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Economics projects under $5
Economics Unit for 3rd & 4th Grade - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, & Budgets
Do you want your students to master all the economics terms and standards in 3rd and 4th grade? Well this hands-on PBL unit to teach economics covers many different concepts through a real life project. After learning vocabulary your students will go through a project that will teach them all about economics. This is not an explicit teaching product, but a project based learning product.This Unit Covers1. Scarcity2. Opportunity Costs3. Producers and Consumers4. Budgets5. Market PlacesWhy will th
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3rd - 5th
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Buying Your First Home (Renting vs. Owning and 15 vs. 30 Year Mortgages)
In this project students figure their purchasing power, select a house that they would like to buy, and investigate the total costs involved in purchasing that home. Students will also compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of a 15 vs. 30 year mortgage and renting vs. owning. This assignment is worth a total of 50 points and has points possible listed next to each question. An answer key is also provided with suggested answers. This project goes well with a Personal Finance, busin
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Personal Finance Project Bundle
Stock Market Simulation Project
This fun stock market project has students research companies they want to invest in for a simulation of how investing in the market works! It's great for an economics class or when you cover the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression in US History. I use it in the middle of the year and then we periodically check each of their portfolios as the year goes on to see how each student's investments are doing. Included in the download are:A detailed directions page that includes info on
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9th - 12th
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Holiday Economics Christmas Project Based Learning PBL Wants Needs Goods Service
Looking for a fun way to teach your economics unit to your students? This Christmas project based learning unit is a fun way to embrace the holiday craziness & turn your classroom into a North Pole workshop! In this PBL unit, your students will learn about wants and needs, goods and services, producers and consumers, and so much more! ⭐The overall objective of this unit is to turn your students into entrepreneurs and your classroom into a North Pole workshop!⭐You will teach various social st
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K - 5th
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Food Truck Festival - Economics End-of-Unit Project
Looking for a fun end-of-unit project for your Economics unit? Look no further! My third graders loved designing their own food truck and menu, creating a business plan, and then shopping at each other's trucks during our Food Truck Festival. This project includes three components and lots of options!Business Plan: Students identify goods they will sell and resources they will useFood Truck: Students will design a food truck and menu.Food Truck Festival: Students will shop from their classmates'
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Third Grade Economics Bundle
Personal Finance Simulation Semester Project
This simulation provides students with 10 personal financial tasks to demonstrate their course knowledge. This project can serve as a portfolio and covers careers, SMART goals, budgeting, banking, investing, retirement, credit cards, student loans, renting vs. purchasing a home, and insurance, and includes a brief reflection section. This simulation can be completed as a final project and makes the perfect final exam alternative or throughout the semester as you cover each topic. This resource i
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Personal Finance Activities and Projects Supplement Bundle
Food Truck Design, Logo, Slogan, and Menu Project
Food trucks are a hot trend in today’s business environment. You’ll see them hanging around downtown, driving around town, at food truck parks, and at your local events. This ready-to-use lesson will tie together the fun of food trucks with the business concepts of design, logos, slogans, and menus. This product includes 17 slides of notes on these business concepts, project instructions to get students creating their own truck designs, logos, slogans, and menus, as well as a grading rubric to a
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Food Truck Business Simulation Semester Project Bundle
Wants and Needs
The concepts of "wants" and "needs" are important for kids to learn early on, and this activity pack is exactly what you need to teach this lesson! It's designed for the primary grades, although it can be used in the upper grades, as well. Your students will have a blast!
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1st - 4th
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Country Travel Brochure Project
This is a fun project activity where students create a travel brochure for a chosen (or teacher-assigned) country. This project works well because the students know exactly what information that they need and where to put it on the brochure. It makes researching so much easier for everyone! There are directions, a brainstorm sheet, and a rough draft graphic organizer. I like the students to complete the final draft on large white construction paper, but the rough draft graphic organizer could be
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4th - 12th
Plan a Bake Sale - Project Based Learning Unit Math and Economics Unit
Everyone loves cupcakes and sweets from a bakery. In this PROJECT BASED LEARNING - PLAN A BAKE SALE unit, your students learn about economics and entrepreneurship as they open their very own bakery (option: have a bake sale). This student-centered project incorporates collaboration and differentiation by providing student choice. This real-world challenge requires students to use inquiry, critical thinking, and their creative minds during the high-interest cross-curricular [math, ELA] activities
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Project Based Learning Math Bundle With Writing and Research - Economics
Economic Systems (Free Enterprise vs. Command): Travel Blog Project
Blogs have taken off in the last few years. Make writing relevant to students by introducing the blog article format. In this project students will select two countries, one from each list (lists are provided) to use as their inspiration for a travel blog article. Students will then compare and contrast travelling to each country by including an analysis of the economic system in place and other traveler related information. Based on their research, students will provide a recommendation for a t
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Marketing I Activity & Project Bundle
Identity Theft Prevention Research Project - Fraud - Financial Literacy Consumer
Create a research-based Identity Theft Prevention Guide while teaching your students financial literacy skills! This resource includes activities and a research project on the topics of identity theft, scams, and online fraud. Students will research the threat of identity theft, learn about the different types of identity theft that may occur, recognize measures consumers can take to prevent becoming a victim of fraud – while also noting the long-term impact identity theft has on its victims.Thi
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9th - 12th
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Factors of Production and Economic Indicators Country Research Project
