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8th grade economics games
The Great Depression: A Saving and Spending Game
Students work together in small groups to make decisions about how to save or spend their money during the Great Depression. They will see what it is like to have a well-paying job and then lose most of their money in the stock market crash of 1929. They will have to find a new job, a place to live (hobo camp or boxcar), and figure out how to provide for their family with very little.Students will have to subtract their bills from their total amount of money using a spending ledger (provided).
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4th - 8th
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House Hunters! Engaging Inflation Simulation (Memorable Money Supply Lesson)
This is a quick and engaging inflation simulation that students love. It asks students to bid against one another to win the house of their dreams (or nightmares!)In the second round, students budgets are doubled (effectively doubling the money supply for the controlled classroom economy). The simulation demonstrates clearly the relationship between money supply and inflation in one quick and engaging lesson that you and your students will come to enjoy!The directions given are:Inform everyone t
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Full Year of U.S. Government and Civics Essentials Bundle
Economics and History: Communism vs. Capitalism, the Rock, Paper, Scissors Game!
This highly interactive game gives students a hands-on, experiential understanding of the differences in between communism and capitalism. Students will learn more about the key components of communism, capitalism, and socialism.
Out of all of the activities that I do in my class, students probably have the most fun playing this game.
There is a reflection that follows the game, as well as a sheet that the students can fill out. After they have filled it out, allow for a discussion on the imp
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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SPACE QUEST | Needs vs Wants Cooperative Game
Are you looking for a fun way to help your personal finance students determine the difference between needs and wants? Space Quest provides a fun cooperative challenge, to help students from elementary to high school, figure out the difference between needs and wants. In this group activity, teams will be introduced to the scenario by a video informing them that they have been selected to join Space Quest, a team being tasked with determining if a newly discovered planet could sustain humanity.
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1st - 12th
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Also included in: Needs vs Wants & Budgeting Unit | BUNDLE
Supply and Demand Coffee Shop Game
Looking for a way to get your students excited about learning supply/demand? Put them in the driver's seat of owning their own business and trying to please customers! This activity works alongside the Cool Math Coffee Shop Game (a free internet game). In this game the students will run a coffee shop and make all inventory, purchasing, and pricing decisions. Each day the students must make inventory selections for their coffee shop, create their recipe, set their price, and try to sell their cof
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Economics Activities Bundle
Communism vs. Capitalism: Simulation Game
A fun activity for students, designed to make several points about how communist and capitalist systems work differently. Students will enjoy the process of learning the essential differences between the way that communism and capitalism work in the world. This download includes:*Teacher's Guide (2 pages)*Graphic organizers for the simulation (2 pages)*Open-ended Discussion or Reflection Questions (2 pages)*Powerpoint to use with game play. (13 slides)*Powerpoint notes (14 slides)UPDATE Feb. 2
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7th - 12th
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Personal Finance Activity Bundle
Engage your students in active learning with this Personal Finance Activity Bundle! This bundle contains a smorgasbord of different activity types including: Write the Room activity, Write the Room Scavenger Hunts, Chat Stations, QR Code WebQuest, 2 Gallery Walks, 2 Sets of Case Studies, 2 Escape Activities, and an Advice Column Scenario. Topics covered include: employee benefits, saving, budgeting, banking, investment types, investment concepts, credit terminology, credit scores, consumer prote
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7th - 12th
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Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism Simulation
This simulation highlights the differences between free markets and government planned economies. Students will be engaged in economics by playing rock paper scissors to simulate work and earn money. There are three rounds that simulate Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism. Each round is different and highlights something unique to each economic system. This Resource Includes:-Instructions/Teacher Guide explaining how to begin and conduct the simulation. This guide includes optional ideas on how
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6th - 12th
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Economics- Economic Systems- Name That Economic System! Game
Economics- Economic Systems- Name That Economic System! Game
This is a fun PowerPoint game to help students review the different types of economic systems. Students will view 30 slides that each contain a statement about a particular economic system. On the sheet provided to them (that is also included in this download), they will write down on each line whether the economic system being described is a market economy, command economy, or mixed economy. When the game is over you can then go over
