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Education

Mass Production

Length
10 Minutes
Grade Level
High School

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to explain how goods became cheaper and buying power increased

Instructional Plan

(10 Minutes) Mass Production after World War II Guessing Game: Hand out the attached worksheet Mass Production After World War II Guessing Game. Students will work with a partner to quickly guess the average cost of products in the late 1940s compared to today. Students will then be given the actual costs listed in the chart below (Note: The 1940s figures include the adjusted for inflation cost for reference). Students should then answer if the product is more or less affordable than in the 1940s with some possible reasons why. Debrief as a class.

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