This comprehensive project ties together the factors of production and economic indicators of a country. Inside, you'll find a cheat sheet with vocabulary terms, guided research questions, project instructions, a grading rubric, and a sharing reflection form to explore essential economic concepts. Students select a country and research general country information, natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, entrepreneurial resources, government type (economic system), GDP, revenue, ex
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Introduction to Economics Unit Bundle for Business and Marketing
Elementary Economics: Student-Created Business Hands-On Project
Want your students to learn and practice economics concepts like producers, consumers, goods, and services in a hands-on way?? In this project, students create their own businesses and actually have an opportunity to "sell" the goods or services!To begin, you’ll want to form groups of 2-3 students. I provide basic materials like construction paper, cups, beads, string, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, etc. I ask parents to donate anything else they might need if possible. I’ve had students create
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1st - 5th
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Market Day Project-Based Learning (PBL): 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Math & Economics
Here’s everything you need to facilitate a Market Day project-based learning unit for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade! This Math and Social Studies (Economics) aligned comprehensive resource takes students through the process of creating their very own shop from start to finish. The Market Day Project-Based Learning framework sparks higher-level thinking and enrichment. Students will extend their learning of Math concepts (multiplication, division, fractions, percentages) as well as Social Studies concep
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3rd - 8th
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Create an Ad with Advertising Techniques Project
Students will get creative in this engaging, introductory project for your advertising unit. In this project, students will design an advertisement for a consumer good based on a target market. Students will also use an advertising technique they believe appeals to the selected group. This project is provided a digital and printable format and promotes student choice by allowing them to select the target market, product, advertising media, message, and technique to create an advertisement.Start
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Introduction to Advertising Activities and Project Bundle
Economics GDP and Standard of Living CIA World Factbook Stats Project
In this activity, students use the CIA World Factbook, to examine two different countries, the United States and a country of their choice. After teaching about GDP, I have students look at other economic indicators related to standard of living to show that GDP should not be the only measure of how well an economy is functioning. Students use the world factbook site to find the statistics including poverty rate, contraceptive rate, imports and exports, etc. Students also find where the U.S. ra
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10th - 12th
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Food Truck Marketing Project (4 P's, Marketing Functions, and Utilities)
Make business real for your students with this engaging marketing, food truck-themed project. In this project students create a food truck business concept. Students apply the functions of marketing, marketing mix, and discuss economic utilities. This project contains point values for each question.This activity refers to the marketing functions as: distribution, financing, marketing information management, pricing, product service management, promotion, and selling. The components of the market
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9th - 12th
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Target Market Business Scenarios Activity
In this activity, high school business students will describe demographic, geographic, psychographic, and behavioral characteristics. Students will assign target market characteristics to 10 fictional business scenarios and provide a rationale for their selection. Business scenarios are a great way to make your target market lesson real-world applicable for students. Additionally, this activity closes with 4 reflection questions. This resource is perfect for your entrepreneurship or marketing un
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Problems and Solutions in Entrepreneurship Activity and Project Bundle
Scarcity Activity: Refugee Rescue? Apply opportunity cost and trade offs in econ
Overall goal: Engage students in a creative way with a real world problem while they apply their knowledge of scarcity, opportunity costs, trade offs and economic decision making.
Sounds like a good learning goal, right?
Your download includes a complete student activity, teacher guide, and my complete support in integrating this activity into your classroom.
Students will take what they've learned about basic economic concepts of scarcity, opportunity cost and trade offs and apply it to the
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9th - 12th
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STEM United States Floats Research | Project Based Learning PBL
United States Research made fun! STEM State Floats United States Research Project & Lapbook Connecting STEM is a project based activity where students research and compare states. The packet contains comparison organizers and state shapes to help students organize their research. Students learn important facts about their state, such as the agriculture and industries of the state. A state lap book can also be used to collect facts about their states. The ending activity is a STEM project w
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3rd - 5th
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3-5-ETS1-3
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Accounting Fraud Crime Report (Project Instructions + Grading Rubric)
In this project students work individually or with a partner to conduct research on the Internet about an accounting fraud case including: an overview of the company, the crime scene, the suspects, evidence about the case, and suggest how this event could be prevented in the future. They will develop a crime report and present their findings to the class. As the other students watch they will record the company name and a brief description of the fraud on the provided worksheet. At the end of th
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Business Ethics & Social Responsibility Activity Bundle
International Business Communications and Customs Research Project & Discussion
With this comprehensive project, your students will explore the global marketplace by researching the culture, customs, communication style, and more of another country and identifying cultural differences that would impact a business expansion. Students will select a country and complete guided research and reflection prompts (print and digital versions provided). Wrap up the lesson with the discussion questions, applying student research to a real-world scenario and exploring considerations fo
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9th - 12th
Goods and Services Sorting Activity | 1st or 2nd Grade Social Studies
Spruce up your 1st or 2nd grade social studies unit with this goods and services sorting activity. Perfect for both communities or economics, students will learn what the difference between goods vs services is, and then sort various items based on if they are a good or service.Students will learn:What is a goodWhat is a serviceSort the difference between goods and servicesWhat's Inside:Teaching GuideVideo research suggestionsPicture ExamplesEssential QuestionLearning TargetVocabulary CardsSorti
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1st - 3rd
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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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