Trade-Offs

Trade-Offs

1978
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Overview

Trade-offs was an AIT program designed to improve economics instruction in the United States and Canadian schools. The series of fifteen lessons, for children from 9-13, helped students think their way through economic problems and increased their understanding of economics. On a broader scale, it helped them become more effective decision makers and ultimately more responsible citizens. Each lesson consists of a 20-minute color television/film program plus teacher's guide material to facilitate classroom follow-up. Each program begins with a short segment that identifies key points that students and teachers should watch for. This is followed by the dramatization of a fundamental economic problem relevant to the daily life of the student. Special visuals emphasize the economic principles and reasoning processes involved. The last portion of the program introduces, but does not resolve, another problem, and ends by posing a question to the viewers.

Status: Ended

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Agency for Instructional Technology (AIT) PBS
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date September 5, 1978
Status Ended
Language EN

Cast

Cindy Girling
Cindy Girling

Cindy

Bert Adkins
Bert Adkins

Bert

Stephen Brown
Stephen Brown

Malcolm

Gordon Robertson
Gordon Robertson

Gordon

Ardon Bess
Ardon Bess

Ken James
Ken James

Sean McCann
Sean McCann