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Elementary economics resources for Microsoft Word
Printable Money - Penny, Nickel, Dime, and Quarter
This is a printable page with coins (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter) sized at roughly the equivalent coin size in color. This can be used for money projects or for helping students to identify coins. In my classroom I have the students cut out the coins (practicing fine motor skills), practice making change, then glue the coins to a piece of paper for something they want to "buy". Also, if the money is printed in black and white, it can help students to identify coins by features other than co
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K - 4th
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Stock Market Unit Plan
Two week unit!
Day 1-
Have a discussion on how people can make their money grow. Introduce vocab for unit. Hand out Stock Market passage and answer questions about reading.
Day 2- 3
Vocab matching sheet quiz. Discuss dangers of investing in stocks. Hand out Danger in Stocks handout and answer questions.
Discuss stock symbols. Have students search symbols for 4 teacher chosen stocks and check progress of the stocks together across the week. Tell students they have $1000 to invest. They will
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3rd - 10th
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Economics Unit and Mini-Society Resources!
This Economics Unit and Mini-Society packet covers Georgia Performance Standards:
SS3E1 The student will describe the four types of productive resources: a. Natural (land), b. Human (labor), c. Capital (capital goods), d. Entrepreneurship (used to create goods and services)
SS3E2 The student will explain that governments provide certain types of goods and services in a market economy and pay for these through taxes and will describe services such as schools, libraries, roads, police/fire pro
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2nd - 5th
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Personal Finance Lessons - 21 Lessons with Activities and PPT Bundle
Give your students one of the most important skills to live a secure and happy life: personal finance. From budgeting to owning a car, this 21 lesson download is a great activity to incorporate into your curriculum. These crucial lessons may mean the difference between prosperity and poverty. Each Lesson Includes:- Lesson Plan- PPT overview ( 2 slides)- Teacher guide- Handouts- 3 situations to go over with the students- Bonus: Dave Ramsey clip to share with the studentsWhat's Included in This 80
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5th - 12th
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Then and Now Technology
This is an activity showing 20 items with 3 pictures showing their development. Students need to sort the pictures and discuss the changes of the items from their beginnings. As an extension, I would ask to design the next development of the item. Then and Now Technology by Maria Elena Morales is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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PreK - 5th
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SHARK TANK Economics Pitches Prototypes PROJECT BASED PBL GATE
Welcome to the shark tank project-based learning unit. Let’s begin our entrepreneurial careers today!
Build critical thinking skills, public speaking success, and bring creativity, language arts, and economics into your classroom in a purposeful and authentic way.
Students will work in collaborative teams to solve a complex, ongoing, inquiry-based problem with a physical product for an authentic audience:
• Brainstorm a product, citing a need that will be fulfilled.
• Construct a prototyp
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
Supply & Demand Cut and Paste
This cut and paste activity shows different scenarios of High Supply & Low Demand and Low Supply & High Demand. I will use this cut and paste to lead into further discussion of Supply and Demand. Students should have a basic understanding IF you are going to use this as an assessment piece. My higher students will complete this independently. My lower students will complete in a small group so we can discuss.
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1st - 3rd
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Economics- Classifying Factors of Production Activity
Economics- Classifying Factors of Production Activity
This worksheet has students classify 15 different factors of production as either a natural, capital, human, or entrepreneurial resource by placing a check mark or an “x” in the appropriate box. This is a great activity for students to comprehend the factors of production. An answer key is provided.
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5th - 12th
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Interdependence Trading Game and Worksheet
To go along with Social Studies discussions about interdependence, exports, and imports, this game puts students in charge of their own countries. They must trade with other groups in order to obtain the supplies that they need to be a successful country. There are 8 supplies total that all countries need: fruit, meat, water, transportation, wood, books, clothing, and gasoline. This packet comes with the color cards to print, the coordinating worksheet that guides students through the game an
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3rd - 6th
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Carnival Game Economics PBL Project-Based Learning GATE
Smaller tasks add up to big, big learning with this gold medal standard project-based learning activity! What a sneaky cool way to learn math, economics, and functional design! (Insert evil teacher laugh.) It’s a hands-on approach to Common Core Standards.
In Carnival Game Economics, students design a carnival skill game and gather data as junior market researchers during the test phase. They’ll use this data to help make decisions. After making calculations for probability, students will
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4th - 7th
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T-Shirt Entrepreneurs PROJECT BASED LEARNING Math Economics GATE 4-8th
Your students will be excited for this “gold medal standard” project-based math, design, and economics activity. It’s appropriate and adaptable for 4th – 8th grade. It has been a staple for my 4th grade gifted and talented math group since 2013.You won’t be the sage on the stage. Students will problem-solve their way through the project working in collaborative teams, and the teacher will guide, be a resource, spur discussion, play devil’s advocate, and provide mini lessons when necessary.In
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class BUNDLE - Math Focus Hours of Hands-on Projects GATE Gifted
Entrepreneur Project- DIY: Open for Business
Entrepreneur Project- DIY (Do It Yourself) Open for Business: is multi-step, long term economics project for students of all abilities and varied grade levels to learn how to form a small business and become young entrepreneurs.
