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8th grade economics resources for Microsoft Word under $5
FDR's New Deal: Can YOU Solve the Great Depression?
This is a highlight every year. Students really get into this. I made this assignment because my students could never really grasp the enormity and complexity of the challenges FDR faced during the Great Depression. It seemed anti-climatic to just tell them about the bunch of New Deal programs, so I created an assignment that not only forces the students to brainstorm ways to alleviate suffering and prevent future crisis, but to acknowledge the criticism they will face no matter what actions the
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8th - 12th
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Opportunity Cost of College Mini-Project
In this activity, students apply the concept of opportunity cost to the economic decision of going to college. They examine both the opportunity cost of going to a college of their choice, and not going to college. This worksheet takes students through a step by step process to calculate this cost. At the end, students are required to answer a short answer question detailing what choice is best for them by explaining the opportunity cost associated with each decision. My economics students find
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8th - 12th
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Trade Off & Opportunity Cost Practice Worksheet *WITH KEY!
My most popular item, now with an answer key!This worksheet gives 10 relevant, real-life examples for students to identify the trade offs and opportunity cost of each choice. Customizable for your needs. Perfect practice or review activity!
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8th - 12th
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Robber Barons / Captains of Industry Tactics: How to Form a Monopoly
Students explore how men such as Rockefeller and Carnegie formed monopolies during the Gilded Age. Provides context for terms such as vertical and horizontal integration, laissez faire, social darwinism, monopolies, trusts, etc. Students analyze primary source quotes and political cartoons, complete a Venn Diagram, create visuals to demonstrate understanding, answer questions, and create their own political cartoon.
Before using this I suggest using my "Robber Barons: Meet Carnegie, Rockefeller
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6th - 12th
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Globalization
The assignment contains 34 questions about the positive and negative effects of globalization. Students will watch a 7-minute video clip and use an internet article to answer the questions. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. ⭐Engaging!⭐No prep lesson!⭐Editable Word Document⭐The assignment does not require the use of a textbook.*The document can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; please make sure, however, that it is password protected.Topics/Key
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6th - 10th
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Economic Systems: Intro to Free Market Capitalism, Command and Mixed Economies
Students are first "hooked" with an activity that has them imagine they live in 3 different families with very different parenting styles. They choose which parents they would prefer and why, which is great for a quick class vote or discussion. Then these families are linked to three different types of economies. Students fill out an organizer with your notes (which I provided) that provide definitions, context, as well as historical and current examples of these economies throughout the world.
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6th - 12th
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Lifestyle Economics Project Simulation worksheet - career, car, mortgage, bills
Lifestyle Economics Project - career, car loan, mortgage, monthly bills
Students must use the internet once they are assigned a career and given a salary to figure out (after taxes), a car and home they can afford while still paying the monthly bills
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8th - 12th
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Progressive Movement: Labor Unions & Strikes Against Monopolies & Robber Barons
As labor organized in the late 1800's and early 1900's, they faced resistance and outright violence from management and government. Students are often shocked at how bad conditions were. Use this as a Gallery Walk, Jigsaw, group work, or any other creative way you would like. Each page has a bullet-point summary and visual of famous labor union vs. management/government strikes. A capture sheet with reflection/discussion questions is included (includes reflection on the negatives on labor unions
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6th - 12th
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Economics- Classifying Factors of Production Activity
Economics- Classifying Factors of Production Activity
This worksheet has students classify 15 different factors of production as either a natural, capital, human, or entrepreneurial resource by placing a check mark or an “x” in the appropriate box. This is a great activity for students to comprehend the factors of production. An answer key is provided.
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5th - 12th
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Movie Guide: The True Cost
This Netflix documentary will change how students think about their clothing purchases and consumption habits overall. Great for Social Studies or Family and Consumer Science, this 95 minute documentary examines the origins of where our clothing is produced, and its cost to the people who make it, our environment and the planet as a whole. Suitable for any level of middle or high school where you are discussing economy, global trade, environment this film will open up much to discuss. Lesson
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Movie Guides: Racial Justice
The American Colonies and Slavery: Triangle Trade Map and Reading
This activity examines the "triangular trade" between the American colonies, England and Africa. The reading focuses on slavery and why the trade routes were in a triangle. The map focuses on the goods that were traded between these locations. The article comes from reference.com, I made the questions. MS Word for easy editing.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Crash Course World History Mini Bundle: #24: The Atlantic Slave Trade
Economics- Factors of Production- Opening an Italian Restaurant and Hair Salon
Economics- Factors of Production- Opening an Italian Restaurant and Hair Salon
This activity will have students thinking about the four factors of production- natural resources, human resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. For the first activity, students will pretend they are opening an Italian restaurant and make a list of what natural, human, capital, and entrepreneurial resources they would need. The students will then do the same thing for a hair salon. The document i
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Needs Vs Wants (Consumer & Financial Literacy for Teens)
Financial and Consumer Education for Teens.Includes focus questions for class discussion and video link to Dave Ramsey's Generation Change "Needs Vs Wants".Ideal for Consumer & Financial literacy, suitable for Australian Curriculum standards and any course targetted at middle school students.
