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Elementary economics resources for Google Apps under $5
Economics Comprehension Passages
Learn all about economics with this resource that includes close reading, an interactive notebook and comprehension passages. This economics resource includes a total of 9 passages for students to gain a deeper understanding of economics and common economics terms.Includes both a printable version and a digital version in Google Slides!The first 3 informational passages review and define economic terms and ideas. Each of the 3 passages has an accompanying interactive notebook template for note
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4th - 6th
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Goods and services for Google Classroom Economics Activities
Make your economics lessons FUN and ENGAGING with these digital social studies activities and editable reading passage on goods and services!This digital resource uses Google Slides™ and can be used on Google Classroom and Google Drive. This resource also includes an answer key.⭐️ Bundle & save for a discount ⭐️Need more economics materials? Save 20% and grab the Economics Bundle!This product includes:Editable reading passageDrag-&-drop: match the definition to vocabulary term (goods, se
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Economics Activities for Google Classroom
Opportunity cost, economic choice, & scarcity for Google Classroom Economics
Make your economics lessons FUN and ENGAGING with these digital social studies activities and editable reading passages on economic choice, opportunity cost, and scarcity!This digital resource uses Google Slides™ and can be used on Google Classroom and Google Drive. This resource also includes an answer key.⭐️ Bundle & save for a discount ⭐️Need more economics materials? Save 20% and grab the Economics Bundle!This product includes:Editable reading passagesDrag-&-drop: match the definitio
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Economics Activities for Google Classroom
Spending, Saving and Earning Money
Help your kindergarten or first grade students understand the concepts of spending, saving and earning money. This product was made to go with an economics unit and contains multiple picture sorts for whole class instruction, cut and paste worksheets to practice or assess, materials and instructions for “Write the Room” or “Scoot” and “Corners” and more. To see a more detailed list of what is included in this product, see the preview.The PDF includes links for two separate sorts for Google Sli
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Spending, Saving and Earning Money Financial Literacy BUNDLE
Decimals - A Real World Math Project about Paying the Bills!
This real world math project is the perfect way for students to practice adding and subtracting decimals in your classroom! It is a cross-curricular project as it incorporates both economics and math. This project includes both a printable and a digital version for use with Google Classroom.Description: Each student is in charge of their family's personal budget for two weeks. They must fill out a bank register by adding and subtracting decimals. They also write checks to pay bills in order to s
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Math Bundle for the ENTIRE YEAR!
Natural, Human, & Capital Resources for Google Classroom Economics Activities
Make your economics lessons FUN and ENGAGING with these digital social studies activities and editable reading passages on capital resources, human resources, and natural resources.This digital resource uses Google Slides™ and can be used on Google Classroom and Google Drive. This resource also includes an answer key.⭐️ Bundle & save for a discount ⭐️Need more economics materials? Save 20% and grab the Economics Bundle!This product includes:Editable reading passageDrag-&-drop: match the
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2nd - 3rd
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CCSS:
Also included in: Economics Activities for Google Classroom
Needs and Wants Google Slides (Distance Learning)
This product includes a Google Slides presentation that you can either do with your class as a whole-group activity or assign it to them individually in Google Classroom! Just make sure that if you assign to individuals, you "make a copy for each student."This product includes slides to help your students differentiate between needs and wants! The first few slides explain the difference between needs and wants. Then, there are 8 slides where students are presented with a different picture and ca
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K - 2nd
Current Events Activity and Worksheet | PEGS Factors in the News | Google
Challenge students to follow current events and discover PEGS (Political, Economic, Geographic, Social) factors in the news. They watch or read the news, identify examples of stories that represent each PEGS factor, summarize the main ideas, then justify their decisions. Includes links to websites and a PEGS reference chart for interactive notebooks. This activity can be assigned regularly throughout the year, so students stay informed & connect the real world to your classroom. Social Studi
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5th - 12th
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Start Your Own Business Mini-Project (Digital + Printable)
Guide your class through their very own startup! Each year, my class comes up with their own "business" to raise money for a charity. This mini-project template guides them through the process! This goes very well with a unit on goods and services or buyers and sellers. Assign to groups, individually, or even complete whole-class. Compliments Benchmark Advance Unit 9 theme.What’s Included:A PowerPoint version for Microsoft Teams usersA Google Slides version for Google users (the link is provided
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: All PBL, Research, and Writing Units! (Benchmark Advance)
Types of Economic Systems: Paper Airplane Challenge
Teach students the different types of economic systems through the Paper Airplane Challenge; a fun and interactive way for students to learn about the four types of economies. Students begin by either being a producer or consumer of paper airplanes. Through this interactive challenge, students are introduced to the basic principles of each economy type (traditional, command and market). After small group and class discussions, students will view a Google Slides presentation providing more spe
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5th - 11th
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Also included in: Economics Lesson Bundle: Paper Airplane Challenge
Supply and Demand Digital Activities - Supply and Demand Lesson Plan - Economics
These digital Supply and Demand activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SOCIAL STUDIES Digital Activities for 1st and 2nd grade
Goods and Services Google Slides (Distance Learning)
These interactive Google Slides are perfect for teaching the difference between goods and services! This product includes slides to introduce & explain the difference between goods and services, as well as slides for students to practice independently (or that can be used for a whole-group lesson)!Included in these Google Slides:-Cover slide, goods & services explanation slide, how do we get goods & services slide, example of goods slide, example of services slide-10 slides for indep
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K - 2nd
Economics Barter, Trade, and Scarcity Digital Activities
