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5th grade critical thinking economics thematic unit plans
Shark Tank Elementary Economics Project for Inventors and Entrepreneurs
Loosely based on the show, Shark Tank.... this is a great unit to use for late elementary and middle school students to learn economic terms while working through the planning process of designing a good or service as an entrepreneur. Includes planners for all steps of the process and links to Shark Tank snippets on YouTube as examples too! Thank you and enjoy! ⭐ CHECK OUT THE FULL PREVIEW ABOVE! ⭐ * Each section of the project below includes teacher directions * Links to Shark T
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2nd - 7th
Grade 5 Social Studies Ontario - Indigenous Peoples & The Impact of Europeans
Grade 5 Ontario Social Studies Teachers do you need to teach all about the history of Indigenous Peoples and the impact of Early European Explorers in what would eventually be known as Canada. Then check out this comprehensive Social Studies Unit for Strand A of the Ontario Social Studies 2020 curriculum.This inquiry-based unit will allow your students to have more flexibility and choice in their learning to cover learning expectations and spark an interest in this topic.This unit is designed t
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5th
Solve a Mystery | Crime Scene Investigation Activity Bundle | CSI Forensics
Students love CSI Activities and Hands-on Investigations. These popular C.S.I. activities are a great way to teach inference, logic, analysis, and critical thinking.Looking to go DIGITAL in the CLASSROOM or Distance Learning Mode?Check out the C.S.I BUNDLE below which includes this Printable Resource as well as a Digital Format Link for each activity... C.S.I. for Kids Bundle - digital and printableGo 100% paperless with these C.S.I. ActivitiesC.S.I. Activities for Google ClassroomBy purchasing
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4th - 6th
Indigenous Peoples and Europeans & Early Societies | ONTARIO GRADE 4/5 UNIT
Teach your split grade 4 and grade 5's with this inquiry based split grade unit on Indigenous people and Europeans and Early societies. Teach two separate curriculums during one period with this complete unit in an easy and manageable way. Grade 41) Identify and locate the major early societies on a map and time line. 2)Compare the daily life of two or more early societies. 3) Identify the environmental features in early societies 4) Identify how the environment impacts the daily life of earl
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3rd - 6th
Making Inferences Unit, Grades 3-5, Common Core Reading
This 60+ page Making Inferences unit focuses on identifying learning goals with students, teaching them how to develop strategies for becoming more effective readers, and then providing activities for them to practice these strategies in various ways. I've included fiction and nonfiction reading passages, anchor charts, graphic organizers, task cards, and other activities in this unit for inferring character traits, feelings, setting, author's viewpoint, and theme.*** Be sure to download the 20-
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3rd - 5th
Project Based Learning+End of Year FUN:Design A Dream House 4th Common Core Math
I designed this project to give my students (and myself!) some relief after standardized testing at the end of the year! It is a FUN and EDUCATIONAL math project based on Common Core Standards.
During this project students will get to tap into their creative side and design the house of their dreams! They will use design skills, budget and money skills, area and perimeter skills, and geometry skills--all while being engaged and having fun!