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7th - 9th
Four Types of Economies Worksheet Homework, Economics
This activity reviews the four types of economies: Traditional, Market, Mixed and Command. This activity is good to use as a "YOU DO" activity, homework or assessment. They should have some basic knowledge before completing this activity. This is one of the first graded assignments I use when teaching my 6th graders about economics.
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6th - 10th
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Student Loan & College Admission Project
This web based research activity challenges students choose colleges they plan to attend college. Students will research admission standards for their colleges and compare those to their own academic successes. After choosing colleges, students will be taken through the loan repayment process. My students every year comment on how they had no idea the costs and requirements of their colleges. More importantly they understand long term loan payback and interest rates. The project lasts abou
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7th - 12th
ISMs (Capitalism, Socialism, Communism) Graphic Organizer
With this product students will be asked to complete (either as homework or as guided notes) a graphic organizer comparing the three economic ISM's - capitalism, socialism, communism along with theoretical communism. Also includes key or teacher version. Product has been used successfully in both a U.S. History and an Economics class.
Categories compared include:
Who controls the economy?
How much profit may individuals keep?
Who controls the major industries? (mass production)
Wha
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Cowspiracy Netflix Documentary Viewing Guide
This is a 1 page document that goes in order with the film. It asks questions pertinent to the film, so it will require your students to pay attention. This is a great film for any middle/high school science, nutrition or agriculture class to watch.This firm does show a duck being slaughtered and a down dairy cow being picked up by a tractor.Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Economics: Small Business Project
This is a multiple-day small business project for students. It was created for an economics course, but could be used in a business course as well. It is a step by step project where the students will create their own business. They have daily worksheets that will help them walk through the steps of creating a business while learning the terminology. In the end, they will create a presentation for a possible investor and present it to the class, much like they do on the show, "Shark Tank."
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7th - 12th
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Budget Spreadsheet Project (personal finance & math skills)
A step-by-step project with detailed instructions on how to set up an Excel spreadsheet budget. Students will apply math skills in context of a real-life budgeting situation.
Students will create a budget:
-Based on their future career choice.
-Independently by following the instructions using an Excel Spreadsheet.
-Over the course of at least 2 class periods (typically students take at least 2.5 hours to complete this project).
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6th - 12th
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Life in a Factory: An Introduction to Industrialism in the Gilded Age
This is an exciting lesson that teaches kids about the relationship between labor and capital. It can be used for a United States History class OR an introduction to more serious economics lessons. It provides a fun and exciting experience for even the reluctant learner. By the end of the lesson, kids will literally be jumping out of their seats to get "hired" by the Robber Barons in your fictional factory. Comes complete with all of the roles that will be played and an instruction sheet.
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7th - 12th
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T-Shirt Entrepreneurs PROJECT BASED LEARNING Math Economics GATE 4-8th
Your students will be excited for this “gold medal standard” project-based math, design, and economics activity. It’s appropriate and adaptable for 4th – 8th grade. It has been a staple for my 4th grade gifted and talented math group since 2013.You won’t be the sage on the stage. Students will problem-solve their way through the project working in collaborative teams, and the teacher will guide, be a resource, spur discussion, play devil’s advocate, and provide mini lessons when necessary.In
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class BUNDLE - Math Focus Hours of Hands-on Projects GATE Gifted
FDR's New Deal: Can YOU Solve Great Depression FOLLOW UP
While this activity can stand on its own to teach the New Deal, I suggest using it after having students "solve" the Great Depression in my other assignment titled "FDR's New Deal: Can YOU Solve Great Depression". Students want to know how their ideas compare to FDR's. This capture sheet and the accompanying notes allow you to teach them what FDR tried in a similar format to the one they used to brainstorm their own solutions. Students learn about what FDR tried in order to address each issue, h
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8th - 12th
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Supply and Demand - Sports
Ever wonder why Football is the most popular American sport? What impact does having over 160 games have on the price of a Baseball ticket?
This assignment has students analyze the relationship between the number of games in a season the price of tickets for each of America's top 4 sports.
Not only does the lesson work as a great discussion about the impact of Supply and Demand but it also gives us an interesting picture on what people are willing to spend their hard earned money on.
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5th - 9th
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Living on a Budget - Economics Activity
This activity allows students to create a monthly budget. Each student will be assigned a career and annual salary. They must use basic math skills to find their monthly income and construct a budget based on the basic costs of living. Students will then receive LIFE Scenario Cards which make the students re-evaluate their budget to have enough money. Through this activity, students must maintain their budget by spending money wisely on their needs before their wants.
This activity includes the
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4th - 12th
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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.
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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.
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