Students will explore the world of young-teen consumerism. They will examine their personal buying habits, and analyze why they purchase particular brands. Students work in small groups to select and assess a popular teen product and create a video to demonstrate the results of their groups' tests and present their video to the class. Reading and writing skills are also developed through activities such as reading product evaluation reports and completing surveys. Final Task: Students work in groups to evaluate popular teen products and present the results on video.

The TRB is organized into 8 to 10 "lessons". Each lesson is broken down into three phases: Pre-Activity, Activity, Post-Activity. The TRB contains methodology, language, content and outcomes summary charts, and comprehensive lesson plans written by practicing teachers. Also includes assessment and evaluation with reproducible rubrics, checklists and worksheets, as well as additional activities (in reproducible master format). In every thematic unit, teaching notes are provided for combined grades, differentiated instruction for varying ability levels and for varying the final task.

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