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Free middle school economics resources
Financial Literacy Reading Comprehension Worksheet Types of Expenses
This product covers what financial literacy is and the different types of expenses: Fixed, Discretionary, Periodic, and Variable. Great for life skills or financial literacy.INCLUDES:Article and 15 scenarios where students determine the type of spending described.Color and BW VersionsKey included at end.Part of my Financial Literacy BundleI have several World History, U.S. History, and several other products available in my store.*I do my best to make sure I do not have typos, but occasionally t
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7th - 9th
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Economics Cloze Reading Passages
This freebie is a great way to practice or assess economics vocabulary. Economics Cloze economics terms/ phrases included: goods, services, opportunity cost, barter, want, needs, competition, income, natural resources, loan Practice the reading strategy of using context clues. Highlighting the text that “hints” at what the term means is helpful to build reading comprehension with regards to vocabulary acquisition. Please follow me at, Teaching Curious Kids Also, follow Teaching Curious Kids on
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Elementary Economics Bundle
Supply and Demand, LAW OF DEMAND, DEMAND SHIFT, Economics
The Law of Demand and Factors that Change Demand Economic Concepts Made EasyThis lesson is in Google Doc Format and PDF format, making it an excellent resource for distance learning or in-class instruction. Please, leave feedback. It is greatly appreciated. Thank YouThese economic concepts have been simplified, scaffold, and the learning enhanced with the use of eye catching, easy to read charts and graphs. There are many self-guided assignments that reinforce learning
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7th - 12th
Bank Account: The Checkbook Project class economy financial literacy
The Checkbook Project pumps life into a classroom the way the Paycheck Protection Program pumped cash into Corporate America. It improves test scores, inspires the entrepreneurial spirit, and even turns your most-challenging students into pussycats. We know, almost no one writes checks anymore, but The Checkbook Project isn’t about checks or paper money. It’s about creating an economic infrastructure in your classroom. It teaches financial literacy and real-world math skills while serving as an
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4th - 8th
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Supply & Demand Sort FREEBIE!
Your students will love practicing the concept of supply & demand with this sort! The situations are easy for students to relate to, and the cards are colorful! Enjoy!
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2nd - 6th
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Welcome to Reality - Budget Simulation Activity- Completely Digital
Are you looking for a way to simulate what it takes to make and live on a budget with your students? OR are you looking for a FUN, ENGAGING, and MEANINGFUL way to wrap up a class? If so, this digital budget simulation is for you and your students!Students access a Google Site that takes them through the process of choosing a job, making life choices, and creating a budget. A self-totaling Google Sheet keeps track of their budget as they go and allows them to add or take away items as they progre
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7th - 12th
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Personal Budgets: Economics Reading Passage and Questions
Learn about creating a personal budget: This passage is jam packed with great info. It is perfect for an introduction or review of personal budgets. It covers the topics listed below. This passage will fit right into your studies of economics. This is the perfect passage to use before you have kids practice creating a personal budget or doing a personal budget project. Please read all of the information below, as it details the layout of the information and what is included.:::::::::::::::::::
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4th - 6th
FREE Intro to Food Trucks Gallery Walk for Business Courses
Explore entrepreneurship with the best-selling Food Truck Business Simulation. This introductory activity is the perfect way to dip your toes in and see how your students engage with the content. In this no-fuss, totally FREE, gallery walk students will research food trucks in your area.Gallery walks are a great way to get students up, out of their seats, and moving around the room. This product contains 10 discussion questions. Simply print, cut, and tape the questions around the room and have
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7th - 12th
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Shark Tank Episode Worksheet
Lots of teachers use Shark Tank in their classrooms to practice identifying business topics. You can use this worksheet to have students keep track of the business pitches in the episode. The worksheet comes in a Word document file so you're able to change a question to relate to a specific topic if you want (4 P's, revenue, etc.). Looking for more on Shark Tank?Shark Tank Preview Activity → https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Shark-Tank-Preview-Activity-5431029 Don't forget to leave fee
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: New Business Teacher Bundle
Opportunity Cost - Economics
This 1 page worksheet is a quick read with scenarios about opportunity cost. This would be great as homework, or as a supplement to a lesson on opportunity cost!
**This freebie is a part of a larger packet for an Economics unit found here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Economics-Extravaganza-Econ-Supplemental-Packet-1348552 **
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3rd - 6th
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Blank Check Template
Use this worksheet for practice writing checks. It is editable so feel free to come up with your own bank, or start at a different check number.
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6th - 12th
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Travel Agent Vacation Planning PBL by United States Regions End of Year Project
Your kids will love this project! Come in to the class one day and tell them you are a customer at their travel agency. They will work in partners or groups to send you on the vacation of your dreams. At the end, have them present their pitch to you and you can choose the most appealing vacation to you.I had two groups for each region of the United States and talked about how tourism can help boost a region's economy. Check out my digital ready-to-assign Vacation Project using Google Slides!
