Elementary Schools
- Ourselves--Kindergarten uses compelling stories read aloud by the volunteer along with hands-on activities to demonstrate helping, working, earning and saving.
- Our Families--First Grade emphasizes the roles people play in the local economy and engages students with activities about needs and wants, jobs, tools and skills, and independence.
- Our Community--Second Grade explores the interdependent roles of workers in a community, the work they perform, and how communities work.
- Our City--Third Grade studies careers, the skills people need to work in those specific careers, and how business contribute to a city.
- Our Region--Fourth Grade introduces the relationship between the natural, human, and capital resources found in different regions and explores regional businesses that produce goods and services for consumers.
- Our Nation--Fifth Grade examines how businesses operate in the United States. Students role play business ownership, interview for jobs, and learn different methods of production while exploring various economic issues that impact business.
- Capstone Experience JA City is a simulated community where students assume the roles of workers and consumers following a series of classroom activities about business and jobs.
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