Lesson 17 of 84 · Economics
⭐ 30 XP⚓ Market PortAdvertising and Choices
Advertising helps people learn about products.
🎯 Your mission
Follow the money. Then follow the choices.
⚡ The twist
Trade isn't just stuff — it's ideas, words, and germs.
Mind = Blown
🤯 The first ATM was installed in 1967 — and used radioactive ink.
Then & Now
💱 Every receipt you've ever seen has this idea inside it.
Advertising helps people learn about products. Advertisements show us what we can buy and help us make choices. Sometimes they make things look really fun, but it's important to think about what we really need.
Key Facts
Advertising shows us products we can buy.
Ads can make things look exciting.
It's important to think before we buy.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 2What do advertisements help us learn about?
Why this still matters
The next time you spend $1, ask: who else benefited besides you?
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Track every dollar you spend or get this week. Then figure out the pattern.
For the dinner table
“If you had $20 to start a business, what would you sell?”
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