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6th grade economics games
The Great Depression: A Saving and Spending Game
Students work together in small groups to make decisions about how to save or spend their money during the Great Depression. They will see what it is like to have a well-paying job and then lose most of their money in the stock market crash of 1929. They will have to find a new job, a place to live (hobo camp or boxcar), and figure out how to provide for their family with very little.Students will have to subtract their bills from their total amount of money using a spending ledger (provided).
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4th - 8th
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House Hunters! Engaging Inflation Simulation (Memorable Money Supply Lesson)
This is a quick and engaging inflation simulation that students love. It asks students to bid against one another to win the house of their dreams (or nightmares!)In the second round, students budgets are doubled (effectively doubling the money supply for the controlled classroom economy). The simulation demonstrates clearly the relationship between money supply and inflation in one quick and engaging lesson that you and your students will come to enjoy!The directions given are:Inform everyone t
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Full Year of U.S. Government and Civics Essentials Bundle
SPACE QUEST | Needs vs Wants Cooperative Game
Are you looking for a fun way to help your personal finance students determine the difference between needs and wants? Space Quest provides a fun cooperative challenge, to help students from elementary to high school, figure out the difference between needs and wants. In this group activity, teams will be introduced to the scenario by a video informing them that they have been selected to join Space Quest, a team being tasked with determining if a newly discovered planet could sustain humanity.
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1st - 12th
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Also included in: Needs vs Wants & Budgeting Unit | BUNDLE
Time to Trade- a game to teach systems of exchange, bartering, money & trading.
This is a trading game that can be played with most primary aged children. It has been designed to teach children about the history of trade, giving children a greater understanding of why money is now the system of exchange used in most societies today. This game also helps children in understanding the concepts of trade, bartering, exchange, needs, goods and services.
This product includes 14 pages of resources which contain the following:
- 24 x game cards
- 12 x sets of 10 (120 in total) g
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1st - 7th
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Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism Simulation
This simulation highlights the differences between free markets and government planned economies. Students will be engaged in economics by playing rock paper scissors to simulate work and earn money. There are three rounds that simulate Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism. Each round is different and highlights something unique to each economic system. This Resource Includes:-Instructions/Teacher Guide explaining how to begin and conduct the simulation. This guide includes optional ideas on how
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6th - 12th
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Europe's Factors of Economic Growth (SS6E9)
This file is a resource pack about the factors that influence economic growth and their presence or absence in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia (as outlined by the Georgia Standard of Excellence – SS6E9). The notes include important facts and key vocabulary, such as gross domestic product, literacy rate, standard of living, natural resources, capital goods, human capital, and entrepreneurship. There are also many useful graphic organizers and creative activities included in this file! You
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6th
Also included in: Europe Unit BUNDLE - Geography, History, Government, Economics, Etc.
Cashflow Tracker and Net Worth Calculation Activity | Monopoly Resource
Monopoly is my favorite board game to use in my classroom and there are so many different ways to use it! You can find ways to pull lessons and concepts from personal finance, financial literacy, accounting, business, entrepreneurship, life skills, family and consumer science, home economics, and math using Monopoly, and the students love playing it.This resource is used to help students realize the importance of tracking all income and expenses, and using that knowledge of cashflow to make budg
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Needs vs Wants & Budgeting Unit | BUNDLE
Trade and Barter: A Trading Simulation
Welcome to the world of economic exchange! Throughout history, people have traded, bartered, negotiated, and haggled in order to receive the greatest amount of goods for the lowest cost. From the direct trade of goods to the use of currency, people have found ways to satisfy their wants and needs. This trade simulation provides students with an opportunity to barter with imaginary resources and goods in order to obtain points. The premise for the simulation is the combination of resources. In th
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6th - 12th
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Business and Economics - What is an Economy? Game and Activity
Help your Year 5 Business and Economics students understand exactly what an Economy is, why it exists and how it impacts their lives with this fun interactive game and activity. This game is interactive and lots of fun. Your students will love getting their own business card and taking on the persona of a local business owner. Students are required to interact with each other to discuss how they connect with other business owners in their local community as a citizen and as a business owner. Th
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Grade 5 Business and Economics Complete Unit
Industrial Revolution DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM for Google Drive® | Distance Learning
The Industrial Revolution DIGITAL Escape Room will take students on a secret mission through two 360° VIEW rooms! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Industrial Revolution, Samuel Morse, Henry Ford, inventors, inventions and factory working conditions. Drag the mouse or keypad to move the screen for a 360 view! All you have to do is share the link with your students!! It’s THAT easy! No prior knowledge is needed.***STUDENT GOOGLE ACCOUNTS™ REQUIRED FOR USE***Students
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5th - 8th
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Mock World Trade Game
Do you hate to teach economics? Do you need a way to engage students in economic concepts that they see as fun? Well, here's the game for you! I have presented this at multiple schools and conferences around the state of SC and have gotten excellent feedback. By taking on the identity of a "fake" country and determining how they will help their country survive, student groups interact with other groups in trading, buying, and selling products. But watch out...the teacher acts as "natural di
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5th - 11th
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Counting Money Card Game Dollars & Coins
This Uno-inspired game helps students gain automaticity toward identifying the value of a group of coins and dollars.
This game is played just like Uno-- complete with skip, reverse, and even Wild and Draw 2 cards! The difference is, instead of numbers, the cards show collections of coins and dollars. Players match up collections of coins that have the same value, or with cards that have the correct written dollar amount. Lots of fun! Lots of learning!