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4th - 9th
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Earning, Saving & Spending Mad Libs
Help students understand the meaning of earning money, saving money, and spending money! Students will be engaged to create word problems about financial literacy topics. 3 mad lib outlines included (earning, spending, saving). Use this resource with a clear sleeve or dry erase pocket to use over and over again. Perfect for math centers, stations, early finisher or warm up.Print & Go! No PREPIncluded in this resource» Earning Mad Lib» Saving Mad Lib» Spending Mad LibCheck Out other Financial
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2nd - 6th
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FREE Banking Terms Word Search Puzzle Worksheet Activity
Introduce your students to everyday banking vocabulary with this engaging word search puzzle worksheet. Puzzles make fun no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, unit or lesson plan supplements, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, classroom themes, and sub files.The 27 hidden vocabulary words are: account, ATM, balance, bank, bounced, budget, checkbook, credit card, currency, debit card, deposit, dividend, endorse, fees, interest, inves
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4th - 7th
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Searching for a Job Career Exploration Activity
This easy prep financial literacy activity will help students practice career research by independently finding jobs online. Students will research six jobs, three for which they are currently qualified and three for which they hope to be qualified in the future, and then will compare them based on their salary, hours, responsibilities, etc. **This activity is also available in a digital format on Google Sheets that could be used for distance learning.**Looking for other Personal Finance Explor
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7th - 12th
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Economics: So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?
This is a fun lesson to teach children about the exciting life of Entrepreneurship. It also describes the main ways entrepreneurs make money. There are exercises and a main class project that will encourage young minds to unleash their inner Entrepreneur.
This mini-course can be used as a stand alone lesson or as a supplement to an Economic or Business Curriculum. It can also be used with the following Lessons:
Economics for Fun and Profit
How Money Works
How People Make Money
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3rd - 12th
FREE Resort Marketing Research and Idea Starter
Spark excitement for the Resort Marketing Business Simulation in your Marketing, Hospitality and Tourism, or International Business course with this free product. This FREE research and resort-themed project idea starter allows you to try out the simulation and get a feel for the materials. The simulation covers economics, the marketing mix, market segmentation, the SWOT analysis, marketing plan, selling, sales messages, customer relationship management, print advertising, and digital marketing.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Resort Marketing Simulation Semester Project Bundle
Life on Minimum Wage - Personal Finance Game for Students
The purpose of Life on Minimum Wage is for students to recognize how difficult it is to save money when your only job(s) pay minimum wage without benefits. To win at Life on Minimum Wage the students have to reach five financial goals that they select. To earn money the students have to complete the tasks of their assigned jobs. The students then have to pay required bills before using money for their selected financial goals. As the game progresses students will be issued "surprise" cards which
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5th - 10th
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FREE Business Plan Note-Taking Graphic Organizer
Before you can ever open the doors to a business you need a Business Plan. The Business Plan is like a road map for the business. Not only is it useful to organize your own ideas before starting a business, but it also may be needed to attract investors or lenders. This note-taking graphic organizer is perfect for teaching high school business students in Entrepreneurship, Introduction to Business, or Marketing about a Business Plan. This note-taking graphic organizer is a PDF (see thumbnail for
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7th - 12th
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Economics Worksheet
This free introduction to economics worksheet contains 32 questions and one short response for students to answer. A link to download a version formatted for Google Slides is also included.The worksheet covers basic economics terms and concepts including: economics, good, service, resource, factors of production, entrepreneurship, profit, renewable and nonrenewable resources, microeconomics, and macroeconomics.This worksheet was designed to be used with a PowerPoint that can be found here: Intro
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Economics Unit Bundle
Europe PEGS Factors Practice Activity and Worksheet | Social Studies | Google
Examine Europe by looking at its PEGS factors (Political, Economic, Geographic, Social). Challenge students to classify & analyze facts about the continent by completing a fun, practice activity.Social Studies curriculum changes focus, sometimes drastically, from year to year. The PEGS factors are common themes that unite all SS classes. Similar ideas are taught as PESTLE, STEEP, or PEST. Building a strong foundation with these concepts leads to vertical alignment across grade levels. Use PE
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5th - 12th
Dinner Preparation on a Budget! Opportunity Cost Activity
This activity allows students to have some fun planning a dinner party, while also learning key lessons about budgeting and opportunity costs. Students will need access to the internet in order to search store websites for the costs of the specific items they want to include in their dinner plan. This activity is a great introduction to opportunity costs.
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8th - 12th
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Financial Literacy - Economics - Lottery Winners Going Broke - Life Skills
Financial Literacy - EconomicReading Comprehension Please support my free resources by taking the time to leave feedback. Thank you very much.MichaelSTOCKS - THE STOCK MARKET, Financial LiteracyFEDERAL RESERVE, MONETARY POLICYEconomics, INFLATIONLife Skills, BUYING A CAR, Personal Finance
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6th - 12th
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Budgeting Game of Life
This is to help teach students how to keep track of incoming and outgoing expenses by keeping track of their "allowances" and spending. Then on Graduation Day they can see how much they have saved and worked in order to save and buy a big item. Fun game for a variety of ages. The size of your paper is the only thing holding you back from making a large game board. I suggest taking it to an office store to print on large paper.
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3rd - 6th
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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.
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