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Grade 3-5, 6-8
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Activity

Who Pays? Who Benefits? Who Provides?

Time: 15 mins,
Updated: January 4 2022,

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Recognize the difference between public and private goods and services.

In this economics activity, students identify differences in public and private goods and services.

Procedure

This is an individual activity where students will analyze the differences between public goods and services and private goods and services. Students will complete the Who Pays? Who Benefits? Who Provides Activity. Use the answer key to facilitate student work in real time. To complete this activity, students need to follow the directions below:

  1. Open Who Pays? Who Benefits? Who Provides Activity and respond to the questions.