This edition covers collections that ar
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Cha-ching!! A Money Game *Jr. & Regular Edition BUNDLE*
Financial Literacy Game - Credit Cards Activity Life Skills -FCS
Are you looking for a fun, way to review or introduce credit and credit cards to your life skills, finance, economics or FACS students? Your middle school students will love this financial literacy game! Students work in small groups to compete with one another to review credit and credit cards after reviewing with a Google slideshow!This resource includes a fun, printable board game for students to work in groups to compete and learn all the important information about credit cards. It also inc
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6th - 9th
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Financial Literacy | Math Games | Personal Finance Teach with Monopoly™ Payday™
Grow with GAMES! Turn games into valuable financial literacy learning tools by teaching with money board games such as Monopoly™, Payday™, or Cashflow™! The activities in this packet are intended to be used as a reflective review AFTER playing a MONEY-Related Board Game. They have been created as support for reinforcement of money skills and inspiring students to continue to take responsibility for learning about personal financial intelligence. One of the best ways to reinforce money concepts i
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5th - 9th
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Capitalism and the Free Market 5-E Lesson and FUN Economics Game | Microsoft
This fun lesson explores how capitalism works in the real world. The activities are engaging for students & the guided, 5-E format is easy for you to use! Begin with a warm-up that challenges students to become entrepreneurs & create “to-do” lists for their new businesses. Then, review the characteristics of capitalism and discuss the traits of this economic system. Play, “Conquer Capitalism”, a fun, digital board game where students compete to become the richest, most-successful entrepr
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5th - 12th
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Giant Jenga - Stock Market Crash of 1929 simulation review game
This product was designed to help you engage students in a simulation of the 1929 Stock Market Crash - covering vocabulary, causes, effects, and culture of the time period. This simulation is highly engaging and interactive. Be prepared for FUN!Please note: This does not cover details of the crash itself - this is a simulation game to be played AFTER covering the content of the crash - leading to introducing the Great Depression to your students.This product includes the following:Editing Instru
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4th - 12th
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Personal Finance Jeopardy Review Game
This review game covers budget, supply and demand, and basic vocabulary words like income, investment, debt, credit, savings. It is easy to use and the kids love it! This review game also aligns with the Georgia Performance Standards for 6th grade Social Studies.
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6th - 8th
Lemonade Stand Economics Game Recording Sheet
This resource is a record sheet to be combined with the online game "Lemonade Stand," to teach students about the basics of supply and demand, opportunity cost, profits and losses, and variables.Features:No Prep Virtual record sheet for distance learning in both PDF and PPT or Slides presentations.Explicit directions Tips while playing the game***********************************************************************************Ideas for uses:To introduce an economics unit-- discuss the vocabulary
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4th - 12th
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Gilded Age Simulation Game (Industrial Revolution)
This is an engaging and exciting way to get your students to role-play as a corporation during the Gilded Age. Students must make the right decisions along their journey to turn a profit. Just print one game card per student and control the story from your projector!Includes:- Gilded Age Simulation PowerPoint- Gilded Age Student Game Card- RAFT Writing Activity for Assessment Following the AdventureU.S. History Simulations:Civil War Simulation GameGold Rush Simulation GameGilded Age Simulation G
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4th - 12th
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NAFTA or Free Trade or TARIFF Simulation
This simulation turns your classroom into a marketplace, as students must try to maximize profit or consumption. Acting as two separate countries, students fulfill the role of consumer and producer to see what impact occurs on producers and consumers when tariffs are removed and free trade utilized.
Unlike history classes of the past, simulations allow the content to come alive. Included in this zip file purchase are an explanation of the simulation, all needed materials, and sample fake
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6th - 12th
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Economic Systems Game (Engaging and Memorable Rock, Paper, Scissors Game)
This game creates a classroom economy using provided "class bucks", and then asks students to play rock, paper, scissors with classmates in an attempt to "get rich"! This activity is designed to be simple, engaging, and memorable while providing space for more thorough and deep discussions of economic systems and the effect they can have on government, politics, culture, and more. This has routinely been a student highlight of the year!The simulation demonstrates, in a very simplistic way, how e
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Full Year of U.S. Government and Civics Essentials Bundle
Types of Economic Systems Vocabulary Puzzles | Review Economies | Google
This engaging puzzle is a fun way to review key ideas about various types of economic systems. Challenge your students to match 24 key terms with their definitions by rotating each piece to complete the vocab puzzle. Use it as a warm-up activity, re-teach opportunity, exit ticket, or review game before an assessment. Your purchase has editable, print & interactive, digital versions of the materials. Made for traditional in-class learning or digital 1:1 classrooms. Everything you need is incl
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6th - 12th
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Supply and Demand Game
This supply and demand game is an engaging way to teach supply and demand. Print the game peices to the supply and demand game and add a dice! It takes 3-4 players 20-30 minutes to play the game. Depending on the number of the dice rolled, students will obtain resources that can be traded with opponents to buy a house, a road, a commercial business, or a farm. Obviously, the resources that have a greater supply will have a lower demand, and vice versa. My students had a lot of fun playing this g
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3rd - 6th
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Supply and Demand T-Shirt Activity
As a group, decide on a design for your t-shirt. Make a design that you think would be popular amongst your classmates.Each group will then decide on a sale price for your t-shirt. Each group will be given $50 to go shopping.Each group will then get a chance to go “shopping” (not for their own shirt) and purchase the shirt(s) of their choice (if you can afford it). A “seller” for your team will keep track of how many shirts were sold. We will then have a second round of shopping where you may
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6th - 12th
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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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