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3rd grade economics games
Bartering Activity with an Interactive Economics Game: Barter, Trade, Create!
Are your students learning about bartering? This game will have students practice their bartering skills!The object of the game is to get a home, clothing, and food (meat/fish/eggs, bread, AND vegetables). You may barter goods or combine cards to make what you need. A video is now included with instructions for both basic and advanced game play. It is always a bit challenging to learn how to play a new game by reading instructions, so I have created a video overview so that you can familiarize y
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Economics for Kids BUNDLE
Economics: Supply and Demand File Folder Activity
This file folder activity addresses the economics concept of supply and demand and pricing of goods in a market economy. This file folder activity meets Georgia's third grade economics standard.File folder activities are great to use during group time or centers. They are perfect for those students that finish early and ask "what do I do now?" File folder activities take up very little space and are self-checking. Students can complete file folder activities on their own or with a partner. They
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Economics File Folder Activity Bundle
Deserted Island- A Needs and Wants Activity
Deserted Island- A Needs and Wants Activity:Students are deserted on an island and must determine if objects are needs and wants in order to survive. Working in groups, different scenarios will change what objects are selected. Students will also be able to add their own objects and complete a writing piece to explain their reasoning. This needs and wants activity is great to use in small groups, as an introduction to or assessment to teaching needs and wants.**Please use the new page 10 in t
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1st - 4th
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SPACE QUEST | Needs vs Wants Cooperative Game
Are you looking for a fun way to help your personal finance students determine the difference between needs and wants? Space Quest provides a fun cooperative challenge, to help students from elementary to high school, figure out the difference between needs and wants. In this group activity, teams will be introduced to the scenario by a video informing them that they have been selected to join Space Quest, a team being tasked with determining if a newly discovered planet could sustain humanity.
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1st - 12th
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Also included in: Needs vs Wants & Budgeting Unit | BUNDLE
Goods and Services Social Studies Economics Bingo Game
This goods and services bingo game is the perfect activity to introduce basic economics during your social studies lessons.This game will give your students practice determining the difference between goods and services that are provided in their community. You will read the clues on the calling cards, giving your students a chance to determine which good or service the clue applies to and cover it on their bingo board.
Included in this .pdf download are 30 different bingo boards, in both color
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1st - 3rd
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Time to Trade- a game to teach systems of exchange, bartering, money & trading.
This is a trading game that can be played with most primary aged children. It has been designed to teach children about the history of trade, giving children a greater understanding of why money is now the system of exchange used in most societies today. This game also helps children in understanding the concepts of trade, bartering, exchange, needs, goods and services.
This product includes 14 pages of resources which contain the following:
- 24 x game cards
- 12 x sets of 10 (120 in total) g
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1st - 7th
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Counting Coins Game: Race to a Dollar!
In this fun and easy-to-manage math game, students will practice using the add-on strategy to count coins up to $1.00. It's great for math centers or whole-class review in groups.
This download contains:
* printable game board blackline master
* printable game board in color for laminating or example
* 2 score sheets to record coin values
* game directions
Simply provide each group of students (groups of 2+) with a game board, a pencil, a paper clip, and some coins. They'll take turns sp
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1st - 3rd
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Economics Game, Reading Passages with Questions, and Posters
This economics set includes reading passages with questions, vocabulary posters, and an engaging board game / scoot activity. Using this set, students will learn all about economics including supply and demand, needs and wants, bartering, opportunity cost, scarcity, resources, and more. Be sure to check out the preview to see all that is included in this set.
Set includes:
• 13 posters/anchor charts for classroom display- posters cover 22 common vocabulary terms associated with economics
• 24
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2nd - 5th
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Touch Money File Folders
Touch Money is a great way to teach your students how to count groups of coins! I use this with my special learners who benefit from the visuals of touch points.
This set includes 4 file folders with 12 piggy bank problems per file folder. Just glue into the file folder, laminate, and use Velcro for extended use! I use these for morning work, one on one work, or independent work. Your kiddos are sure to love these adorable money file folders!
