To focus classroom learning experiences on the freedoms and privileges enjoyed by consumers in the U.S. free market economy is the goal of these guidelines. Students learn how the U.S. Constitution relates to the free market system through a variety of teaching strategies. The guidelines can easily be adapted for use in a variety of classroom settings. Lesson themes and grade levels for the six guide sheets are: (1) "Never Enough of What We Want--Scarcity" (K-1); (2) "Barter, Exchange, and Money--Why Money?" (2-3); (3) "Interdependence in the Marketplace" (4-5); (4) "U.S. Constitution Protects Our Market Economy" (6-7); (5) "Money and Banking under the U.S. Constitution" (8-9); and (6) "Government, the Economy and the U.S. Constitution" (10-12). Each unit contains student objectives for the lesson theme, concepts to be developed, time required, specific teaching strategies, vocabulary, evaluation strategies, and suggested references. Student work is assessed by a series of innovative evaluation activities. (SM)