Scarcity and Opportunity Cost
Introduce the term "scarcity".
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1 Hour+
Ox-Cart Man
OVERVIEW
In this lesson, students listen to the story Ox-Cart Man in which a father and his family use various resources to produce goods. They participate in a simulation of the circular flow of the economy and use examples from the story to apply the concepts learned.
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