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Economics Common Core CCRA.W.2 resources
Project Based Learning Math and Research - Run a Pizza Restaurant PBL Unit
Everyone loves pizza! In this real world Project Based Learning Math unit, students can open and run their own pizza restaurant. This student-centered PBL unit provides differentiation by giving student choice. This OPEN A PIZZA RESTAURANT real-life challenge requires students to use inquiry, critical thinking, and their creative minds during the high-interest cross-curricular [math, social studies, ELA] activities. Students integrate digital learning into the project as they investigate culture
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3rd - 5th
Needs and Wants Digital Activities - Needs and Wants Lesson Plans - Economics
These digital Needs and Wants activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all kn
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SOCIAL STUDIES Digital Activities for 1st and 2nd grade
Economics Digital Activities - Supply Demand, Goods and Services, Money Lesson
This bundle of digital Economics activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.These Learning Quests provide literacy and research activiti
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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 Digital Activities - Supply and Demand Lesson Plan - Economics
These digital Supply and Demand activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SOCIAL STUDIES Digital Activities for 1st and 2nd grade
Money and Financial Literacy Digital Activities - Economics Lesson Plan
These digital Money and Financial Literacy activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Que
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SOCIAL STUDIES Digital Activities for 1st and 2nd grade
High School Life Skills Project Bundle
What are some high school life skills that your students should be building? How about budgeting, meal planning, and personal finance for an incredible start?I have put together several high school life skills resources that when combined help students build these essential life skills and 21st-century skills in a way that is fun, engaging, meaningful, and super real-world.What high school life skills are we talking about here? Let's take a look:Plan and Execute a Fundraiser: spreadsheet use, bu
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10th - 12th
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Plant Interactive Lapbook | Research Project | Differentiated | Project-Based
Your students will love Researching a plant of their Choice and creating this Interactive Lapbook! The Project-Based Learning approach will engage your students! They will be able to Collaborate with their Peers, yet create their own little treasure!>> Take a Look at the PREVIEW <<There are many ways to Differentiate this packet to Scaffold for your students. Multiple pages have a Differentiated Version! There are components that you can add for Deeper Learning, or take out if you on
Goods and Services Digital Activities - Goods and Services Lesson Plans
These digital Goods and Services activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SOCIAL STUDIES Digital Activities for 1st and 2nd grade
Race, Class and Gender Units: Slides, Activities, Handouts - High School Lessons
Race, Class, and Gender — together at last! Comprehensive thematic units on Race and Anti-Racism, Gender and Sexual Orientation, and Social Class and Social Stratification with super-engaging activities. These resources will help you integrate complex social justice issues with your content. The interactive lessons are LOW PREP (print and go). Each unit includes plans, slides with activities, PDF worksheets, and assessments. This is a High School resource that can be used for digital learning.Th
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9th - 12th
My Money Story | A mixed media reflection about our relationship with money
Before you can really start digging into teaching a student about financial literacy, you need to have some understanding of their previous experiences, lessons, beliefs, and knowledge. My Financial Story allows students a safe, judgment-free way to express their thoughts, beliefs, and feelings about money, using whatever medium most appeals to them. Students can choose to write a response, create a visual representation by drawing or create a collage of other media. They can select songs, movie
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Project Based Learning Curriculum | 2nd Grade PBL Activities
In this Project Based Learning Science and Social Studies Bundle you will have everything you need to teach PBL this year! Creating these units are time consuming for any teacher and this bundle will save you hours and hours of work, planning and your time. We take the boring and make PBL fun and easy to teach. It includes a Plant Unit, Economics and Financial Literacy Unit, Habitats and Ecosystem Unit, an Iceberg Unit and more. These are all the top selling 2nd grade PBL units that we have.Some
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Open a Cafe - Middle & High School Project Based Learning Unit Careers PBL
In this project, students will open the cafe of their dreams. They will decide on a theme and a menu, as well as purchase furniture and equipment. They will work within a budget to purchase their supplies and make a business plan. They will design the inside of their café using blueprints as well as make an advertisement flyer online.In-depth Description:In this Open a Cafe project, students will have the opportunity to unleash their creativity and develop critical thinking and teamwork skills.
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5th - 9th
Financial Literacy Lesson 5 - Social Circles and Goals
There is an idea where you are the average of the 5 people you're around most. This can include friends and family. While there is a great deal of evidence for this idea, there is also some evidence to the contrary. You can make up your mind.Whether or not this concept has value scientifically is not really relevant for this lesson. Rather, this concept has a great deal of value in promoting classroom discussions about influence and goals - getting students to think and question!In this less
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Financial Literacy Set of 11 Activities
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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Social Class & Social Stratification Unit - High School Sociology, Economics +
Address the elusive “class” in race, class, and gender! This comprehensive thematic unit on Social Class and Social Stratification provides lessons that are organized in a step-by-step manner that helps students comprehend complex concepts. LOW PREP (print and go) — includes plans, slides with activities, PDF worksheets, and assessments. High School resource that could be used in 8th grade and work for digital learning. Infuse these lessons into multiple courses such as Economics, Sociology, Eth
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9th - 12th
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
Economics Case Study: Bankruptcy!
Here's a fun and interesting Econ activity that requires students to do research and to think critically concerning the all-too-common occurrence of a business going bankrupt. First, students are given vital background information concerning what bankruptcy actually means. Student also research some of the key reasons why businesses go bankrupt. Then, students research, collect data, analyze the data, and then report back to the class (and to the Instructor) some of their findings concerning ma
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Michigan's Economy Food Product Research Paper
3rd grade social studies requires learning about Michigan's economy. I use this fun project as a culmination of the economics unit of study to integrate with writing/ researching a topic and writing an informational report. Students choose from the list of Michigan food products to research, they fill out the research organizer which helps them format their information to type into a paper. Students are also tasked with creating a poster, preparing a speech, and of course bringing in some of the
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3rd - 5th
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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
Economic Inequality Project - Project-Based-Learning, Local Politics Project
This project is rooted in Project Based Learning best practices. It asks students to think about economic inequality in their local city or town, review real proposed solutions, and act as a politician making suggestions to solve the issue. This project works great when paired with a local election, but can work any time of the year and is highly customizable. I have used this project as an interdisciplinary collaboration across history and ELA class; however, it could be applicable for a wide r
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9th - 12th
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Spending versus Saving Opinion Writing - Grades 3-5
This opinion expository essay resource contains prewriting and planning activities that will lead your students through the writing process of writing a strong essay. A mentor/model text is included along with an essay checklist for student self evaluation. I have also included texts that give opposing arguments.My student writers are so much more engaged when our writing prompts relate to and integrate with our current science and social studies themes! This writing activity can be linked to yo
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3rd - 5th
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
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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.
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