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Cashflow Tracker and Net Worth Calculation Activity | Monopoly Resource
Monopoly is my favorite board game to use in my classroom and there are so many different ways to use it! You can find ways to pull lessons and concepts from personal finance, financial literacy, accounting, business, entrepreneurship, life skills, family and consumer science, home economics, and math using Monopoly, and the students love playing it.This resource is used to help students realize the importance of tracking all income and expenses, and using that knowledge of cashflow to make budg
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Needs vs Wants & Budgeting Unit | BUNDLE
Insurance Write the Room Scavenger Hunt
Get your students up and moving with this fun write the room scavenger hunt! This activity is the perfect addition to your insurance lessons. This file includes 20 definitional or application-based prompts for students to match with key terminology or dollar amounts. Students will move around the room to read each prompt and use the word bank on their worksheet to record their responses. An alternate worksheet is provided without the terms if you prefer not to give students the word bank. This a
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Personal Finance Activities and Projects Supplement Bundle
Trade and Barter: A Trading Simulation
Welcome to the world of economic exchange! Throughout history, people have traded, bartered, negotiated, and haggled in order to receive the greatest amount of goods for the lowest cost. From the direct trade of goods to the use of currency, people have found ways to satisfy their wants and needs. This trade simulation provides students with an opportunity to barter with imaginary resources and goods in order to obtain points. The premise for the simulation is the combination of resources. In th
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6th - 12th
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Industrial Revolution DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM for Google Drive® | Distance Learning
The Industrial Revolution DIGITAL Escape Room will take students on a secret mission through two 360° VIEW rooms! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Industrial Revolution, Samuel Morse, Henry Ford, inventors, inventions and factory working conditions. Drag the mouse or keypad to move the screen for a 360 view! All you have to do is share the link with your students!! It’s THAT easy! No prior knowledge is needed.***STUDENT GOOGLE ACCOUNTS™ REQUIRED FOR USE***Students
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5th - 8th
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Student Loans and Financial Aid Write the Room Scavenger Hunt
Get your students up and moving with this fun write the room scavenger hunt! This activity is the perfect addition to your financial aid for post-secondary education lessons. This file includes 20 definitional or application-based prompts for students to match with key terminology. Students will move around the room to read each prompt and use the word bank on their worksheet to record their responses. An alternate worksheet is provided without the terms if you prefer not to give students the wo
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Student Loans and Financial Aid Unit Bundle
Financial Literacy & Personal Finance Video Game - HTML5 Distance Learning
Video Game about Personal Finance, Investing, Money Management, & Budgeting. An evidence-based, hand drawn visual-novel personal finance simulation game for High School and Young Adults that teaches financial literacy skills. Learn Asynchronously from home on any Computer, Smartphone, or Tablet:2 different ways to play: on any modern desktop/smartphone/tablet web browser, or install on any Mac, Windows, or Linux computer!Expected Student Learning Outcomes:Learn financial skills & content
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Mock World Trade Game
Do you hate to teach economics? Do you need a way to engage students in economic concepts that they see as fun? Well, here's the game for you! I have presented this at multiple schools and conferences around the state of SC and have gotten excellent feedback. By taking on the identity of a "fake" country and determining how they will help their country survive, student groups interact with other groups in trading, buying, and selling products. But watch out...the teacher acts as "natural di
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5th - 11th
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Ethics and Social Responsibility Write the Room Scavenger Hunt
Get your business students up and moving with this fun write the room scavenger hunt! This product is perfect for teaching business ethics and social responsibility. This file includes 20 descriptive prompts for students to match with key terminology or companies. Students will move around the room to read each prompt and use the word bank on their worksheet to record their responses. An alternate worksheet is provided without the terms if you prefer not to give students the word bank. Seven ref
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Marketing I Activity & Project Bundle
Economics- Business Cycles- Name That Business Cycle! Game
Economics- Business Cycles- Name That Business Cycle! Game
This is a fun PowerPoint game to help students review the different phases of the business cycle. Students will view 20 slides that each contain a statement about a particular phase of the business cycle. On the sheet provided to them (that is also included in this download), they will write down on each line whether the business cycle phase being described is prosperity, recession, depression, or recovery. When the game is over you ca
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Can You Survive? Free Market Economic Simulation Activity! Make Economics FUN!
