Economics Unit
- Zip
What educators are saying
Description
The Economics Unit is filled with activities, PowerPoints, and assessments to learn about economics. (Includes 21 files below)
*Please note our PowerPoints are password-protected from editing and are only compatible with PCs. Mac users will not be able to view our PowerPoints. When opening one of our PowerPoints on your PC, click "Read Only" to view and print the PowerPoint.
1) Needs and Wants: Students draw and write about needs and wants.
2) Needs and Wants Quiz: Students label pictures as needs or wants and write about their own needs and wants.
3) Economics Posters: Posters to illustrate and define economics concepts and terms (types of resources, goods/services, scarcity, consumer/producer) . (8 pages)
4) From Grapes to Raisins: Students sequence the process of producing grapes to make raisins.
5) Raisin Production Resources Sort: Students sort human, natural, and capital resources used in raisin production.
6) Production: Students plan a good or service to produce in order to earn an income.
7) Scarcity: Students draw and write about a time they experienced a scarcity.
8) Economics Tic-Tac-Toe: Students choose 3 activities from this tic-tac-toe grid to reinforce economic concepts. Great for early finishers!
9) Economic Errands: Students will work in groups to determine if errands involve goods or services. (Includes 8 errand cards and recording sheet.)
10) The Bookmark Factory: Students create bookmarks while participating in unit production and assembly line production. (A reflection sheet is included.)
11) Needs and Wants PowerPoint (PC Only): An animated PowerPoint to explain the difference between needs and wants through a tour of items in a home. (17 slides)
12) Community Worker Cards: A set of 36 community worker cards for students to sort based on what they provide for the community - goods or services.
13) Goods and Services Quiz: Students decide if community workers produce goods or provide services.
14) Producers and Consumers PowerPoint (PC Only): An animated PowerPoint to teach the concept of producers and consumers through a tour of a shopping center. (15 slides)
15) Producers and Consumers Quiz: Students decide if people are producing goods and providing services or using goods and getting services.
16) Income PowerPoint (PC Only): A PowerPoint to teach the important concepts of income. Includes interactive questions. (18 slides)
17) Name That Resource! PowerPoint (PC Only): An interactive PowerPoint to distinguish between natural, human, and capital resources. (29 slides)
18) Resources Quiz: Students identify resources as natural, human, or capital.
19) Economics Study Guide: A study guide of important key terms, meanings, and examples for an economics unit.
20) Economics Categories PowerPoint (PC Only): A Jeopardy-style review game for economics. (29 slides)
(Categories PowerPoints for use with Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 or later)
21) Economics Test: A 2-page test covering key concepts of economics unit.
*******************************************************************
★ REACH OUT WITH IDEAS OR QUESTIONS
Feel free to reach out if you have questions or need assistance that TPT support can't provide. I love to hear from teachers, esepcially if you have ideas for future resources you'd like to see from me.
✉ amanda@teachersclubhouse.com
★ EARNING TPT CREDITS
You earn credits to spend on TPT each time you leave a product review. Your reviews also help other teachers choose the best resources for their classrooms. Please leave a review of this resource after using it in your classroom.
★ TERMS OF USE:
✔️ Copyrighted by Teacher's Clubhouse, Inc.
✔️ This purchase includes a license for one teacher for personal use in their classroom
✖️ Licenses are non-transferable, which means the license to use this resource cannot be passed to another teacher
✖️ This resource may not be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing additional licenses
✔️ Additional licenses may be purchased at a discounted rate
✖️ This resource may not be uploaded to the internet. This includes websites and network drives, unless the site is password protected and only accessible to students
★ CONNECT WITH ME:
Follow my store and social media pages to be the first to know about new resources, updates, sales and freebies!
