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Middle school economics thematic unit plans under $5
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
Grades:
3rd - 6th
(FR) PBL/ABP - DANS L'OEIL DU DRAGON
Cette unité d'apprentissage par projet est centrée autour de "Dragon's Den" et suit le format général de ce type d'émission (Shark Tank, Dans l'oeil du dragon, etc.).Les étudiants travaillent en binôme ou en autonomie pour proposer une invention de leur choix et créer un projet écrit et un pitch devant le jury (les dragons).Cela intègre de nombreuses stratégies d'écriture et d'expression orale; à savoir, la persuasion, utiliser les émotions pour influencer un public, choisir notre public et livr
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5th - 8th
Also included in: (FR) ÉTUDES SOCIALES - ANNÉE COMPLÈTE (6e ANNÉE)
Future History - Teacher's Guide
Welcome to Future History! This is my favorite unit to teach. I have created a unit that allows students to review the basics of social studies, synthesize their learning into a new idea, and have fun with their imagination. Explore the connections between resources, climates, governments, economics, and more.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: Future History!
Budgeting Game for Teens - Teach Financial Literacy - Standard & Holiday Themes
Make teaching budgeting fun with “Sweet Spending,” a hands-on game that asks students to use critical thinking skills to make financial decisions. This print-and-go game is a sweet way for students to explore budgeting, making financial sacrifices, and personal goals related to spending, saving, and living without. With 6 formats, including holiday themes, teachers can implement this game into their curriculum at many points throughout the school year.Students will love exploring budgeting at va
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Financial Literacy & Budgeting Bundle
The Watsons Go to Birmingham Math Connection Unit
After reading the book "The Watsons Go to Birmingham", students embark on planning a road trip of their own. This includes calculating mileage, cost of travel, and collecting data on their destination city.
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4th - 7th
Power Point: Beatrice's Goat thematic unit
Beatrice’s Goat is a 28 slide Power Point thematic unit plan with an emphasis on economics designed to save you time and copying costs. The many graphics help bring life in Uganda and economic concepts into the classroom. It contains projects, maps and interdisciplinary connections based on the book including economics, math/science, writing prompts, grammar practice, games and internet resources. Covers language arts skills for grades 3-7 so it can be used as a tiered lesson series.
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3rd - 7th
Stock Market Project with The Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen (Graphing Data)
This stock market project packet is to be used with the book The Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen. This is always a favorite for my students. Not only are the kids engaged with the Read Aloud, students really enjoy picking a stock of their choice and diversifying $10,000 to create a portfolio. After collecting 5 days worth of data, they evaluate their portfolio to determine if any capital gains were made. Included in this purchase are step by step directions on how I use this when I teach it, along with
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Grades:
5th - 6th
Yourtown Economics and Business - Scarcity and Choices (Year 5)
Introductory notes for teachers (with activities for students) about scarcity and the resulting need to make choices about how scarce resources are used in production and satisfying wants. Written specifically for Western Australian / Australian Curriculum Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) design, but applicable wherever economics and business concepts form part of the middle school (Year 5-7) syllabus
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5th - 6th
The History and Evolution of Money
The History and Evolution of MoneyHow have civilizations conducted trade throughout history? How have nations evolved financially to more easily facilitate commerce and the flow of goods and services? What forms has money embodied throughout centuries? How have nations like China instilled consumer confidence in their currency and prevented its citizens from using other forms of monetary exchange? How is the value of paper currency backed and secured by nations and banks? How risky is the concep
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The California Gold Rush, Environmental Harm and Health Consequences of Mining
The California Gold Rush, Environmental Harm and Health Consequences of MiningEssential Questions - How do new ideas change the way people live? How did the gold rush and Mormons affect the West? How did the discovery of gold help California? To what extent did mining for gold and other precious metals and minerals contaminate the environment (water, soil, air and food supply) causing illness, disease, irreparable harm and premature death?Lesson Components Include:- Lesson Plan (8 pages)- Califo
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Geography of Georgia
Unit 1 of 8th Grade Georgia Studies.
Lesson includes:
anticipation guide
Cornell notes/graphic organizer for location of GA, regions, transportation system, physical features
latitude/long of GA map
regions map
PPT images of physical features
rubric of regions brochure
This can be used in interactive notebooks and is based on the GPS.
Grades:
8th
Robber barons, the gilded age and the Gospel of wealth Contest role play
This is an incredibly fun unit for YOU and THE STUDENTS. You really get to see them all shine. I suggest you encourage them to dress as businessmen and women. You can even dress as a rich investor (and if you have any 19th century attire, all the better!) Watch them use their salesmanship. Encourage them to “wine and dine you”, by bringing in your favorite cookies or perhaps a Starbucks. They will have a great time. The more you “Role play”, the more fun it is!Topics covered: Monopolies and Robb
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8th - 12th
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Economic Lessons from the Strongest Currencies in the World
Economic Lessons from the Strongest Currencies in the WorldWhat are the strongest currencies in the world? On what basis are currencies valued and deemed strong? How do currencies fluctuate or remain fixed? How can supply and demand, as well as consumers' perceptions alter the value of a currency? How do central banks' policies and chosen reserve currencies impact the value of money? To what extent do the most commonly used and traded currencies impact their value in global markets? What possibl
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Classroom Economy System (with Classroom Dollars!)
