Economics Unit - Activities, Graphic Organizers, & Projects | Print and Digital

This is an engaging economics unit that students will love! There 20 fun activities and skill building worksheets to make economics meaningful to students.

Economic concepts taught:

• goods and services
• types of resources (natural, human, capital)
• entrepreneur
• producer
• consumer
• taxes
• supply and demand
• trade and bartering
• imports and exports
• competition

These lessons have been written so that each lesson builds upon the previous lesson, so it is beneficial to teach the lessons in the order listed in the table of contents. There periodic economic check-ups throughout the unit to ensure students’ understanding of the concepts.

Economics Content Includes:

• Suggested Book List
• Goods & Services Collage
• Goods & Services Sort
• Natural Resources with The Giving Tree
• Human Resources Brainstorm
• Capital Resources Top Ten List
• Productive Resources Trifold
• Productive Resources Sort
• Economics Check-up 1
• Young Entrepreneurs
• Entrepreneur or Human Resource
• Producer or Consumer
• Economics Check-up 2
• I am a Consumer
• Decisions, Decisions
• Taxes
• Economics Check-up 3
• Supply and Demand Cupcakes
• School Supply Competition
• Where Does it Come From?
• Imports & Exports
• Interdependence
• Bartering Day
• Culminating Task
• Economics Test

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