Bøger af Sloane Wilden

A balance of producers and consumers is key to a healthy economy. To achieve this balance, it's important to understand these important terms. This engaging text breaks them down with accessible, explanatory text that covers curriculum-aligned content including economic resources, categories of industries, and marketing. Each spread also features a fact box. Word-wise fact boxes define more advanced terms used in the spread. Thought-provoking "Consider This" and "Compare and Contrast" fact boxes offer opportunities for making connections and critical thinking. This text is sure to provide readers with a lasting appreciation for the importance of producers and consumers in modern global economies.

In modern times, people have jobs and earn money to secure their survival and to play a beneficial role in their communities. This engaging and accessible text covers important aspects of working and earning a paycheck. These include how jobs have changed throughout history, what having a job entails, and how people secure jobs. This title also offers a compelling fact box on every spread--"Word Wise" fact boxes define more advanced terms, while "Compare and Contrast" and "Consider This" fact boxes offer additional opportunities for making connections with the main text. This title also includes vivid images showing people in various careers and what certain careers involve. This curriculum-aligned title is sure to help readers feel prepared to one day help their communities by having a successful career!

Goods and services fuel global economies, and understanding them is vital to creating future successful economic systems. This title offers straightforward explanatory text that breaks down different types of goods and services, how they are produced, and how they are distributed. Curriculum-aligned concepts also include supply and demand, product development, and trade. A fact box on each spread either defines a more advanced term used in the spread, provides an opportunity for comparing and contrasting important concepts, or offers real-life connections. Lively and colorful images depict how goods and services are found in everyday life. With the knowledge from this engaging title, readers will be inspired to learn more about their role in the global economy.