1. Ch.7 Monday- Factor’s Effecting Consumer Choice Tuesday- Regionalism and Consumerism Wednesday- Boycotts and Review Thursday- Test (split into two classes) Friday-Work day for projects (Project Due)

2. What’s The Economy for Anyway? Watch the movie and answer the questions.

3. You and Consumerism

4. Economic Questions and Consumerism What goods should be produced? How should these goods be produced? For whom should the goods be produced? ALL ARE ANSWERED BY YOU!!!

5. Standard of Living vs Quality of Life standard of living: the quality and quantity of goods and services available and how they are distributed a high standard of living means that there is a high quality and quantity of goods and services available to support living. Standard of living is an indicator of quality of life GDP is used as an indicator for Standard of Living

6. Which province would have the highest standard of living?

7. Influencing you Reasons for wanting it Candy 1Candy 2Candy 3Candy 4 Taste Health Humanitarian Environment Marketing

8. Identity To what extent do the products we consume define who we are and what’s important to our quality of life?

9. Health and Safety Canada and the United States both has legislation that focuses on health and safety. Food labels (Canada and USA) Air bags (USA) Seat Belts (Canada and USA) Trans fats, energy drinks, junk food in schools Regulations stop consumerism… bake sales in Sweden

10. Health and Safety How does legislation about consumer health and safety affect consumer behavior? How does this legislation connect to values and economic systems in Canada and the US? To what extent do differences in the way the USA and Canada regulate products for health and safety reflect differences in their economic system?

11. Control? How much control should consumers have over choices that affect their health and safety?

12. Jobs? Fair trade? Tim Hortons or Bean Brokers or Mugs What is the link between consumer spending and jobs?

13. Environment Why might choosing to buy environmentally friendly products affect the quality of life for you and other people?

14. Analyzing Media Messages Pg.254-256

15. Dec.20 Consumerism and groups Finish Consumerism and Regionalism

16. Collective Consumerism Collective consumerism can be an effective way for consumers to influence the production, cake or distribution of a product.

17. Boycotts Boycotts happen when groups of people encourage the public not to buy certain products in order to draw attention to the issue about which they are concerned.

18. Examples of Boycotts PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) encourages people not to eat at a certain fast food restaurant because of the way the chickens it uses in its meals are slaughtered. To only support locally made products.

20. CTV PETA- Animal rights group. It believes to stop consumerism we must change our ways. Don’t drink milk to stop the sale of veal. Only buy products that are proven to treat animals with respect. Do not support films or shows that use animals for entertainment.

21. More examples of boycotts Greenpeace boycotting oil and gas products. (crowd protest at major event) Boycotting cosmetics that does animal testing by not buying the products. Human rights activist boycott products from countries that continue to have poor human rights in their country.

22. Page 263 What were they boycotting in Les Patriotes? What happened when the boycott stopped logging on Lubicon Land?

23. Boycotts The hope is these boycotts will put enough pressure on the companies to make them change their practices.

24. Lets create a fake boycott What would you boycott? How would you boycott this product? What would you need to be supportive?

25. A Bill to Ban Children From Using Tanning Beds

26. Smart Phone Shopping with Sales Starting on Christmas Eve 'It all starts with the consumer wanting to take control of the buying process.'—Alain Michaud )

27. Canada’s Federal Budget Class Code- AB-00032-1 Survey

28. Regional Consumerism How does the loss of revenue for Alberta impact Albertan's quality of life?

29. Regional Consumerism Map of Canada and wages Foot Print Calculator World Statistics

30. The Lorax