Junior
Achievement’s
Elementary School Programs are the foundation
of its k-12 curricula. Seven sequential themes,
each with five hands-on activities, as well
as two capstone experiences, work to change
kids' lives by helping them understand business
and economics.
Ourselves® explains personal
economics through a collection of short stories
read
aloud by the
volunteer.
Concepts and Skills
*Barter * Benefit * Buying * Choices * Consumer
* Costs * Earning * Entrepreneurs * Giving
* Goods * Incentives * Income * Money * Resources
* Rewards * Saving * Scarcity * Selling *
Spending * Voluntary exchange * Wants * Work
* Abstract thinking * Coin recognition *
Decision making * Drawing * Following directions
* Interpreting information * Listening responsively
* Matching * Responsibility * Sequencing
* Teamwork
Our
Families® emphasizes
the roles people play in the local economy
as well as how they
work together to make the place they live a
good place.
Concepts and Skills
* Business * Choices * Consumers * Economic
institutions * Employment * Family * Incentives
* Income * Interdependence * Jobs * Needs
* Resources * Scarcity * Skills * Tools *
Voluntary exchange * Wants * Work * Analyzing
information * Decision making * Differentiating
* Drawing * Following directions * Interpreting
symbols * Listening responsively * Making
observations * Map reading * Matching * Teamwork
Our
Community® explores
the interdependent roles of workers in a
community and how communities
work.
Concepts and Skills
* Banking * Business * Choices * Circular flow
* Community * Division of labor * Economic
institutions * Goods * Government * Incentives
* Interdependence * Jobs * Money * Productivity
* Taxes * Comparing * Critical thinking *
Decision making * Identifying choices * Listening
responsively * Making observations * Matching
* Problem solving * Role playing * Teamwork
Our
City® studies
careers, the skills people need to work in
those careers, and how
businesses contribute to a city.
Concepts and Skills
* Banking * Business * Careers * City * Consumer
* Economic institutions * Entrepreneur *
Incentives * Income * Jobs * Money * Producer
* Quality * Resources * Skills * Specialization
* Zones * Applying information * Decision
making * Filling out forms * Interpreting
directions * Map reading * Math computations
* News writing * Role playing * Teamwork
* Using scale
Our
Region® introduces
the relationship between the natural, human,
and capital resources
found in different regions and explores regional
businesses that produce goods and services
for consumers.
Concepts and Skills
* Business * Choices * Economy * Exchange *
Expenses * Goods * Incentives * Income *
Investment * Products * Profit * Region *
Resources * Risk * Scarcity * Services *
Specialization * Taxes * Comparing * Compiling
data * Conducting research * Decision making
* Differentiating * Giving reports * Interpreting
data * Math computations * Problem solving
* Reading * Teamwork * Understanding symbols
Our
Nation® examines
how businesses operate in the United States
and explores various economic
issues that impact those businesses.
Concepts and Skills
* Advantages * Advertising * Careers * Corporations
* Division of labor * Goods * Markets * Partnerships
* Price * Products * Production * Productivity
* Profit * Resources * Services * Specialization
* Stock * Assembling products * Critical
thinking * Drawing conclusions * Formulating
a plan * Giving reports * Interviewing *
Listening * Making observations * Role playing
* Teamwork
JA Global Marketplace®
provides practical information about the global economy and its effect
on students’ lives.
Concepts and Skills
* Trade * Market * Domestic trade * International trade * Exports * Trade
barrier * Quota * Subsidy * Embargo *Tariff * Standard * Business practices
* Culture * Franchise * Global trade * Immigrate * Emigrate *
Entrepreneurship * Human resources * Productivity * Technology * Exchange
rates * Currency Interpreting maps * charts * and globes * Oral and written
communication * Working in groups * Gathering and organizing information *
Critical reading * Persuasion * Compromise and bargaining * Analyzing points
of view * Brainstorming * Critical thinking * Math calculations
JA
BizTown™. Simulated
communities where students assume the roles
of workers
and consumers.
Concepts and Skills
* Banking * Business * Careers * Charitable
giving * Citizenship * Competition * Conservation
* Consumers * Demand * Division of labor
* Employment * Exchange * Goods * Markets
* Marketing * Money * Needs * Opportunity
costs * Producers * Production * Quality
* Resources * Saving * Scarcity * Services
* Skills * Specialization * Supply * Want
* Analysis * Applying information * Budgeting
* Cause and effect * Critical thinking *
Computation * Data collection * Decision
making * Following directions * Graphing
* Interpersonal communication * Listening
* Negotiation * Observation * Planning *
Predicting outcomes * Problem solving * Reading
* Research * Role playing * Setting goals
* Spending * Taking responsibility * Teamwork
Dollars and $ense®
- teaches students about earning, spending, sharing, and saving money, and
businesses they can start or jobs they can perform to earn money.
Concepts and Skills
Advertising · Banking · Business · Business plan · Consumer · Deceptive
· Deposit · Earn · Employee · Entrepreneur · Estimate · Expense · Good ·
Income · Interest · Job skill · Market research · Mentor · Money · Money
management · Profit · Role model · Save · Self-employed · Service ·
Share · Spend · Start-up cost · Withdrawal · Work ethic Active listening
· Analysis · Applying information · Basic Math · Brainstorming · Chart
data · Compare and contrast · Completing forms · Computation · Critical
thinking · Deductive reasoning · Decision-making · Drawing · Evaluating
data · Following written and verbal instructions · Group work · Matching
and classifying · Mind-mapping · Problem-solving · Recording deposits
and withdrawals · Role-playing · Self-assessment · Taking turns ·
Teamwork · Vocabulary building
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