Included in this item are:
-Slide presentation to
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3rd - 6th
ANCIENT CIVILIZATION UNITS BUNDLE: Rome, Greece, Egypt, Mali, China
All 5 of my Ancient Civilization units all together. 300 pages plus a slide show!. Each unit has more than enough to fill your unit plans, but they keep growing. Each time I add to any of the 5 units, you'll get an update to download the bundle again at no charge. Bought separately, they would cost $40.00. Buy the bundle and save $10.55!All 5 units cover the Virginia SOL standards for Ancient Mali, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient China
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2nd - 6th
Project Based Learning with STEM and Research: Animal Habitats and Enclosures
The zoo needs help! Students work cooperatively to design an animal habitat and enclosure for the zoo! In this STEM project, students use their imagination and creativity to build an animal habitat and enclosure designed to meet their animal's needs. A fabulous way to integrate science standards for animals into your classroom!Students work in collaborative units to design a proper animal habitat for their chosen animal. Their animal enclosures must meet the project requirements to be safe for t
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Zoo Animal Habitat Bundle: PBL, STEM, Writing, Literacy
Road to the American Revolution DBQ Document-Based Questions
American RevolutionDocument-Based Questions (DBQs) are a great way to expose students to primary sources as well as to make them think about an event in history and respond to it. This unit can be used in a few ways. You can project the full-page images on my board so that we can discuss them, and then the students answer the DBQ in their notebooks. I have also included the DBQs in printable format so that your students can answer on paper and digital Google Forms that you can send electronicall
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4th - 6th
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A Dog Day 7-Hour Complete Sub Plans Thematic Unit for Grades 5-6 Common Core
A Dog Day 7-Hour Complete Sub Plans Thematic Unit for Grades 5-6 Common Core
This packet includes everything you need for a complete interdisciplinary interactive unit on dog breeds. I created this unit to leave with a sub for 5th-6th graders to complete in a day. All of the teachers (7 of us) had to be out for the day so we wanted to leave something fun instead of a whole day of seat work. The students work through the packet, completing activities for reading, writing, science, social studies
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4th - 6th
Also included in: The 7 Hour Sub Plans Bundle for Grades 5-6 ~ Easy Sub Plans!
Gifted and Talented - Living on Your Own: Lessons in Financial Responsibility
Challenge your gifted and talented to play the “game of life” and survive financially during their first year in college. This concept-based unit allows students to “earn” an inheritance from a distant relative by repurposing items from a barn. With this “money,” students find affordable housing, transportation, furnishings, and other essentials. Then the “game of life begins with monthly reoccurring expenses, opportunities to buy additional necessities and/or wants, as well as challenges or o
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5th - 8th
Bill of Rights Activity | Criminal Justice | Rules and LAWS
Your students will love investigating the Criminal Justice System especially when they approach it in a fun and engaging manner.Play the marshmallow game to understand why we have laws... play BINGO with the Bill of Rights, what's not to enjoy?This resource includes a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™ (By purchasing this set you are saving 20% off the individual resources)If you're looking for just the Print and Go or Digital versions, click the links below:Criminal Jus
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4th - 6th
Growth Mindset lessons using The Dot, Ish, and Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds
When you are teaching students about growth mindset, I believe it is vital to use stories they can relate to. If they are seeing other characters showing both a growth mindset and a fixed mindset, they will be more likely to understand what each look like.
This is a packet of Growth Mindset lessons which use the three books from Peter H. Reynolds collectively called the Creatrilogy. You will need to purchase these books or be able to borrow them to teach these lessons. Each book has wonderful
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K - 5th
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The ULTIMATE Mystery Unit - A Fun Detective-Themed Genre Study - 4th & 5th Grade
This big mystery genre study provides everything you need for five exciting weeks of detective-themed ELA activities. The unit includes 8 inference activities, 5 mystery reading passages, 27 CSI detective tasks, 3 writing projects, 2 novel studies, a mock crime scene simulation, posters, and book report templates. A complete 25-day schedule guides instruction. Open the previews to take a closer look at all parts of this fun bundle. Your fourth or fifth grade students will love it!Read Like a Det
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4th - 5th
Summer Reading Comprehension | Summer Bucket List | Logic Puzzles | CSI Mystery
Here's an easy-prep bundle of fun for End of the Year Activities, Summer School or substitute plans. Great for those, "What do we do now that grades are turned in at the end of the year" teaching opportunities...By purchasing this BUNDLE you are saving 20% off each individual resource!Check out the PREVIEWS for more details to see what is included in each resource.These activities are Just Print and Go! Or Click and Go!**Digital versions are included for use with Google Classroom.**With the digi
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4th - 6th
Wants vs. Needs Economics Sorting Worksheet
Great practice for sorting words (no pictures) into the Wants or Needs category. This can be a great assessment! It can also be used for homework or practice. Great follow-up to my wants vs. needs sorting center. I also have a wants/needs sorting worksheet with pictures! Check them out! :) I have many Economics resources available in my store--natural/human/capital resources, goods/services, producer/consumers, etc.
