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Economics Common Core CCRA.R.3 resources
4th Grade Social Studies Economics Curriculum Unit Google Slides
4th grade Social Studies Curriculum themed in Economics and includes lesson plans, reading passages, assessments, activities, and more. Each activity is also linked and downloadable to Google Drive for use in Google Classroom or other platforms. Unit correlates to concepts in the MC3 curriculum and meets Michigan Social Studies standards. Lessons are typically taught over a two day span.UPDATE: All files have been edited and updated where necessary!GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS LINKS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE
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3rd - 5th
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Learning from The Lorax Conservation Mini Course CCSS Grades 3-6 Print and Go
Introducing the Lorax Conservation Mini Course: Celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day with a learning experience that combines reading, writing, art, vocabulary, and economics. This comprehensive mini course is designed to inspire students to think critically about environmental conservation.Key Features:Comprehension Guide: A two-page guide helps students explore the world of "The Lorax" and its themes.Resource Identification Activity: Students categorize resources (capital, human, natural) to rein
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3rd - 6th
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K-ESS3-3
Supply and Demand Reading Comprehension Passage and Activities | Economics
Are you teaching your students about supply and demand in economics? This reading passage is a great addition to any social studies lesson! It will help your students apply their learning through the lens of a real-life example, Apple's introduction of the iPhone to the market. Use this passage to review economic terms and help your students gain a deeper understanding of supply and demand in economics! PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!This resource includes:Nonfiction Close R
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3rd - 5th
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Introduction to Economic Systems (6th & 7th GSE Aligned)
This high-quality no prep set of worksheets covers different types of economic systems including traditional, market, command, and mixed economies. It also looks at where the countries land on the economic freedom index. Each set of guided notes includes quality short readings, questions, and activities. All sheets are doodle note style for students to add their own personal touch. Answer keys are included for the reviews in each section. These sets can be used for individual reading, partner/sm
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4th - 9th
Also included in: Georgia Sixth Grade Social Studies: Europe Bundle (All Domains)
Needs and Wants Reading Comprehension Passage and Activities | Economics
Are you teaching your students about needs and wants in economics? This reading passage is a great addition to any social studies lesson! It will help your students apply their learning to a real life company, Ford Motor Company, who helped meet American's needs and wants with the introduction of the Model T Ford. Use this passage to review economic terms and help your students get a deeper understanding of needs and wants in economics! PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!This re
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3rd - 5th
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Market Day Project ~ Classroom Stores with Business Ideas
Classroom Stores and Business Day Project ready to go! Are you looking for ideas to help you set up your classroom stores for your economics unit? It's all here! This business day project pack is filled with economics themed activities to help your students learn about economics by creating and running their own businesses and becoming little entrepreneurs! This is a great social studies unit for teaching young students about selling goods and services while learning the basics of running a busi
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K - 2nd
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World Cup Economic Impact Assignment Economics | Sports Marketing | Business
The World Cup captures millions of people's attention across the world including our STUDENTS. Using this 2 page graphic organizer with 15 questions, students investigate this amazing gloabl sporting event and how it relates to business. After reading 2 online articles, students go on a webquest to learn about the sports marketing of the FIFA's big event at the World Cup. By performing online research, students dive into economics, sports marketing, and business in a meaningful way. INSTRUCT
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9th - 12th
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Lawn Boy Novel Study Digital Comprehension Questions Vocabulary Activities
LIGHT a FIRE of entrepreneurship in your students with this EXHILARATING novel. Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen is an OUT of THIS WORLD novel to read with your upper elementary or middle school students. Lawn Boy is jam packed with amazing economics vocabulary and teaches students about how hard work pays off.Learn about how Lawn Boy grows a business using his grandfather's lawn mower. A great coming of age story that circles around economics and entrepreneurship. Tie your Social Studies right into yo
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5th - 7th
Lawn Boy Discussion Guide, Chapter Quizzes, & Activities
Gary Paulsen is an all time favorite author with my students! I love to glance around my classroom during reading groups to see my students absorbed in the books we are reading. Gary Paulsen's Lawn Boy will keep your students laughing and wondering what could possibly happen next!This resource includes:Teacher discussion guide with prepared questions for each chapterChapter vocabulary wordsChapter quizzes with answer keyOn Your Questions for students to reflect and write their thoughts and opin
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4th - 7th
Types of Insurance Worksheet (Distance Learning)
This handout/worksheet is all about how insurance works, showing students the basics of premiums, coverage, and deductibles. Then, it shows students all the different types of insurance and asks them some analysis questions about which policyholders should be charged higher or lower rates (and why). This generates a RICH class debate, because students really have some strong opinions about which policyholders should have lower or higher rates and it really hits at the conflict between fairness,
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Economics Bundle: Personal Finance, Businesses, and the Stock Market
Economia Bienes y Servicios Economic Good and Services Spanish
Con este recurso encontrará una manera divertida y fácil de complementar el curriculum de Estudios Sociales. He creado este colorido e interactivo material con el objetivo de profundizar un poquito más y practicar de manera interactiva sobre conceptos importante como: economía, bienes y servicios. Aunque incluyo más información, he querido centrarme en estos conceptos solamente. Además tendrá la opción de seleccionar entre las actividades con mayor o menor nivel para diferenciar la instrucción.E
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Economics Good and Services Sellers and Buyers Spanish Economia
Goods and Services Reading Comprehension Passage and Activities | Economics
Are you teaching your students about goods and services in economics? This reading passage is a great addition to any social studies lesson! It will help your students apply their learning through the lens of a real-life example, Henry Ford's assembly line. Use this passage to review economic terms and help your students gain a deeper understanding of goods and services in economics! PLEASE CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED!This resource includes:Nonfiction Close Reading PassageMultip
