Students explore supply chains by identifying a supply chain process for a candy bar from raw mateirals to the end consumer.

In this lesson, students learn about production, specialization, and division of labor by discussing examples from the book, Sweet Potato Pie. Students develop examples of specialization and division of labor by reading about general stores, comparing them with modern-day general merchandise store, and examining factory production.

After studying  agricultural products of North Carolina. Students will design a vehicle to transport their "goods" to market.  Student vehicles will be powered by Sphero Mini robots to transport a replicated agricultural “load” a predetermined distance to replicate a journey from farm to market.

In this lesson, students observe the teacher produce a paper taco and produce their own paper tacos following the process demonstrated by the teacher. Students learn about the productive resources--human resources, natural resources, and capital resources--and intermediate goods used to make final goods and services. They listen to the book Tortilla Factory and identify the productive resources and intermediate goods used to produce corn tortillas. Students classify the resources used to produce their paper tacos.

This activity introduces students to the context of using cameras during school events, classes and on school property and its relation to the right of privacy under the 4th Amendment. The expectation of privacy may be directly related to where and how information is collected and shared.

Students learn about business and economics in the free enterprise system focusing on individuals, such as Milton Hershey, Wallace Amos, and Sam Walton.