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Adult education Back to School economics projects
All About Me Google Slides Activity + Class Slideshow/Ebook - Back to School
Build class community and get to know your new students with this engaging back-to-school activity that's distance-learning approved! During this Google Slides activity, students will create an “About Me” slide with the provided editable templates. When finished, students will turn in their slides and you will compile them in a collaborative class slideshow/ebook that can be posted on your LMS or class website (or even emailed to parents/guardians). Building relationships is SO important, especi
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Back to School (Stage 1 STEM) Bundle: 50+ Icebreaker Activities
Back to School Icebreaker STEM Bundle! Need back to school icebreakers or games that get students moving, communicating, working in teams, and building relationships? Here are 50+ of our favorite basic activities that are low-cost and low-prep for any classroom or subject!Working as a team, they will learn lessons in communication, innovation, hidden assumptions, and creativity that are central to the engineering process. Use as a warm-up, icebreaker, team building activity, or basic STEM and en
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
All About Me Poster One Pager All About Me Worksheet Middle School High School
This "All About Me" one pager poster project is the perfect getting to know you activity for the first day of school or first week of school with your middle school and high school students. This EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES 1 pager is a fun, creative, and engaging back to school activity that builds classroom community and encourages students to reflect on the people, experiences, and accomplishments that make them the unique person they are. This activity is editable so you can meet the un
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Linking In Back to School Community Building Activity - Connections & Creativity
Build class community, facilitate creative thinking & connections, and get to know your students with this engaging back-to-school activity!This unique “Linking In” activity is designed to build relationships by helping students make connections with their classmates. During this activity, students will write/draw things they love and parts of their identity on strips of paper. Then, students will work together to find connections between what they’ve recorded on the strips of paper. When th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Intro to Coding: Communication STEM Activity
Intro to Coding: Unplugged & Distance Learning STEM Activity Practice critical Stage 1 STEM communication skills with this intro to coding activity! This download provides options for distance learning including activities for live virtual classes, Google Slides / Google Classroom, Seesaw, Flipgrid, and printed packets for in-person instruction. All activities can be edited.**This activity is perfect for classrooms needing to implement social distancing or physical distancing between student
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1st - 8th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Intro to STEM Bundle: Icebreaker & Teamwork Activities
Save Fred! A STEM and Team building Challenge
This STEM has a challenge for students to save the gummy worm Fred from falling in the water because he can't swim! It's great for a back to school or team building activity! This is a great way to teach your students how to work together, as well as to teach how to think outside the box! You will need to have gummy worms, gummy life savers, paper clips, and a cup in order to do this activity. This packet includes:- Fred's story and student instructions- An experiment log handout for your stude
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL FINANCE (EPF) - WHOLE COURSE by Just Add Teacher
Based directly on the new North Carolina Economic and Personal Finance (EPF) curriculum, this Bundle has absolutely EVERYTHING you need to teach Economics and Personal Finance in a single semester with NO BOOK NEEDED, Just Add Teacher. NOTE: This is NOT a pay-as-you go or a “I’ll update later” curriculum. It is 100% complete and ready to be used and owned by you permanently. Described below is a detailed breakdown of everything you will receive in this bundle. Click HERE to follow Just Add Teach
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Buying a House Simulation
Students will interact in a simulated housing market. There will be several houses to choose from, as students must factor in their annual salary, expenses, credit score, and other financial dynamics. Buyers are to use their net income and the houses’ details to determine their most optimal house. At the end of the simulation, students will justify their housing decision.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet." The entire book's .pdf can be purchased at a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Budget Project: Real World Personal Finance
Attention Ohio Teachers! This project aligns with Ohio's Model Curriculum for Financial Literacy!This is one of my favorite projects that will fully engage your students! How many times do we hear…”when am I ever going to need to know this?” Here is your answer. This comprehensive budget project has students move through two different careers and plan out a monthly budget. The objective of this project is for students to set up a budget that would allow them to live the type of life they would l
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Intro to STEM Bundle: Icebreaker & Teamwork Activities
Want to introduce STEM to your classroom? Here are 45 of our favorite basic (Stage 1) STEM challenges that are low-cost and low-prep for any classroom! Activities are perfect as back to school icebreakers or games that introduce STEM while getting students moving, communicating, and working in teams! BACKGROUNDBefore tasking students to complete rigorous engineering design challenges, educators should start with Stage 1 STEM activities. Click here to learn more about the Stages of STEM. Through
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Middle School Art Paper Mache! Dazzling Chameleon Sculptures! Grades 5-12
Inspired by the Crafts of Mexico! Easy Paper Mache Chameleon Sculptures! Middle School and High school art students will love this colorful, patterned, and manageable Paper Mache project! Student-tested with 7th and 8th art students. They LOVED this project! All students, regardless of various ability levels, were able to easily construct these life-size chameleon sculptures!This lesson includes resources to include Social Studies, and cross-curricular connections too! Aboriginal Dot Painting an
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Paper Mache Sculpture Lesson BUNDLE! Middle School 3-D Art Project Ideas
Personal Financial Literacy Full Course Notes Bundle with Assessments and Agenda
This complete 2024 updated collection of notes covers my entire year teaching Personal Finance at the high school level and can easily be adopted for a one semester course as well.*Download the preview above to see my Cost of Housing notes from my Budgeting Unit for an example of how my notes are typically structured*This full set contains 44 sets of notes within ten major units, as well as a midterm and final project, full daily agenda (for 93 65-minute class days with links to activities used)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Personal Finance - Cost of Living Project (Middle & High School)