· A FUN and ENGAGING activity to show students how supply and demand allow a free market system to work! Demonstrates concepts such as scarcity, law of supply and law of demand, and the idea of profit incentive. · Students will be assigned a role as either a Producer or Consumer. The primary goal for all students is survival—being able to purchase food and paying for the cost of living each round. The secondary goal is to accumulate the most wealth measured in the number of tokens saved by the e
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Make Economics Fun! and Supply and Demand Curve Economics Bundle
Financial Literacy Game - Credit Cards Activity Life Skills -FCS
Are you looking for a fun, way to review or introduce credit and credit cards to your life skills, finance, economics or FACS students? Your middle school students will love this financial literacy game! Students work in small groups to compete with one another to review credit and credit cards after reviewing with a Google slideshow!This resource includes a fun, printable board game for students to work in groups to compete and learn all the important information about credit cards. It also inc
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6th - 9th
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International Business Write the Room Scavenger Hunt
Get your students up and moving with this fun write the room scavenger hunt! This activity is perfect for your International Business course or unit. Students will explore countries around the world as they read the clues. This file includes 20 prompts for students to match with countries. Students will move around the room to read each prompt and use the word bank on their worksheet to record their responses. An alternate worksheet is provided without the countries if you prefer not to give stu
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Marketing I Activity & Project Bundle
Personal Finance Jeopardy Review Game
This review game covers budget, supply and demand, and basic vocabulary words like income, investment, debt, credit, savings. It is easy to use and the kids love it! This review game also aligns with the Georgia Performance Standards for 6th grade Social Studies.
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6th - 8th
Capitalism and the Free Market 5-E Lesson and FUN Economics Game | Microsoft
This fun lesson explores how capitalism works in the real world. The activities are engaging for students & the guided, 5-E format is easy for you to use! Begin with a warm-up that challenges students to become entrepreneurs & create “to-do” lists for their new businesses. Then, review the characteristics of capitalism and discuss the traits of this economic system. Play, “Conquer Capitalism”, a fun, digital board game where students compete to become the richest, most-successful entrepr
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5th - 12th
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Inflation and Deflation Game and Simulation
Whether studying history or economics it is critical to understand what inflation and deflation are and how they impact consumer behavior. This lesson will explain these phenomena, and let students play a game that demonstrates how they change people’s actions. This game has students purchase goods as prices rise and fall. At the end of the game students will liquidate (sell) their assets. Whoever has the most wealth, wins!This lesson is appropriate for a general US or World History class, an Ec
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Financial Literacy Bundle
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Find Economics resources | TPT
If you’re an educator or parent looking for printable or digital resources to help your student learn about economics, TPT has got you covered. We’ve got a comprehensive collection of economics and financial literacy resources available, including activities and lessons on trade, goods and services, and the stock market to name just a few. With plenty of TPT high-quality resources at your fingertips, you’ll be able to teach economics to your students in no time at all.
Economics activities to try
Here are a few examples of the different types of activities and lessons you can find on TPT to help teach students about economics:
Simulation Activities
You can introduce students to the world of investing, budgeting, and other economics-related activities through simulations. For example, have students research companies they want to "invest" in to show them how the stock market works. If you want to extend the lesson, you can have them periodically check in on their portfolios throughout the year to see how their investments are performing. Or, you could use a simulation to teach them about causes that led up to certain major historical events, like the stock market crash of 1929.
Budgeting Exercises
Help students understand the importance of managing their own financial resources by challenging them to create a budget. Give them a few hypothetical scenarios involving income, expenses, and financial goals. For example, you could ask them to plan a fictional character's monthly expenses, or have them create a budget to save for buying a house.
Trade Games
Through trading games, students can learn about importing and exporting, along with the impact of external forces and trade agreements. Ask students to work in teams and have them trade goods, record their imports and exports, and respond to charges (like tariffs and embargoes).
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Give students a real-world decision to make (e.g., building a new road, investing in a new technology, or buying property) and have them perform a cost-benefit analysis. To deepen the learning, you can ask them to justify their decisions with evidence.
Frequently asked questions for teaching economics
What is economics?
The study of economics is a social science that focuses on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. When teaching economics, the goal is to help students understand how individuals, businesses, governments, and societies make choices about resource allocation. Economics explores various topics related to this, including supply and demand, cost and benefits, and scarcity, to name just a few.
What types of economics resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of economics resources sold by Sellers on TPT — from budgeting activities to simulation games to units.
How do I find economics resources on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing economics lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for economics resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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