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3rd - 5th
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MICHAEL LEWIS Webquest | Worksheets | Printables
Save time with this no-prep, printable webquest featuring worksheets to engage your high school ELA students in learning about the remarkable life and works of MICHAEL LEWIS, author of LIAR’S POKER and THE BLIND SIDE. This 9-page printable webquest includes 50 questions to help students discover more about MICHAEL LEWIS. Depending on your class time and your individual students, you might . . .assign students to find all the answers ordivide the questions and let students teach each other as th
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9th - 12th
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Types of taxes, marginal tax brackets, deductions, credits (Distance Learning)
This handout is all about taxes! First students learn about the IRS and tax fraud/evasion. Then they learn about several types of taxes: income, FICA, sales, property, capital gains, and estate taxes. Then, they learn about marginal tax brackets. Next, they learn about the different types of tax deductions and tax credits. Then they learn about 3 types of tax forms (W4/W9, W2/1099, and tax returns). Finally, they learn about how making an LLC or S-Corporation can lower your tax bill. All through
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Economics Bundle: Personal Finance, Businesses, and the Stock Market
Economics Case Study: McDonald's Restaurants
Liven up your Economics, Business, or American History classes with this highly interesting and strongly relevant case study on the McDonalds Corporation. How a small burger and fries restaurant became the world's largest food corporation is a fascinating story. Beautifully written and elegantly illustrated, this case study presents the students with challenging business concepts and historical themes involving leadership and sacrifice, and it is sure to inspire some amazing class discussions. T
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm Novel Guide Elementary Financial Literacy
Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm Novel Guide Elementary Economics, Financial Literacy & Language Arts. This resource perfectly blends foundational principles of economics, cost and benefit, job market, scarcity, cost-benefit analysis, bartering, needs and wants, consumers and producers with language arts of this immersive and highly engaging elementary novel.Another wonderful novel by Jennifer L. Holm that teaches foundational principles of economics. This novel is engaging and a yearly re-
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3rd - 6th
Income/Wealth Inequality and Government Help
This handout first has students learn about the causes of wealth and income inequality in the U.S. and then examine several methods that governments can use to alleviate and solve this inequality. The solutions range from supply-side to demand-side solutions, with an explanation of supply-side economics, demand-side economics, and laissez-faire capitalism. It is formatted for google classroom. This handout has given my students fodder for some of the richest debates in economics class, and can l
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Economics Bundle: Personal Finance, Businesses, and the Stock Market
Economics Bundle: Personal Finance, Businesses, and the Stock Market
This bundle can be used for an economics class that is one semester long, as it has students analyze aspects of economic thinking, personal finance, businesses, and the stock market. Here is a rough pacing guide for the bundle:Weeks 1-2: Introducing students to thinking like an economist and understanding basic frameworks for the economy. (Resources 1-8)Weeks 3-4: Introducing students to the first unit about their personal finance in the future. Students brainstorm and research their ideal caree
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) (Distance Learning)
This is a long handout that introduces students to the idea of a mutual fund, an index fund, and an exchange-traded fund. The idea is for students to understand how mutual funds allow one to have a diverse investing portfolio without doing all the work of researching hundreds of stocks on their own. It also shows students how to find and compare ETFs to choose one that would be the best to invest in. I suggest having students complete this after finishing the handout below, which is about how to
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Economics Bundle: Personal Finance, Businesses, and the Stock Market
Financial Literacy and Elementary Economics Featuring The Three Little Pigs
Financial Literacy and Elementary Economics Featuring The Three Little Pigswill teach the basics of financial literacy and elementary economics to your students. They will learn about needs and wants, cost and benefit, scarcity, opportunity cost and apply it to their everyday life. After this lesson students will be able to: Understanding and identifying opportunity costUnderstanding cost and benefit of our every day actions Relating scarcity and opportunity cost to possible future events Scarci
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2nd - 4th
How Government Connects to My Daily Life (Distance Learning)
This handout takes students through a day in their life (it is New York City centric, where we have public sanitation, buses, and subways) and explains how government services and regulations are present at all times. Students are asked to write questions they have about each government service OR to explain if they think government should or should not be doing this, and why. It is formatted for google classroom. This one handout has yielded several days worth of discussion and debate about the
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Law and Justice Curriculum
Money & Budget Activities For Early Elementary | Savings Tracker, Budget Maker
Are you working on money and financial literacy with your early elementary students? Are you struggling with all the different skills and concepts that money brings? This money recognition, savings and budgeting unit has you covered! With activities from basic money recognition all the way up to budgeting and tracking savings, there's something for each of your students from prek-2nd grade in this pack! Complete with a budget planner, a funds tracker, a visual savings chart, printable play money
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PreK - 2nd
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Global Wealth Disparity │ Middle-School Reading Comprehension with Assignments
This middle school reading comprehension is a comprehensive educational tool designed to meet key language curriculum expectations for middle school students. It provides a unique approach to understanding global economic disparities, making it an ideal resource for teachers seeking to enhance their students' knowledge.This middle-school curriculum resource provides an engaging exploration of global economic disparities. Students gain a deeper understanding of international economics through a w
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7th - 9th
Economics Simulation: Lemonade Stand Data Analysis Activity
This activity is a supplement to the Creative Curricula product already offered through TPT: Economics Simulation Lemonade Stand. You can find the simulator at www.coolmathgames.com/ , and then use the Search function to find the Lemonade Stand. If your students have successfully completed the classic Lemonade Stand simulation, they are very familiar with the various variables involved with it. This activity sheet takes their understanding to a whole new level. Profit margins, business strategi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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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