Periodicals:
Changing Times
Consumer Reports
Consumer Journal
Penny Power
Sources of Protection if you feel you have been abused by the seller:
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1. Better Business Bureau of South-East Connecticut Inc.
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35 Elm St.
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New Haven, Conn.
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787-5788 (Organized by businesses to encourage high standards in selling and advertising)
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2. Consumers Union
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256 Washington St.
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Mount Vernon, N.Y., 10550
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914-MO4-6400 (Private organization that conducts impartial tests and reports its findings in the monthly publication,
Consumer Reports
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3. Office of Consumer Affairs
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626 Reporters Building
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Washington, D.C., 20201
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consumer complaints 202-755-8820
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state and local programs 202-755-8892
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(Government agency concerned with all kinds of consumer education and legislation)
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4. Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission Washington, D.C., 20580
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202-523-3727 (Concerns itself with deceptive advertising, illegal sales tactics, and violations of the Truth in Lending Law)
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5. Food and Drug Administration
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5600 Fishers Lane
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Rockville, Maryland, 20852
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301-443-3170 (Federal agency with specific authority in the area of health products, drugs, food, cosmetics, and insecticides)
Utilization:
Periodicals—Have a copy of each of the above listed periodicals available in class. Allow students time to read through each one. Explain how and where to to find them in the library and how to subscribe to them.
Sources of Protection—Distribute a copy to each student. Discuss the different agencies and their functions in class.
Written classwork or homework assignment: Have students suggest a hypothetical problem he might encounter for each agency to help him solve.
Vocabulary
budget
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check register
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consumer
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personal expenses
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list price
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allowance
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original price
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necessity
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discount
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luxury
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sale price
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fixed expenses
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quality
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variable expenses
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unit price
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recreation
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comparison shopping
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savings account
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gross pay
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checking account
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net pay
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joint checking or savings account
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deductions
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miscellaneous
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mortgage
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deposit
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guarantee
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balance
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warrantee
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reconcile
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service charge
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pass book
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overdraft
Utilization of vocabulary list
: Have students look up the meaning of each word either in their textbooks or in dictionaries and use each word in a sentence.
Utilization of students’ bibliography
: The bibliography provided for the students should be used as a reading list in the assignment of a book report either for regular homework or for extra credit.