First graders at Laburnum Elementary have been learning all about Economics (SOLs 1.7, 1.8, 1.9). Today they worked on a project to demonstrate how well they understood goods and services in a business. Their task was to create their own business and make a poster for it showing the goods and services involved. I gave them a Pixie template that you can download by clicking here. First they came up with a name for their business and I showed them how to change the font, size, and color of the text. Next, the students found a sticker of a worker and added their head to it. They put the person on the services side and thought about the services their business would provide. Then they thought about what goods are involved in their business and found stickers of those items. We discussed prices for their goods and services, and they added money stickers to their poster. We did not have time to finish, but a final step would be to record a short description or a commercial for their business using the audio recording feature.
