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4th grade economics resources under $5

Preview of Economics Unit for 3rd & 4th Grade - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, & Budgets

Economics Unit for 3rd & 4th Grade - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, & Budgets

Do you want your students to master all the economics terms and standards in 3rd and 4th grade? Well this hands-on PBL unit to teach economics covers many different concepts through a real life project. After learning vocabulary your students will go through a project that will teach them all about economics. This is not an explicit teaching product, but a project based learning product.This Unit Covers1. Scarcity2. Opportunity Costs3. Producers and Consumers4. Budgets5. Market PlacesWhy will th
Preview of Game of Life- budget simulation

Game of Life- budget simulation

In just one class period, your students will not only understand the importance of creating and sticking to a budget, but also practice creating one!- Students are randomly given a "career card" with correlating annual salary and average student loan debt, if applicable. - They will then use a chart to determine how much of their salary will be taken out in the form of federal tax withholding, state tax withholding, social security, and medicare. - They'll then be given a set of choice cards (
Preview of Economics Comprehension Passages

Economics Comprehension Passages

Learn all about economics with this resource that includes close reading, an interactive notebook and comprehension passages. This economics resource includes a total of 9 passages for students to gain a deeper understanding of economics and common economics terms.Includes both a printable version and a digital version in Google Slides!The first 3 informational passages review and define economic terms and ideas. Each of the 3 passages has an accompanying interactive notebook template for note
Preview of Bartering Activity with an Interactive Economics Game: Barter, Trade, Create!

Bartering Activity with an Interactive Economics Game: Barter, Trade, Create!

Are your students learning about bartering? This game will have students practice their bartering skills!The object of the game is to get a home, clothing, and food (meat/fish/eggs, bread, AND vegetables). You may barter goods or combine cards to make what you need. A video is now included with instructions for both basic and advanced game play. It is always a bit challenging to learn how to play a new game by reading instructions, so I have created a video overview so that you can familiarize y
Preview of Personal Finance for Kids| Financial Literacy

Personal Finance for Kids| Financial Literacy

⭐️Teaching financial literacy and personal finance to primary students can be a bit tricky. This resource is a great way to introduce students to real world concepts! Personal Finance Packet made fun for students with real world examples. ✅Help Monica with her chore list to save money for a new bike! -I've included 2 versions if you want to have a bigger calendar for students. ✅Students create their own prices for a chore chart and fill in the calendar. This can be done independent or with a par
Preview of Canadian Money Worksheets / Printables, Dollars, Cents, Addition, Subtraction

Canadian Money Worksheets / Printables, Dollars, Cents, Addition, Subtraction

Created by
Olivia Walker
Canadian Money Worksheets / Printables, Dollars, Cents, Addition, SubtractionThese Canadian Money worksheets are designed to teach students the basic skills of notes and coins. There are 27 worksheets altogether to help teach this maths topic. Some tasks are easier some a little harder, best suited to Years 1-4. Details written below.How much - count the coins write the total in the box - coins less than $1.How much - count the coins write the total in the box - mixed coins.How much - count the
Preview of Economy 101 Lapbook Unit

Economy 101 Lapbook Unit

Created by
Amber Polk
***UPDATED NOVEMBER 2012**** Are you looking for a way to make Social Studies Reading more fun and still teach Common Core Standards? Lapbooks and fold-its are a great way to do just that! With these fold-its, you can create a complete Economy lapbook or add the fold-its to your student's social studies notebooks! This file includes: -8 reading selections (one for each fold-it). Each are full page or half page, so you can turn them into student books. Lapbook Cover I Am A Consumer” Accordion
Preview of Deserted Island- A Needs and Wants Activity

Deserted Island- A Needs and Wants Activity

Created by
Kallam's Korner
Deserted Island- A Needs and Wants Activity:Students are deserted on an island and must determine if objects are needs and wants in order to survive. Working in groups, different scenarios will change what objects are selected. Students will also be able to add their own objects and complete a writing piece to explain their reasoning. This needs and wants activity is great to use in small groups, as an introduction to or assessment to teaching needs and wants.**Please use the new page 10 in t
Preview of Goods and Services Activities & Worksheets - 2nd & 3rd Grade Economics Lessons

Goods and Services Activities & Worksheets - 2nd & 3rd Grade Economics Lessons

Looking for fun and engaging economics lessons to teach your 2nd and 3rd-grade students all about goods and services? This economics activity pack is just the thing! This resource contains easy-to-follow economics lessons to help you teach your class about goods and services. This product includes lesson plans, introduction slides, activities, worksheets, vocabulary, materials for early finishers, and homework suggestions. Just print and go so that you do not have to spend time planning your eco
Preview of Paper Airplane Factory: An Assembly Line Game

Paper Airplane Factory: An Assembly Line Game

This activity is to be used after teaching the students that natural resources can be used to make goods. These goods are often made in factories that utilize assembly lines. This game gives students the opportunity to participate in the assembly line process of creating paper air planes. This file contains directions for the game as well as job description cards for all of the assembly line workers. This activity would be a great hands on addition to your goods and services social studies u
Preview of Food Truck Festival - Economics End-of-Unit Project

Food Truck Festival - Economics End-of-Unit Project

Looking for a fun end-of-unit project for your Economics unit? Look no further! My third graders loved designing their own food truck and menu, creating a business plan, and then shopping at each other's trucks during our Food Truck Festival. This project includes three components and lots of options!Business Plan: Students identify goods they will sell and resources they will useFood Truck: Students will design a food truck and menu.Food Truck Festival: Students will shop from their classmates'
Preview of This is Your Life - Budgeting Activity

