ETE 335

Elementary Social Studies Lesson

Gardners Multiple Intelligences
ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
Gardners Multiple Intelligences
Ashley Roth
Economics/US
3
rd
grade
Public Goods and Services

ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
Gardners Multiple Intelligences
Goals:
Students will be able to demonstrate why public goods
and services are important.
Students will be able to identify how public goods and
services are important.

Objectives:
Content/Knowledge:
Students will be able to list on a poster and identify
factors of why and how public goods/services are
provided.
Process/Skills:
In the future, students will be able to, critically think why
and how services are provided that benefit them.

Values/Dispositions:
Students will be able to use what they have learned to be a
responsible citizen (linking to chapter 7).
ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
Gardners Multiple Intelligences
Rationale:
This is an important lesson because it will teach students
why and how public goods and services are provided.

Standards State Illinois Common Core or
Learning Standards
STATE GOAL 15: Understand economic systems, with an
emphasis on the United States.
E. Understand the impact of government policies and
decisions on production and consumption in the
economy.15E.2a Explain how and why public goods and
services are provided.
National NCSS Themes
People, places and environment
Production, distribution, and consumption
Individuals, groups and institutions



Logical/Mathematical
Logical/Mathematical
In this activity, students will be creating their
own store. They will bring things from home
that they dont want or use anymore and will
be divided into 4 groups. Each group will be
given 50 dollars in fake money and they will
have to buy and sell goods and services.
Doing this will show students how fast your
money can disappear and that many goods
and services are NOT free.
Materials:
-Goods from home
-Fake money
-Design of their own store
Verbal/Linguistic
Verbal/Linguistic
In this activity students will be divided into 2
groups, then will be describing a good or
service without saying the name. The other
team will have to guess what the team is
describing and if it is a good or service. The
team will then have to explain why.
Materials:
-Themselves
Musical/Rhythmic
Musical/Rhythmic
In this activity students will be paired with
one other person. They will have to create a
poem or song that will be performed in front
of the class. The poem or song must include
good/service and a definition, why is it
provided and how it is provided and list
examples of both. The students will present
their 30 second poem or song once everyone
is finished.
Materials:
-Paper
-Pencil
Visual/Spatial
Visual/Spatial
In this activity students will draw pictures of
different goods and services(3 for each). Next
to the picture they will say why it is a good or
service. Doing this activity checks to make
sure each student understands the difference
and if they dont it can be reviewed again.
Materials:
-Paper
-Pencil
-Colored pencils
Body/Kinesthetic
Body/Kinesthetic
In this activity students will be in a group and
create a skit. The skit will have someone
purchasing a good or service and how they
interact. The catch is that no one is allowed to
speak, and once the group is finished as a
class they will have to guess what the class
was demonstrating, and why.
Materials:
-Paper for skit
Interpersonal
Interpersonal
In this activity students will be working
together. Each group will be assigned a good
or service. The group will have to research the
good or service and create a poster that has
the good or service listed on it, how much it
costs, why the good or service is important
and who uses the good or service. After
completing the poster, the groups will all
share with one another- creating interactions.
Materials:
-Paper for ideas
-Poster
-Computer
-Colored pencils or crayons
Intrapersonal
Intrapersonal
In this activity students will be writing a
journal entry within their writers notebooks,
answering this question:
What goods and services will you use as an
adult? And why do you think these are
important?

Students will be given time to write their
answer, and think about what they have
learned.
Naturalistic
Naturalistic
In this activity students will be doing an
experiment. Each student will choose 1 good
and 1 service to research- find out all you can!
The student will then go to somewhere it is
sold and observe who buys it and ask 2
people why they do. This is a great project
and experiment because they are able to get
others opinions and research goods and
services.
Materials:
-Computer at home, library computer
-Project outline
ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
Gardners Multiple Intelligences
Visual Learning and Assessment:
Visual Learning, Assessment, and Online Resources:
Visual Learning:
NOTE: Be sure to include one image that is germane
to the focus of your lesson on each of the 8 lesson
activity PowerPoint slides.
Assessment:
In this lesson I will assess students based on if they
can demonstrate and identify what a good and
service is and how/why it is provided.

Online Resources:

https://delicious.com/ashleynicole21