Buyers and Sellers in Our Community

This week our social studies lessons revolved around rural, suburban, and urban communities. We took the lesson one step further by discussing who lives within these communities. The students selected their own community contributors, such as scientists, farmers, hair dressers, FBI agents, etc. This led to figuring out whether or not their contributor was a buyer and/or seller. MM's dad came in to share with the class on how the Trader Joe's company is a buyer and seller. The students were able to make a connection between big businesses and the Second Grade School Store. They also learned that the products sold in a business have to start somewhere (rural), travel to stores (suburban), and then get sold to consumers (urban).