Example of Student Work on Ecological Economics

Why am I smiling? Talking Back to Ads

     The picture below is a reproduction of children’s clothing ad. After studying about hidden social and environmental costs of everyday products, students were instructed to identify critical product information NOT revealed in ads. A fifth grade student in a Vermont public school 'talked back' to the ad by adding the thought bubble.

Some of the Concepts, Standards, and Skills Addressed by this Activity:

• identifying implicit and explicit messages in texts
• analyzing how the author of a text can affect its content
• differentiating between price and cost
• identifying hidden impacts of economic choices

This activity can be found in "Incentives, Policies, and Economic Choices," a chapter in our curriculum.

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