Consumer Stuff for Kids

A TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCE

Consumer Stuff for Kids

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Writer Paul Johnson Linnet Hunter - Education consultant Acknowledgements Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) gratefully acknowledges the partnership with The Office of Gaming and Racing (Victorian Department of Justice) in the development of this resource. ? the following teachers for trialling the units of work in their school: Illya Samarin, Glengala/Sunshine West Primary School, Sunshine Susan M Wilson, Mount Waverley North Primary School, Mount Waverley John Sandy, St Dominic's Primary School, Camberwell Mark MacGregor, Corpus Christi Primary School, Glenroy Pamela Dudgeon, Abbotsford Primary School, Abbotsford Natalie Will, Briar Hill Primary School, Briar Hill Amanda Patton and staff, Ararat Primary School, Ararat Melinda Atkinson, Keilor Heights Primary School, Keilor Heights ? the contribution made by Jennifer Quick, Curriculum Manager, Business Studies, Victorian Curriculum

and Assessment Authority ? the contribution made by Mardi Hall, St Mary's Primary School, Swan Hill to Unit 8: Is advertising

consuming me?

Community Support Fund This resource has been produced with the support of the Victorian Government through the Community Support Fund

Printed by Ability Press, 25-27 Olive Gve, Keysborough VIC 3173 Publication number C-02-1693 ISBN 0-9750813-9-X

A teaching & learning resource

? S upports VELS Level 4 Humanities ? Economics

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Contents

iii

Introduction to Consumer Stuff for Kids

iv

Key Terms

v

The Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS)

vii

National Consumer and Financial Literacy Framework

1

Unit 1 ? I am a Consumer

1

Activity 1 ? Am I a Consumer?

4

Activity 2 ? Needs from Wants

7

Take Home Activity

9

Unit 2 ? An Informed Consumer

9

Activity 1 ? Consumer Rights and Wrongs

17

Activity 2 ? Make a Complaint

19

Activity 3 ? Complaining in Person

21

Activity 4 ? Scams

24

Take Home Activity

27 Unit 3 ? Let's Work

27

Activity 1 ? Different People, Different Jobs

30

Activity 2 ? Find Me a Job

33

Take Home Activity

35 Unit 4 ? Money, Money, Money

35

Activity 1 ? Have an Interest in Banking

40

Activity 2 ? Different Ways to Pay

45

Activity 3 ? Opportunity Cost or Opportunity Lost?

46

Activity 4 ? Budgeting

50

Take Home Activity

53 Unit 5 ? What is an Economy?

53

Activity 1 ? Scarce as Hen's Teeth

59

Activity 2 ? What is a Resource?

61

Activity 3 ? Using Resources

64

Take Home Activity

67 Unit 6 ? Consuming Planet Earth

67

Activity 1 ? What a Waste!

72

Take Home Activity

75 Unit 7 ? It's Your Choice

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Activity 1 ? Learning from Mistakes

78

Activity 2 ? Stay Connected

83

Activity 3 ? Think SMART

86

Activity 4 ? Be Real

89

Activity 5 ? Have a Go

92

Activity 6 ? Value Yourself

94

Take Home Activity

Inquiry Units

95 Unit 8 ? How Can We Make Money? 101 Take Home Activity

103 Unit 9 ? Is Advertising Consuming Me? 109 Take Home Activity

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Introduction to Consumer Stuff for Kids

Before you start... This revised edition of Consumers Stuff for Kids contains a number of exciting new features. The new unit, Its Your Choice, highlights the need to improve student resilience and feelings of self-worth. Poor decision making in areas such as consumer purchases and inappropriate social behaviour can be linked to feelings of low self-esteem and over dependence on peer actions. The accompanying DVD, Clips for Kids complements the message throughout this publication and especially in the unit, Its Your Choice! It provides a most engaging format for student learning. Wacky and his friends will certainly be popular characters upon which to stimulate student discussion and direct student learning. The Take Home activity added to each unit will foster a genuine partnership between home and school learning. Parents/carers and their children will be able reinforce school learning with real life consumer related activities at home.

Tracking Student Progress The red arrow symbol in each activity represents a suggested opportunity for the student to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of key concepts. Teachers are encouraged to use these activities to track student progress towards the VELS Level 4 Humanities ? Economics and Level 4 Personal Learning Domain standards. For example:

??Students create a checklist of the most effective ways to deal with returning a product. The list might include: ? acting quickly

? discussing the problem in person ? calmly stating the problem ? being aware of your consumer rights ? keeping the receipt. See page v and vi to provide a context for the standards.

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