Teaching students about economics, barter, trade, and scarcity couldn't be easier with these Google Slides! This product contains fun interactive activities that students will love. Google Slides are perfect for a distance learning situation or for any classroom looking to add technology to their social studies curriculum. **Google Slides make a perfect addition to a distance learning situation, independent student classroom activities, or for any classroom looking to add technology to their cu
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2nd - 4th
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Producers and Consumers economics activities for Google Classroom
Make your economics lessons FUN and ENGAGING with these digital social studies activities and editable reading passages on producers and consumers!This digital resource uses Google Slides™ and can be used on Google Classroom and Google Drive. This resource also includes an answer key.⭐️ Bundle & save for a discount ⭐️Need more economics materials? Save 20% and grab the Economics Bundle!This product includes:Editable reading passageDrag-&-drop: match the definition to vocabulary term (con
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Economics Activities for Google Classroom
Spending and Saving and Earning Money Game Financial Literacy
This Interactive Google Slides presentation is great for introducing your kindergarteners and 1st grade students to the economic concepts of personal finance. Distinguishing between real world situations of saving and spending and earning at a young age lays a good economic foundation for your student's financial education. This game could be played whole group as a preview to your personal finance unit, and then whole group again as a review to take anecdotal records. You could also drop it ont
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Spending and Saving and Earning Money Financial Literacy Economic BUNDLE
Balance a Simple Budget | Digital Math Activities
Engage your students with digital math activities for budgeting! This Google Classroom math pack includes seven low-prep differentiated activities that emphasize balancing a simple budget-- everything you need to help your students master the TEKS. The activities in this pack are designed to support mastery of math TEKS 5.10F: Balance a simple budgetClick here to SAVE by buying all my TEKS-aligned digital activities in one convenient bundle!What activities are included?Practice A: Distinguish be
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5th
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Also included in: Digital Math Activities for Google Classroom Bundle | TEKS Grade 5
Riding the Rails - Hoboes during the Great Depression (PDF and Digital)
"All of a sudden the train gave a jerk, as it took up slack in the drawbars. I heard Jim let out a muffled moan, as he fell. I whirled round and made a grab for him. He had on a knit cap. I got the cap and a handful of blond hair. Jim was gone. Disappeared under the wheels. No way could Jim survive."This gripping NO PREP primary source account of hoboes during the Great Depression will bring the misery of the era to life for your students. The resource is available in both print and Google Docs
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Great Depression - New Deal UNIT BUNDLE (Print and Digital Formats)
Needs and Wants for Google Classroom Economics Activities
Make your economics lessons FUN and ENGAGING with these digital social studies activities and editable reading passages on needs and wants!This digital resource uses Google Slides™ and can be used on Google Classroom and Google Drive. This resource also includes an answer key.⭐️ Bundle & save for a discount ⭐️Need more economics materials? Save 20% and grab the Economics Bundle!This product includes:Editable reading passageDrag-&-drop: match the definition to vocabulary term (wants, need
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Economics Activities for Google Classroom
Santa's Sleigh STEM Challenge | Google Classroom
Sleigh STEM Challenge will engage all your students during the holiday season or during the winter season. Digital Google Slides are great for remote learning or in your elementary classroom. Students research, plan, design, and engineer a sleigh that can carry toy presents. This STEM Challenge connects great with the book The 12 Sleighs of Christmas by Sherri Duskey Rinker. Your students will love going through the design process as they cover the Next Generation Science 3-5-ETS1-1 & 2.⭐Go
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM December Bundle | Christmas STEM Activities
Spending, Saving and Earning Presentation and Worksheets
Introduce the concepts of spending, saving and earning money to your kindergarten or first grade students with this presentation and corresponding worksheets. There are 5 slides that introduce spending, saving and earning. The following 2 slides talk about making financial decisions. The last 6 slides are titled What would you do? and present situations in which students will have to make a decision between two choices. These slides can be used in a variety of ways and come with correspondin
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K - 1st
Also included in: Spending, Saving and Earning Money Financial Literacy BUNDLE
Scarcity, Supply, and Demand
These digital social studies activities cover the economics concepts of scarcity, supply, demand, and price. It covers how supply and demand affect the price of different items. This is a Google Slides™ resource.This product includes:anchor chartwritten response activitieslabel the supply and demand**********************************************************************************************************Check out these other economic resources:Needs and WantsGoods and ServicesProducers and Consum
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Economics Unit Bundle
Producer and Consumer Economics Digital Interactive Sort ("Google Slides")
Are you using Google Classroom™ and are looking for some engaging and fun economics sorts?What will students do?Students will differentiate between producers and consumers.What is the learning target?Students will be able to identify animals that live in a polar habitat.Why use this product?Interactive & funNO PrepAssign and use right awayGreat centerCan assign in Google ClassroomThis product should be used in the VIEW mode in google slides. The pieces will not be interactive/movable if used
Needs and Wants for Google Slides
Needs and Wants Game for the Google Classroom – Using Google Slides, this Needs and Wants game will help reinforce the difference between what a need and want is. Students will decide which objects are needs and which are wants in this fun and interactive 20 question game. This game can be used as a full class activity during your virtual meet-up with students, or as an individual student assignment. Simply assign the activity to students and have them complete and turn it in online. No matter w
A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams Reading and Writing Activities
A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams is an excellent choice as a mentor text for comprehension strategies and for writing. In this book companion set, you have lots of options for exploring the themes, story elements, sequencing, and more. HOW IS THIS UNIT FOR A CHAIR FOR MY MOTHER ORGANIZED?The unit is set up in a before/during/after format for guided reading, but parts can also be used for mentor text lessons, interactive read alouds, book clubs, and for writing. It also has both the PDF for
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2nd - 4th
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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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