Searching for a classroom economy system centered around financial literacy and independence? This product is for you!Transform your elementary classroom into an exciting hub of financial learning and real-world skills with this classroom economy system package. Engage your students in a hands-on experience that teaches them the principles of money management, responsibility, and the value of hard work. What's Included: Class Dollar Templates: Download and print the class dollars, which can be
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1st - 6th
Types of Economic Systems
This updated PowerPoint presentation provides quality content laid out in a simple fashion for your students to learn about the different types of economic systems that exist in the world!This unit comes with key, underlined vocabulary words that you can use to quiz or test your students knowledge. Additionally, pictures are included to enhance your students' learning experience.This material can translate well for Economics and Civics classes!This unit should adequately meet most (or all) U.S.
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6th - 12th
Ad for the Amazon
This package culminates in students creating an original advertisement to persuade viewers to action in regards to the Amazon Rainforest. The package includes introductory slides on advertising techniques and persuasive techniques including practice analyzing advertisements for effectiveness, and a guide for project options to create a final ad. Pairs well with a unit on South America, Biomes, Environmental Issues, Human Environment Interaction, etc.
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7th - 10th
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Modern Day Slavery in America - Latinos Being Exploited
Modern Day Slavery in America - Latinos Being ExploitedPaul F. Davis - Lesson for Hispanic Heritage Month and Human RightsOne 53 minute video to watch, 9 articles to read and 10 thought provoking questions for students to think about and answer.This lesson could be used throughout the year to support immigrant workers, Latinos, human rights and also during Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) to alert Americans of every race to the plight and struggle of Latino immigrants working
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Micro Marketplace Curriculum
Micro Marketplace provides students with a basic understanding of economics. Students learn about business communities, goods and services, sticking to a budget, and making a profit. They will work in partners or small groups to create a business and design products that they will actually sell at a classroom marketplace. This Project Based Learning unit easily ties into ELA, Math, Art, and Technology. For example, students will write a persuasive sales pitch to entice customers to shop at t
Grades:
1st - 6th
THE UNITED STATES WAR with MEXICO
THE UNITED STATES WAR with MEXICOEssential Questions - Why did President James Polk and the United States want to buy New Mexico and California from Mexico? Why did Mexico not want to sell land to the USA nor negotiate? How did these acquisitions come about to enlarge the territory of the United States? What is the heritage of Hispanic Californians given the historical conflict between the United States and Mexico? Were President Polk’s actions (and the actions of the USA) waging war to gain ter
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
American Industrialization, Growth and Expansion
How does geography influence the way people live? What are the origins of conflict? To what extent does self-interest and economics motivate and drive development? In what ways did industrial development and innovation occur to stimulate the American economy?Learning intention: Students will learn how the United States increased in power and influence economically to grow and expand as an industrial nation. Students will learn how westward expansion contributed to industrial growth and our natio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Power Point: Pickle Patch Bathtub thematic unit
The Pickle Patch Bathtub is a 16 slide Power Point thematic unit plan with an emphasis on economics designed to save you time and copying costs. The many graphics help bring life in the 1920’s, the growing process from seed to factory and economic concepts into the classroom. This is part of the It contains projects and interdisciplinary connections based on the book including economics, compare and contrast, math, science, map skills, writing prompts, goal setting, games and internet resource
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3rd - 7th
Learn about Money the fun way: Informational Text with superb worksheets
This lesson is an informational text that teaches students the basics of money and economy. On the level of language, it is equivalent to texts on Common Core’s Grades 3 or 4 complexity band. But because of its subject matter, this text can also be enjoyed by and would be very useful for students in Grades 5 and 6. For teachers of ELL and ESL students, particularly, this lesson might be more appropriate for Grades 5 and 6.
The various worksheets included with the text align with the Common Cor
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3rd - 6th
NAFTA and USMCA Thematic Unit SS6E2
This bundle includes a PowerPoint, Article and Graphic Organizer. It has updated information on NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) and the new USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement). I created this resource for my 6th grade social studies class. The information in our textbooks did not include USMCA. The PowerPoint includes 23 slides with a quick review slide. The graphic organizer goes with the PowerPoint and can be used as notes for your students. The article was written
Grades:
6th - 12th
Andrew Jackson vs The United States Bank
The better you understand money and how it works, the more of it you are likely to have throughout your life.Why do we need banks? Are banks useful or destructive to a national economy? Who controls federal banks? If federal banks are privately controlled, do politicians really lead the government and nation, or are the private companies truly in control?Learning Intention:Students will learn about leadership, banking, financial decisions, power, monetary policy, economics, debt, negotiations, d
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, 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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