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Touch Money Bundle for Special Education
Earning, Saving & Spending Budget Worksheets
Help students understand a budget! Students will have 24 expense cards to use with a budget based on the information provided on each card. Students will find that some expense cards have unexpected expenses while others don't. They will learn how to log information onto a budget worksheet. This resource comes in color & black/white.Print & Go! No PREPIncluded in this resource» Lesson Idea Page» 3 designs of budget worksheets» 24 Expense Cards (small and large in sizes)» 2 sets of Reflec
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Financial Literacy BUNDLE | Earning, Saving, Spending
Economics with Producers and Consumers and Goods and Services
Are you searching for resources to teach goods and services, producers and consumers, and natural resources? Teach all these economics concepts with this fun and detailed resource. Your students will learn about goods and services, producers and consumers, natural resources, capital resources, and human resources. Students will read informational texts about economics topics and play games to make this complex topic thrilling and meaningful.How it Works:► Students read informational passages abo
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2nd - 3rd
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Producer or Consumer: An Economics Sorting Game for Primary Students
This will help your students understand one of the beginning concepts of economics: Consumers and Producers.This is a Social Studies sorting game to practice the vocabulary "consumer" and "producer." Children will sort the 16 task cards onto the apples that say "producer" or "consumer". It includes definitions of the two important words, suggestions, 16 task cards, and extra cards so you can make your own.The most important part of this activity is encouraging conversations that help deepen th
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
Review Social Studies Practice Fundamental Basic Concepts Task Cards
Task Cards are a fun way to review fundamental Social Studies concepts! This set has 30 task cards for fun practice any time of year!Why use Social Studies Review Task Cards: Research tells us that concepts need to be reviewed frequently, or the brain will not remember ideas that have been taught. These cards review important basic Social Studies concepts so that these ideas will go into the long-term memory.How it works: These task cards are a fun way to practice map skills or review basic So
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2nd - 3rd
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Coin Bingo Game
Do your students have difficulty remembering the names and values of the coins?⭐️ Help students identify the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. ⭐️ Use real coins to play coin bingo! ⭐️ Great for a math station activity or guided math with the teacher.Includes:✅ 7 different Coin Bingo Mats✅ REAL photographs of American coinsYou might also like some of my other resources:10 Frame Playing CardsSubitizing Dot CardsQuick Pictures 10 Frame Cards********************************************How to get
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Money Activities Bundle
4th Grade Hands-on Economics Activity Pack
Have students learn key economic standards in a fun and engaging way! Activities include a sorting game on the factors of production using a lemonade stand theme, a wants & needs cut and paste t-chart, 14 vocabulary cards, a graphic organizer activity linked to the mentor text: Stone Soup, and a comprehensive unit assessment with answer key.Please visit my store (JB Creations) for my other original reader’s theaters as well as my other common core based games and activities. Just click on
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3rd - 5th
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Third Grade Economics Jeopardy Game
This PowerPoint Presentation is in the format of a Jeopardy game. It focuses on reviewing the economic concepts taught in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. It covers resources, goods and services, needs and wants, economic problems, and economic terms. I, Elizabeth Hill, used to help review for the CRCT.
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2nd - 4th
Counting Money Card Game Dollars & Coins
This Uno-inspired game helps students gain automaticity toward identifying the value of a group of coins and dollars.
This game is played just like Uno-- complete with skip, reverse, and even Wild and Draw 2 cards! The difference is, instead of numbers, the cards show collections of coins and dollars. Players match up collections of coins that have the same value, or with cards that have the correct written dollar amount. Lots of fun! Lots of learning!
This edition covers collections that ar
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Cha-ching!! A Money Game *Jr. & Regular Edition BUNDLE*
Thanksgiving Math Activity Shopping on a Budget | Grades 2 - 4
This Thanksgiving math activity is helpful to use during your lessons on budgeting. There are 2 budget activities that guide students to add up how much money they spend when they shop for their Thanksgiving dinner with a specific budget. Students will use a variety of ways to add amounts from their food lists to see if they bought too much or stayed under budget. Dollar amounts come in a variety of ways based on counting by quarters. Use this resource for a game, whole group, partner work, mat
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2nd - 4th
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Abundance, Scarcity, and Trade Simulation Activity
This simulation activity shows students a real life example of scarcity, abundance, and trade. It is easy to set up in the classroom and requires common supplies. At then end of the simulation students will work in their groups to relate the simulation to economic terms.
I always do this activity after reading about and explaining scarcity, abundance, and trading. I use my district’s Social Studies text, however, any economics text regarding these three terms would be helpful for students to u
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2nd - 5th
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Earning, Saving & Spending Money Sort Cards with Real World Scenarios
Help students sort real world scenarios with earning money, saving money and spending money. Included are money world problems involving how to earn, spend and save money. Each card sort comes in color and black & white versions. This resource is great for math centers, intervention, quick check, mini lesson, or math workshop!2 Sorts Included ⪼ Earn and Spend ⪼ Save and SpendIncluded in this product:Teacher Lesson IdeasInstructions for both sortsSorting Mats (2 per sort)24 sorting scenarios
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Financial Literacy BUNDLE | Earning, Saving, Spending
Entrepreneurs Reading Passages and Bingo Games Activities Bundle
Study entrepreneurs, economics, and business with these reading passages about Henry Ford, Mary Kay Ash, Wallace Amos, Milton Hershey, Sam Walton, Elon Musk, Harland Sanders, James Dyson, J.K. Rowling, Mark Cuban, Oprah Winfrey, Vera Wang, and Walt Disney, plus 2 bingo games that include many more famous entrepreneurs and business-related vocabulary. The reading passages give you a choice of biographical paragraphs with 4 questions each or paired texts with 8 questions each, or you can different
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3rd - 5th
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Goods and Services Story Unit
Goods and Services are easy to learn with a story about Servicetown! Servicetown was a beautiful little town, until a broken bridge caused havoc! Use this four page story, worksheets and even a game to teach your 2nd and 3rd grade students all about goods and services. Students even get a chance to look for goods and services in their favorite fairy tales! Special Features about this UnitStarts with a 4 page "hook" story to pull students into the goods and services studyTwo posters included (Wh
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2nd - 3rd
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Economics File Folder Activity Bundle
This contains 4 Economics File Folder Activities for the price of 3 bundled together to save you some money. These are perfect for elementary teachers teaching economics. They meet Georgia state standards for social studies SS3E1-SS3E4. The Pack contains the following activities:Wants vs. NeedsGoods and ServicesProductive Resources-Natural, Human, CapitalTo Market-Supply and Demand in a Market EconomyEach set includes:detailed teacher directionsstudent photo directionsfolder coverfolder inserts1
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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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