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3rd grade economics simulations
Supply & Demand Activities - Pizza Assembly Line Simulation & Economics Project
Open a pretend pizza shop and explore assembly line jobs with this classroom simulation. Teach economics in a fun way with this hands-on activity and project. In this history lesson, students will learn about supply and demand in economics. Through a simulation of a pizzeria, students will work together to complete specific tasks in the assembly line and collaborate to make their jobs more efficient, thus increasing production. This has been voted as my 4th grader’s favorite lesson of the entire
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3rd - 5th
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Primary Economics Unit: Wants, Needs, Goods and Services (Lessons & Activities)
It is never too early for students to begin learning about economics. This primary economics unit guides students through topics such as the difference between wants & needs, goods & services, producers & consumers, choice, cost & benefit, and saving & budgeting. This resource has been updated to include both print and digital options to save you time and prep! Find everything you need in one place.Please click the preview button for more details!What's Included::: Wants &
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1st - 3rd
4th grade Economics mini Problem-Based Cookie Activity!
Challenge students to put key economic skills to the test in this hands on, engaging activity! Students will create a budget, analyze available factors of production, and perform an actual work task to generate a profit. This simulation utilizes common materials (toothpicks, cookies, paperclips, water) to create a realistic situation for students to work through. This is an all time favorite activity in my intermediate social studies class! Includes directions, budget sheet, activity workshe
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: 4th Grade Social Studies Projects Bundle
Goods and Services Producers and Consumers Economics Activity Second Grade
Looking for an engaging early elementary economics lesson? Your students will gain a deep understanding of buyers and sellers (producers and consumers) in a community with this fun simulation activity. Your second or third grade social studies students will love creating their own good or service. This resource is suprisingly low-prep for how interactive it is. Simply print, cut, and go! You'll get teacher instructions, classroom procedures, printable student sheets, a student reflection sheet,
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2nd - 3rd
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Young Entrepreneur - Independent Business Project (Google Slides)
This two part project will walk your students through all the steps they need to design a school-wide business, estimate costs, plan a budget, determine pricing for profits, and seek investors! This digital project is ready to go with student editable slides, alternative slides for teacher customization, and a teacher walk through! Whether learners are creating a hypothetical business or actually running a school-wide business, they will LOVE becoming young entrepreneurs!(printer friendly versio
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3rd - 8th
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Social Studies Economics Pack! Shark Tank, Business Plan, Market Day and MORE!
This 42 Page Economics Pack Includes:• 16 Vocabulary Posters• Interactive Notebook Tasks• Graphic Organizers• Wants and Needs Sort• Goods and Services Sort• Producers and Consumers Sort• High and Low Demand Sort• Vocabulary Summarizing Activity• Supply and Demand Auction Lesson and Printables• Imports and Exports T-shirt Lesson and Printables• Market Day Activity Description• Market Day Parent Letter• Market Day Storefront example• Business Plan Writing• Shark Tank Pitch Writing• Shark Tank Lett
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2nd - 4th
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Economics Christmas (Project)
This packet includes 10 days worth of plans to cover many economic standards. You will set up a class store and students will learn through real, hands-on experience about economic concepts. I have included coupons you can use for students to buy at your store, so you don't have to spend additional money on items for your store. There are also "santa bucks" included for students to use as money! This is also a great way to control behavior in the crazy month of December because students will
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1st - 4th
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Economics Role Play: Consumers and Producers {NCSS Standard 7}
In this role play, there are eleven businesses under four categories (food, clothing, recreation and miscellaneous). Depending on class size, one student should be responsible for each business. Students that are not owners of businesses (producers) will be the consumers. One student will be in charge of headquarters. Business owners (producers) try to attract the most customers. Customers (consumers) try to complete shopping tasks and gather the most "task completed cards". This role play also
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1st - 8th
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STEM Design a Food Truck Project | Project Based Learning
STEM Creating a Food Truck/ Food Cart Business is a fun STEM activity that connects to many important economics concepts. Students will be introduced to entrepreneurship as they work with teams to create a food cart or food truck business. Students will name their cart, develop advertisements, and complete a business plan. Then design and create a model food cart/truck. **************************************************************Don't forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE
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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: Project Based Learning Bundle
The Island - Government and Economics PBL
The Island is a project based learning experience where students “live the experience” of discovering and being stranded on an island. Through this simulation, they will create fictional characters. These characters are then put into situations and incidents that create the plot. As the plot unfolds, students will experience the positive and negatives of a dictatorship, monarchy, and democracy. They will also evaluate needs versus wants and the basics of an economy. Constructed for 3rd and 5th
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2nd - 6th
Human Capital and Income Lesson with Two Simulations *Editable*
Aligns to the TEKS standard: 3.9A: Explain the connection between human capital/labor and incomeIncludes -a 4-page introductory lesson to the vocabulary terms and concepts associated with human capital and income.-an 8-page activity that simulates and explains how income level is connected to the level of education.-a 10-page activity where students will decide on a person to hire for a given job. Job skills, training, experience, and education levels are used to determine the best-fit applicant
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3rd
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Bartering Vs. Currency Simulations
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This product is a great addition to any economics unit! It will get kids out of their seats to really experience what it's like to barter and use currency.
