ICS Inter-Community School Library: G4 HWOO: Grade 4 How We Organise Ourselves

Lines of Inquiry

Consumers purchase goods and services to meet their wants and needs.
Supply, demand and sustainability can affect suppliers, goods, services and prices.
Consumer choices can have an impact on humankind and the environment.

UNICEF - Rights, Wants, Needs

UNICEF - Rights, Wants, Needs
This resource kit consists of a set of 20 cards
and associated educational activities to teach
and learn about children’s rights.

Chain Game Activity – Teacher Instructions

Chain Game Activity – Teacher Instructions
This activity helps students to understand interdependence in trade and the advantages and disadvantages brought about by unequal distribution of resources.

Chain Game Resources

The Journey of Bananas

The Journey of Bananas
Key point: How are we connected to people round the world through the things we buy and eat?

Why do the UK import bananas from Costa Rica?
Who are all of the groups of people who are involved in the growing, transportation and sale of the bananas?
Who works the hardest? Why do you think that?
Who do you think earns the most money? Why?
Describe the supply chain (what are the steps of the journey of a banana?) Firstly……

BrainPop Jr Goods & Services

BrainPOP Jr.
Gently encourages young learners in grades K to 3 to ask questions and form their own ideas.
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BPJ Goods & Services

Oxfam - It's Just Not Fair

Oxfam - It's Just Not Fair
This resource for 7-11 year olds helps learners begin to understand the basic principles of global trade.

Starting with everyday items – things from the supermarket – the activities explore where items actually come from and how they reach us. Drawing out links between raw materials and finished items, and helping learners to understand the supply chain, this resource also gets learners thinking about global trade rules and who benefits from them.

It's Not Fair

Ellen Macarthur Foundation - Circular Economy

It’s time for a circular economy
Through design, we can eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature, creating an economy that benefits people, business and the natural world.

Lemonade Stand Game

Lemonade Stand Game
Your goal is to make as much money as you can in 7, 14, or 30 days by selling lemonade at your lemonade stand. Buy cups, lemons, sugar, and ice cubes, then set your recipe based on the weather and conditions. Start with the basic recipe, but try to vary the recipe and see if you can do better. Lastly, set your price and sell your lemonade at the stand. Try changing up the price based on the weather conditions as well. At the end of the game, you'll see how much money you made. Write it down and play again to try and beat your score!

The Lifecycle of A Cup of Coffee

The Lifecycle of A Cup of Coffee
How many people does it take to make a cup of coffee? For many of us, all it takes is a short walk and a quick pour. But this simple staple is the result of a globe-spanning process whose cost and complexity are far greater than you might imagine. AJ Jacobs traces the journey of this caffeinated elixir from seed to cup. [Directed by Biljana Labovic, narrated by Addison Anderson].

The Circular Economy

Ever wondered what happens to all your stuff when you throw it out? A lot of it - from sauce sachets to mobile phones - ends up in landfill or gets burned. Or it ends up in our environment, causing damage to the natural world on which we depend.

Britannica School - Economics

Britannica School Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
General information. Good for finding out about a topic when you begin research. Includes up-to-date information sources and allows you to move easily to material of higher or lower reading levels as needed.
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Britannica School - Economics
The field of study that addresses the wealth of people, industries and countries is known as economics.

BrainPop Supply and Demand

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BrainPOP is an educational website with over 1,000 short animated movies, together with quizzes and related materials, covering the subjects of science, social studies, English, mathematics, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music.
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BP Supply & Demand
How much is that new video game really worth to you? Find out in this BrainPOP movie, as Nat and Moby introduce you to the fundamental economic theory of supply and demand!

Circular Economy Quiz

National Geographic Circular Economy Quiz
TRUE OR FALSE?
Are these claims about the circular economy real or rubbish? Test your friends and family!

Gapminder Dollar Street

Gapminder - Dollar Street
Dollar Street is a Gapminder project - free for anyone to use. Today we feature 430 families in 66 countries, with 44574 photos and 7340 videos and counting ...

The One Thing You Would Save

The One Thing You'd Save by Linda Sue Park; Robert Sae-Heng (Illustrator)
If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores different answers to this provocative question in linked poems that capture the diverse voices of a middle school class.

Peter Menzel Photography - Material World

Peter Menzel Photography - Material World
Material world portrait gallery

PLANET MONEY MAKES A T-SHIRT

PLANET MONEY MAKES A T-SHIRT
Cotton
Machines
People
Boxes
You

The Life Cycle of a T-Shirt

How Your T-Shirt Can Make a Difference | National Geographic

Did you know that the t-shirt on your back has a major impact on the planet? Producing it took 2,700 liters of water, plus it takes a lot of energy to get it from the cotton fields to your closet. But some of your t-shirt's biggest impacts are in how you care for it. Here's how you can help reduce its effect on the environment.

Earthday.org Sustainable Fashion

FASHION FOR THE EARTH
The fast fashion industry has completely revolutionized fashion, but not for the better. Behind every piece of clothing in the store, there is a destructive industry stripping the Earth of its limited resources and placing a devastating toll on the labor force working in garment factories.
SUSTAINABLE FASHION QUIZ
How much do you know about what’s in your closet?
TOOLKIT: HOW TO SUSTAINABLY SHOP FOR YOUR CLOTHES
How we shop and care for our clothing are easy ways to reduce our carbon footprint and protect our planet’s soil, fresh waters, and oceans. Here are some simple tips to fill an environmentally-friendly closet with a wardrobe that looks great and lasts a long time.
TOOLKIT: HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR CLOTHES
Caring for clothing items properly will extend their life. This has important earth-friendly consequences. By cutting consumption of new clothing, we reduce our contribution to fashion’s carbon footprint and worldwide waste in landfills. But whether clothing is new or second-hand, an everyday item or a special heirloom, all clothing lasts much longer with some simple, basic maintenance. And, as an added bonus, saves money in the long run!

G4 HWOO: Grade 4 How We Organise Ourselves

Central Idea

Using a circular approach to consumption can help create products and services that consider the environment, businesses, and people.