Check out the news video below from theTampa Bay Times Newspaper in Education program. Then, plan your own holiday dinner. What would you like to eat? Search through the Tampa Bay Times Circulars to find items and create a budget. How much did your dinner cost? How can you save money? How can you make more healthy choices?
SS.8.FL.2.1 Explain why when deciding what to buy, consumers may choose to gather information from a variety of sources. Describe how the quality and usefulness of information provided by sources can vary greatly from source to source. Explain that, while many sources provide valuable information, other sources provide information that is deliberately misleading.
SS.912.FL.2.2 Analyze situations in which when people consume goods and services, their consumption can have positive and negative effects on others. Consider the Tampa Bay Times article below. The title says: Amazon just upped the ante in the race for free holiday shipping. What does "upped the ante" mean? Read the article and answer some of these critical thinking questions: What did Amazon do? When does this go into effect? Where is this happening? Who will it impact? Why do you think they started free shipping for the holidays? How can this impact other retailers, both online and in-store? Now create some What If? So What? or What Next? questions of your own.
SS.4.FL.2.6 Predict how people’s spending choices are influenced by prices as well as many other factors, including advertising, the spending choices of others, and peer pressure.
SS.8.FL.2.2 Analyze a source’s incentives in providing information about a good or service, and how a consumer can better assess the quality and usefulness of the information. SS.912.FL.2.1 Compare consumer decisions as they are influenced by the price of a good or service, the price of alternatives, and the consumer's income as well as his or her preferences. |
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January 2022
CategoriesAuthorDeborah Kozdras, Ph.D. |