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K - 5th
Also included in: Economics Bundle - 1st - 3rd Grades - Worksheets and Center Activities
Slavery in America Lessons–Slave Trade, Underground Railroad, Abolitionists
SIX Complete Slavery Lessons of Nonfiction Informational Text (No Additional Textbook Needed), engaging hands-on activities, and THIRTEEN INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK ASSIGNMENTS to explore Slavery's Beginnings, History of the Slave Trade in America, Daily Lives of Enslaved People, the Birth of our Nation and its Impact on Slavery, the Underground Railroad, Slavery Rebellions, and famous Abolitionists: (REVISED 2020)Lesson 1: Slavery's BeginningsLesson 2: Daily LifeLesson 3: The United States of America
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4th - 5th
Fantastic Food Trucks: Flexible No-Prep Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Welcome to the Fantastic Food Trucks PBL project! This project will lead your students through an amazing and in-depth journey as they design all aspects of their very own food truck business. With the provided grade-appropriate support, your students will design their menu, plan the layout of their truck, consider startup costs as well as how to market their business. There is a wealth of information in this packet to guide you and your students through this incredible learning experience. Whet
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4th - 9th
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Money: A Complete IB PYP Unit of Inquiry
How does money affect everyday life? The struggle becomes real for the kids with many critical thinking activities. Through all of the curricular areas, the children learn about the origins of money, the difference between wants and needs, banking and budgeting and they explore the myriad of ways decisions about money can affect our lives. The culmination dives into careers and how our choice of career will ultimately shape our lifestyle. Lots of hands on inquiry into social studies, math and li
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3rd - 6th
Project Based Learning with STEM: Pirate's Bundle- STEM, Maps, and Literacy!
PBL and STEM at its best! Project-Based Learning takes your students on a swashbuckling adventure! Students design a treasure map using their mapping skills, build a shovel in the STEM project, write a persuasive ad, design a persuasive poster, and react to pirate literature. A cross-curricular pirate adventure! This bundle includes these 3 products:Treasure Map Project Based Learning and Assessment RubricPirate Literacy and Writing Pack: Higher Order Thinking SkillsPirate Project Based Learning
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2nd - 5th
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Gifted and Talented Projects and Activities | STEM Activities and Challenges
Need a creative and fun way to share information about being GIFTED with your gifted learners? This is a creative and differentiated resource for gifted students in grades 4-6. This "Outta the Box" Classroom Competition has been used as part of a Monthly GATE Pullout Program, but could also be part of your gifted curriculum that supports teaching students about their unique social and emotional characteristics. This 2+ hour workshop can be done on a Fun Friday or within the week during a GATE ro
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4th - 6th
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Economics Unit Digital Only Distance Learning
Your students will learn about economics in this unit that includes an informational text and a unit test. Now you can take your learning digital using your Google Drive! This unit includes digital options only. It includes a digital version of the student text with the reading questions that the students can complete online using Google Slides. The unit test comes a Google Forms version that is graded automatically.If you would like a printable, paper-based unit that include a lapbook or intera
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3rd - 5th
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Westward Expansion Lessons & Activities–Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark + MORE
TEN Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny Lessons of Nonfiction Informational Text (No Additional Textbook Needed) with a balanced mix of engaging hands-on activities + TWENTY INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK ASSIGNMENTS to explore the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Gold Rush, famous trails West, as well as conflicts including the Texas Revolution and the Mexican War (Revised 2020):Lesson 1: The New WorldLesson 2: The Louisiana PurchaseLesson 3: The Lewis and Clark ExpeditionLes
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4th - 5th
Social Pragmatic Language Group Bundle 4 large products
I'm excited to offer you this huge money-saving pragmatic/social group bundle (95 pages) of four of my top selling products:
Taking Perspective
Safebook
Social-Pragmatic Language Rubrics
Ice Cream Emotions
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This bundle is a great savings from purchasing the products separately.
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Grades:
4th - 10th
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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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