Teaching An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Book 1, Chapter 1 *Introduction and Plan of the Work* Adam Smith says that advances in productivity come from increased specialization of labor and that division of labor enables technology to develop. In this lesson the students will learn the issues Smith introduces about the different plans of the annual labor and annual consumption of a nation which will support the foundation for the division of labor...
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