FEATURES & DETAILS:
- Copyright: 2005
- Language: English, Spanish
- Color
- MARC records, Catalog Card Kit and Single Main Entry Cards are available
- Features: Discussion Questions & Activities
- Technical: Single Layer, Single Sided, Full Screen
- DVD Region: ALL
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PRODUCT SUMMARY
What do you mean, money doesn’t grow on trees? Discover the truth about money, its history and how the use of money through saving, spending, earning and investing is the backbone of our economy. Learn how hard work, budgeting and good decision-making are the keys to being able to buy the things you need and want. Students will see how financial institutions like banks can help them earn interest and how personal management of their money directly affects the economy. Part of the multivolume Economics for Children Video Series. A teacher's guide is available online.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
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…Highly recommended."- Video Librarian (Nov/Dec 2005)"...teaches young viewers important economic principles in a clear, well-organized manner…does an excellent job of covering the basics in a way most young viewers will understand. A terrific introduction to the topic."- School Library Journal (Oct 2005)
"This series makes a complex topic easy to understand…Recommended."- Library Media Connection (March 2006)
FULL REVIEWS
Video Librarian (November 2005)
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"Designed for grades K-4, this fast-paced program from the four-volume Economics for Children series uses solid instruction, live-action footage, animation, onscreen graphics, and age-appropriate analogies (such as trading lunches) to define and explore topics such as currency, minting, the economy, supply and demand, wants vs. needs, and solid consumer principles (such as setting spending limits). Standout segments include a look at money in ancient societies (the Aztecs used cacao beans as an early form of currency, and the Chinese were the first to attach value to paper in exchange for goods and services some 3,000 years ago), a scenario featuring a pair of ‘tweens who want to buy an art set (their differing approaches to saving and spending offer a solid lesson about income, budgeting, and debt), and a fine summary illustrating the cyclic nature of how money moves through the economy. The other titles in the series are Starting a Business, U.S. Industries & Resources, and What is Economics? Highly recommended.