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Lesson Plan

Econ Ed Link: Work, Earnings and Economics: Using Lyddie by Katherine Paterson

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In reading and discussing Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson, students examine basic economic concepts and explore the growth of labor unions and the role of government in a market economy.

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Concepts
economic growth, human resources, interest, labor, money, opportunity cost, resources, scarcity, standard of living, labor unions
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Additional Tags
borrower, budget, choice, council for economic education, decision making, econedlink, economic freedom, economic wants, incentive, labor union, market economy, money management, regulation, role of government, savers, savings, special interest group, technological changes, wage, wants
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)