Curriculum Mapping: CRDP Economics • Unit Four

Sub-Performance Task 1: What Type of Economic Enterprise Is Cedar Foods?

Activity Focus: Enterprise Profile Card Analysis • Final Portfolio Deliverable: Artifact 1 (Enterprise Identity Card)

📖 Unit Context & Activity Guidance

In this activity for Unit Four: Economic Enterprises, you act as an Economic Consultant investigating Cedar Foods. Before recommending growth or restructuring strategies, you must establish its exact identity, classification, and economic stage:

  1. Inspect the Profile Card (Activity 1): Examine Cedar Foods' inputs, employee count, operations, and sales channels.
  2. Select an AI Investigation Prompt (Part 2): Send 1 of 3 prompts to the simulated AI engine to observe how different prompt perspectives shape AI output.
  3. Watch AI Reasoning & Bias: Track the internal reasoning log and open the architecture drawer to audit how the prompt framed the AI's conclusions.
  4. Complete Artifact 1 (Part 3): Catch any AI errors, classify the enterprise using official economic definitions, and justify your choices for your student portfolio.

1. Activity 1: Cedar Foods Profile Card

Enterprise NameCedar Foods (Lebanon)
ProductsPackaged traditional foods (pickles, jams, thyme/za'atar mixes)
Workforce28 full-time employees (expanded from small family team of 4)
Activity & InputsBuys local agricultural crops; processes, preserves, and packages them in plant
Sales & ChannelsSupplies wholesale to regional supermarkets and distributors
MachinerySemi-automated packaging lines; several aging processing machines

2. AI Simulation Lab (Sub-Task 1 Integration)

Choose a query prompt to run through the AI assistant:

Prompt Option A • Distribution Focus
"Classify Cedar Foods based primarily on its deliveries and supply contracts to regional supermarket shelves."
Prompt Option B • Agriculture & Sourcing Focus
"Classify Cedar Foods based primarily on its dependency on raw agricultural crops like cucumbers, figs, and thyme."
Prompt Option C • Factory & Processing Focus
"Classify Cedar Foods based on its factory operations, canning machinery, and transformation of raw crops."
🧠 AI Internal Reasoning & Brainstorming Log:
SIMULATED LLM RESPONSE • GENERATED IN 1.2s

⚙️ System Prompt Architecture & Bias Audit:

🔒 Part 3 is locked. Select a prompt and execute the AI simulation on the left to unlock!

3. Misconception & AI Bias Audit

Cross-examine the AI output against textbook economic criteria for Sub-Task 1:

Audit Item 1: Did the AI correctly classify Cedar Foods into the Secondary Sector?
  
Audit Item 2: Did the AI recognize that Cedar Foods is a Productive Enterprise?
  

4. Artifact 1: Verified Identity Card