Students will participate in two simulations. Both simulations are farm themed and include 30 "I want" cards plus 87 "I have" cards. A page of fake money is also included. This page can be copied to provide each student with currency for the second simulation.
In the first simulation, they will receive an "I
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3rd - 6th
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Santas Workshop Christmas Math Project and Activities | Project Based Learning
Looking for the BEST Christmas math activities for your class? The Santa's workshop Christmas math project is the answer! Students will love this 10 day group Christmas math project based learning activity.What IS Santa's Workshop Christmas Math Project Based Learning Activity?Students will learn about economics and math at the same time! This ten day Christmas math project unit starts with a letter from Santa asking students to help him make a workshop for the North Pole. Students will build Sa
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2nd - 4th
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Game of Life- money simulation
Are you looking for a real life simulation to teach your students about life and money?This is a life size version of the board game Game of Life. Help your students learn how to budget, know when to save and spend money, and practice making real life decisions. Students will practice researching, reading, writing, planning, organizing, addition, and subtraction in this activity.When you buy this product, it will only be a one single page document. This document has all of the other materials yo
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3rd - 6th
Economics Simulation
This jobs bundle is just what you need to manage your classroom and teach a little Social Studies too! This product includes:27 Real-World Job Descriptions- can be printed six per slide and used for a classroom job bulletin board for next year tooFake Money- can be transformed with pictures of students, teachers or the class pet and printed for use in your simulation experienceJob Application Printable Definition Posters- for the content vocabulary words economy, goods, services, debts and credi
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1st - 5th
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Simulations In The Classroom: The Assembly Line
Simulations are composed of an introduction or briefing, the simulation itself, and a debriefing that gets at critical thinking and reflection. They provide students with an active role that focuses on and helps bring to life a historical event, character, or concept. The concept of an ASSEMBLY LINE is experienced as students work individually and then cooperatively to make a car. This simulation has been successfully used in the classroom. It is fairly easy, involves little to no cost, and c
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3rd - 6th
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Market Economy Simulation
This simulation will allow your students to experience what a market economy is really like. They will understand what it means for business to succeed and fail in a market economy. Students will have to:Create an advertisement, commercial, or billboard for a product they have designedFollow specific instructions when creating their adSell their product to each other in attempt to stay in businessLearn what a market economy is and why different business succeed and failLearn about competitionLea
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Shark Tank Economics Unit
Project Based Learning: Starting a School Post Office
STEM Starting a School Post Office will introduce students to many important economics concepts as they start and run a School Post Office Simulation. Students learn how the post office runs and how their mail is delivered. This activity is a real live learning event! Students will love learning about economics as they start and run a post office!
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•Teachers Pages (4)
•Economic Concepts Page
•Student Objective Page
•Lesson Directions Pages (11)
•Pre-Assessment Prompt
•Design a Stam
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Jelly Bean Economy: A Simulation of Why We Pay Taxes
This simulation allows students to understand the hows and whys of our economy. During this lesson, students will pretend to have jobs, pay rent or mortgage, experience the daily events that affect our personal connection to the economy. A journal is provided for students to reflect upon their learning.
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3rd - 5th
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Elementary Economics Lesson: Business Digital Project & Technology Unit
Looking for an engaging and fun way to teach your elementary students about economics? Look no further than this complete Elementary Economics Unit! This unit includes a comprehensive Student Business Project with Technology Integration that will make learning about economics easy and enjoyable for your students.This Elementary Economics Unit includes:A complete Student Business Project that allows students to learn about economics by creating and running their own businessTechnology integration
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3rd - 5th
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Valentine's Day Economics! Heart Basket Assembly Line (problem based learning)
Challenge students to put key economic skills to the test in this hands on, problem based learning activity perfect for Valentine’s Day but adaptable for all year! Students will not only learn how to make a useful heart basket, but they will create a budget, analyze available factors of production, explore the benefits of an assembly line and perform an actual work task to generate a profit. You’ll be amazed at how many standards will be covered while students are actively engaged every step o
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3rd - 6th
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Market Day - A "Real World" Economics Simulation For Grades 3-6
Would you like to give your students a “real life” opportunity to experience being a consumer and a producer? This simulation does exactly that! Turn your classroom into a marketplace and watch as your students become highly engaged in the principles of economics. This unit includes step-by-step instructions on how to successfully set up a classroom marketplace, a letter to parents about the event, and a record booklet for the students to use as they track their sales, expenses, and calculate
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3rd - 6th
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Economics Free Trade Unit: Simulation, Case Study, and PowerPoint
While the PowerPoint and case study might not be relevant for the primary grades, the trade simulation would be perfect for them!
This Trade Unit encompasses the following:
1. PowerPoint on the pros and cons of Free Trade
2. Trade simulation that students love because they leave the classroom "better off" than when they walked in.
3. Trade simulation reflection and class discussion
4. Case study of paper clip being traded for a house (article and youtube clip included).
Interested in t
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Scholar Dollars - Cartoon Owls - Classroom Money!
Perfect for your Classroom Economy or Rewards system! This owl money comes in $1, $5, $10, $20, and $100 Owl dollars.
For more information on how I run my classroom economy and how to use Classroom Money in your class, check out my blog! eduventuring.weebly.com
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1st - 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.
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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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