The students explore planned and unplanned spending. They construct traffic lights and use them as props in describing consumers' spending decisions as planned or unplanned. They discuss the costs and benefits of spending decisions.
Concepts
- Costs
- Choice
- Cost
- Unplanned Spending
- Benefit
- Spending
- Planned Spending
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