Use the lovable character Curious George to capture your students’ attention while teaching about personal finance and economics. Each lesson features a specific Curious George children’s book and includes fun activities to help your students learn about economics. Economic concepts will include goods and services, natural, capital, and human resources, production, specialization, interdepenence, and saving.

Includes 5 lessons.

This video teaches the concepts of Division of Labor and Specialization. Following the video, students can take an interactive quiz to test their knowledge and share there results.

Lesson Objective: At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to explain the concept of productivity and analyze the role of investments in physical (e.g. technology( and human capital (e.g. education) to increase productivity. Supplies Needed Presentation 1 Productivity Presentation (found in Task 3) Student Handout 1 Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study inProductivity (found in Task 4) Student Handout 2 Productivity Ranking Activity (found in Task 6) Student Handout Answer Key 2 Productivity Ranking Activity (found in Resource Library) Student Handout 3 Investment, Productivity, and Growth Quiz (found in Task 7) Student Handout Answer Key 3 Investment, Productivity, and Growth Quiz (found in Resource Library) Video 1 Productivity Cartoon Meet King Joe (9:26) (found in Task 1)   References: Econedlink: Council for Economic Education. (n.d.). Economic Glossary. Retrieved from http://www.econedlink.org/economic-resources/glossary.php Econedlink Henry Ford Case Study. http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=668&type=educator MBA dictionary. (n.d.). Retrieved November 15, 2014, from MBAResearch and Curriculum Center YouTube Video Productivity Cartoon, Meet King Joe (1948). Published January 28, 2013