Students of all ages are very aware of the hard economic times that many are experiencing in the country, in their neighborhoods and even in their own homes.
This project allows students to see that with creativity, ingenuity, organization, hard work, dedication, m
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2nd - 12th
School: Then and Now
This is a sorting activity with 42 cards and 2 mats with pictures (side by side) of school elements from the past and today. Students will learn how each school element has changed such as room, uniform, books, teachers, lunchbox, discipline, etc. They will realize the extensive changes from their grandparents generation to theirs.
School: Then and Now by Maria Elena Morales is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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PreK - 2nd
Supply and Demand - Sports
Ever wonder why Football is the most popular American sport? What impact does having over 160 games have on the price of a Baseball ticket?
This assignment has students analyze the relationship between the number of games in a season the price of tickets for each of America's top 4 sports.
Not only does the lesson work as a great discussion about the impact of Supply and Demand but it also gives us an interesting picture on what people are willing to spend their hard earned money on.
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5th - 9th
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Living on a Budget - Economics Activity
This activity allows students to create a monthly budget. Each student will be assigned a career and annual salary. They must use basic math skills to find their monthly income and construct a budget based on the basic costs of living. Students will then receive LIFE Scenario Cards which make the students re-evaluate their budget to have enough money. Through this activity, students must maintain their budget by spending money wisely on their needs before their wants.
This activity includes the
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4th - 12th
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Second Grade Goods and Services Economics Quiz
This is a quiz on the basic concepts of needs vs. wants and goods vs. services. Although the quiz was designed with the North Carolina Essential standards for 2nd grade in mind, it can be used in any state with similar social studies standards. The quiz is twelve questions and includes nine multiple choice, two fill-in-the-blank, and one written question.
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2nd - 3rd
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The Cost of Growing Up: A career focused personal finance project
Recently reformatted as an editable Word document. This project allows students to individually research a future profession and walks them through the math to figure out a monthly paycheck. Once there, the students are able to research a home, car, and other necessities all while determining whether or not they will be able to afford them. This is a great project for those in the state of Georgia attempting to fulfill the fifth grade career requirement or anyone wanting to help give their stu
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4th - 8th
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Business Plan and Entrepreneurship Project for Elementary School
Overview: Students will develop and operate a business. Students will conduct market research, analyze the results, develop a business plan, and implement the business. After each day of operation, students will determine profits and losses based on their expenditures and sales. Students will graph and analyze the results to make decisions for their business.
The business described below was a “movie theater” my students ran during the last weeks of school. Students who earned the privi
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3rd - 5th
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Goods and Services Sort for Economics Unit
This sort can be used during an economics unit and during lessons on goods and services. Students cut and sort 10 words and pictures into the correct category: goods or services.
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1st - 6th
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Project Proposal Form for Kids- Shark Tank STEAM Writing Task
Use this PROJECT PROPOSAL form with your students to have them come up with a creative, innovative invention that they would propose on a Shark Tank episode. Their project goal is to become financially successful with their new innovative idea and the first step is to complete this proposal form. This activity leads into a Persuasive Writing Unit where they will have to convince these "shark-tank" investors (the teachers) that their project should be invested in.
We are going to invite the ad
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3rd - 6th
Financial Literacy Game of Life
Students put their financial literacy skills to use in this game of life. Each group is assigned a job with a salary, fixed and variable expenses, opportunities for investment, gains, and losses. Students track their bank balance throughout and on a daily log. It gives students a realistic insight into managing family resources and they enjoy the game and competition aspect of the activity.
(Note: I suggest you start them with a Day One starting balance of $200).
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3rd - 6th
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Scarcity Activity ***BEST SELLER***
This is a great little resource for reviewing scarcity. Students circle the scenarios that represent scarcity. I also have a two page scarcity activity if you need more practice. If you like this resource, be sure and check out my Opportunity Cost activity as a sister companion.
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2nd
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Distance Learning: Economics Unit Bundle
Easily added to Google Classroom or whatever digital platform you use for distance learning or printed for paper/pencil work!This 5 week unit covers basic economic topics and includes everything you need from worksheets to activities!Includes all of the following:7 Readings and Questions Worksheets with answer keys over the topics of: - Economic Decision-making and Opportunity Cost- Goods vs Services and Producers vs Consumers- Incentives- Economic/Productive Types of Resources- Scarcity, the Fu
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3rd - 9th
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Factor of Production & Economic System Connection: BEE Movie
Use the BEE Movie to connect to the following topics:
1) Factors of Production
2) Economic Systems
3) European Exploration
4) Human -Environment Interaction
Rent/Purchase video to preview and to to alter questions to your needs
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5th - 8th
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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.
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