3 Noticing and questioning capitalism with elementary students
The common sense of capitalism
It may seem, well, elementary to begin this chapter with a basic definition of capitalism. In my years of teaching social studies in K–12 and teacher education settings, however, I have learned not to assume that people understand what capitalism actually is. Often, my students (all future teachers) will misconstrue capitalism as a political system or believe democracies are inherently capitalist instead of understanding ...