COST of LIVING PROJECT**NEW**: This file has been updated so it is now EDITABLE. The pages can be printed for students to complete OR students can type answers into the digital file :)Purpose: The purpose of this project is for students to explore expenses they will most likely encounter as adults. Assignments include exploring cost of ...* housing* utilities* furniture* college* vehicle - purchase* vehicle - related expenses & maintenance* entertainment* groceries and eating out* careers &
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Personal Finance Student Assignment Plan & Cost of Living Project
Renting an Apartment Simulation
Students will interact in a simulated apartment market. There will be several apartments to choose from, as students must factor in their annual salary, expenses, credit score, and other financial dynamics. Renters will use their job earnings in order to determine which apartment is best suited for their particular financial situation. At the end of the simulation, students will state why they chose the apartment that they chose.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gonna Need a B
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Financial Fraud/Identity Theft Simulation
Students will read several financial scenarios, including investment opportunities and consumer purchasing methods, and determine whether there is fraud or identity theft taking place for each situation. Students will place the fraudulent scenarios in the jail shoebox, and the non-fraudulent scenarios in the housing shoebox.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet." The entire book's .pdf can be purchased at a discount from my TPT store at the following lin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Economics Budget Project and LFS Unit
This project was created for my high school students in my resource room. My former students explained that they felt unprepared for life out in the "real world" because no one really told them what it would be like to be out on their own, and because of that they struggled a lot at first. So I created this project for my future junior and senior students to help them really get a grasp of what it might be like after graduation. Especially those whose parents will not help finance their futures,
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Engaging Business Case Study Bundle!
Ready to get your students out of the textbook, and into real world situations? This engaging set of business case studies are sure to get your students thinking about what critical business skills look like in the real world. This set of business case studies covers crucial ideas such as ethics, technological disruption, starting a brand new business, balancing profit and innovation, and differing leadership styles (among other things). This is an evolving bundle, as well, so you can anticipate
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Island Project - Economic Systems
You and your group were enjoying a cruise to the Caribbean when chaos broke out. A storm of massive proportions caused your ship to wreck on an uncharted island. The last you heard, this storm was enough to cause global catastrophe. Without communication to the outside world, you must assume you are the only survivors. It is up to you to develop a new society. Your students will have to see if they have what it takes to create a brand new society. Do they have what it takes? This activity has a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Personal Budget Spreadsheet
This is a personal budget spreadsheet that I created which completes automatically calculations. I use it for my Senior Economics course, but it could easily be adapted for all grade levels and classes (life skills, mathematics, etc.).
I have students search and select a job listing in the career field they wish to pursue. With the spreadsheet, they must breakdown how much they will make each month after taxes and figure out their budget expenses first for a month and then for a year. I have 37
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Credit Card Debt Simulation
Students will be given a scenario of a young professional who is in serious credit card debt. They will read the explanation about how the young adult got into debt, including how the financial burden has affected his life. Students are placed into groups and are given the young man’s job and income scenario, and must point him in the direction of getting out of debt in the least amount of time.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet." The entire book's .p
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Book About Hands-On Financial Literacy Simulations for Teens & Young Adults
These simulations come from Nick's book, "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet." The book is available on Amazon for $24, or on TPT for $21 in .pdf format. The .pdf format is more ideal for teachers than the printed copies of the book because it allows for easier access to print the activities and handouts.
"You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet" is geared towards teachers and organizations who desire to teach personal finance skills in engaging and practical ways. Several industry experts contribute
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Taking Stock in the Stock Market! (MATH and So Much More!)
Are you having trouble engaging your adolescent students in authentic, real-world, high-level, critical thinking projects? Do you need a great display for an upcoming exhibition? THIS IS THE PROJECT for YOU and YOUR STUDENTS!
This project is packed full of activities to excite and engage any student. The activities cover researching, analyzing, organizing, calculating, current events, vocabulary and reflection. The students must use math, history, language arts, media design, visual arts, read
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Financial Literacy/Economics Projects BUNDLE: Rationale/Vocabulary/Outlines
Financial Literacy/Economics/Adulthood 101 Projects BUNDLE: Rationale/Outlines/VocabularyEnrich your Financial Literacy/Economics class with these projects!FYI: I use the SharkTank Project for my final.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Design Thinking - Vacant Lot Challenge
Design Thinking is the revolutionary way to teach your students to be human-centered confident problem solvers! Dive deeper into the five phases of Design Thinking with this full Vacant Lot Challenge. Students will learn to develop empathy and creativity to solve a real-world problem.Design Thinking is a constructivist way of approaching a problem that seeks to leverage a bias toward action in order to find a radical solution to an end user’s need. The Design Thinking mindset has been pioneered
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5th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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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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