @ Make It Relevant What are some of the foods your family buys? 6 245

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