This is Your Life - Budgeting Activity

Created by
Tenno Teaching
A fun budgeting activity where students get to ‘choose their own life' based on their weekly income and expenses.Teach your students the importance of budgeting and saving while planning for everyday expenses and occasional luxuries. This activity is designed to teach budgeting and money management with students in middle primary. It can be used as a maths lesson or during humanities when covering economics. It is also a handy tool to begin discussions about poverty and inequalities in modern so
Preview of Taxes Activities for Elementary Government | Social Studies 2nd, 3rd & 4th Grade

Taxes Activities for Elementary Government | Social Studies 2nd, 3rd & 4th Grade

Believe it or not, even our elementary-aged students can start to learn about taxes as part of their social studies curriculum.  This important topic helps our students learn about the government and what they do, how they fund government activities and more.  With these Elementary Government Taxes Activities your students will learn about property tax, income tax and sales tax as they dive into what governments do. With 5 printable, easy-to-follow lessons for a week’s worth of activities, your
Preview of Producers and Consumers Cut and Paste Sorting Worksheet - Economics

Producers and Consumers Cut and Paste Sorting Worksheet - Economics

Created by
4 Little Baers
I created this worksheet for my students to have one more practice with understanding producers and consumers. They read the 12 situations and determine if it is an example of someone being a producer (making lemonade to sell) or a consumer (eating chicken nuggets from the restaurant). They cut,sort and paste the cards into the Producer or Consumer category. This activity can also be used for a graded assignment. I have several other Economics activities for sale in my TPT store! -- goods a
Preview of Spending and Saving Money assessment and task cards

Spending and Saving Money assessment and task cards

~Spending and Saving Money~ -Aligned with the new TEKS!- This packet includes a worksheet where students have to come up with a budget for Lisa's Lemonade stand.-Free draw worksheet for an item that the student wants and how to save up money to purchase that item.-Spending and saving money story with critical thinking questions that follow. Help Kyle at the farmer's market!-Spending and Saving money scenario questions where students have to decide if the person needs to save or spend their money
Preview of Printable Money - Penny, Nickel, Dime, and Quarter

Printable Money - Penny, Nickel, Dime, and Quarter

This is a printable page with coins (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter) sized at roughly the equivalent coin size in color. This can be used for money projects or for helping students to identify coins. In my classroom I have the students cut out the coins (practicing fine motor skills), practice making change, then glue the coins to a piece of paper for something they want to "buy". Also, if the money is printed in black and white, it can help students to identify coins by features other than co
Preview of Wants and Needs

Wants and Needs

Created by
Across the Hall
The concepts of "wants" and "needs" are important for kids to learn early on, and this activity pack is exactly what you need to teach this lesson! It's designed for the primary grades, although it can be used in the upper grades, as well. Your students will have a blast! Download the preview for details! ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● What resources did I include in this product for you? ⬟ Template for genie bottle (wants) ⬟ Template for heart (needs) ⬟
Preview of Needs and Wants Economics Unit for Special Education #catch24

Needs and Wants Economics Unit for Special Education #catch24

Learning how to manage finances is an important life skill, and learning the difference between needs and wants is a crucial first step! With my Needs and Wants 10 Day Economics Unit, students learn to differentiate between needs and wants with a reading comprehension passage, anchor charts, and repeated practice differentiating between the two.  You’ll Love: Tackling a critical life skill in an easy-to-implement unit Repetitive practice for students Age-appropriate visuals to further generaliza
Preview of Start Your Own Business Mini-Project (Digital + Printable)

Start Your Own Business Mini-Project (Digital + Printable)

Guide your class through their very own startup! Each year, my class comes up with their own "business" to raise money for a charity. This mini-project template guides them through the process! This goes very well with a unit on goods and services or buyers and sellers. Assign to groups, individually, or even complete whole-class. Compliments Benchmark Advance Unit 9 theme.What’s Included:A PowerPoint version for Microsoft Teams usersA Google Slides version for Google users (the link is provided
Preview of Time to Trade- a game to teach systems of exchange, bartering, money & trading.

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
Preview of Country Travel Brochure Project

Country Travel Brochure Project

Created by
Brain Wrinkles
This is a fun project activity where students create a travel brochure for a chosen (or teacher-assigned) country. This project works well because the students know exactly what information that they need and where to put it on the brochure. It makes researching so much easier for everyone! There are directions, a brainstorm sheet, and a rough draft graphic organizer. I like the students to complete the final draft on large white construction paper, but the rough draft graphic organizer could be
Preview of Plan a Bake Sale - Project Based Learning Unit Math and Economics Unit

Plan a Bake Sale - Project Based Learning Unit Math and Economics Unit

Everyone loves cupcakes and sweets from a bakery. In this PROJECT BASED LEARNING - PLAN A BAKE SALE unit, your students learn about economics and entrepreneurship as they open their very own bakery (option: have a bake sale). This student-centered project incorporates collaboration and differentiation by providing student choice. This real-world challenge requires students to use inquiry, critical thinking, and their creative minds during the high-interest cross-curricular [math, ELA] activities
Preview of Australian Money (Lower Primary) Count the Coins, Money Matching

Australian Money (Lower Primary) Count the Coins, Money Matching

Created by
Olivia Walker
Australian Money (Lower Primary) Count the Coins, Money MatchingThese Australian Money worksheets / printables are designed to teach students the basic skills of notes and coins. There are 29 worksheets altogether to help teach this maths topic. Some tasks are easier some a little harder, best for students from Australia in Year One, Year Two or Year Three Details written below.How much - count the coins write the total in the box - silver coins only.How much - count the coins write the total in
Preview of Producers and Consumers Worksheet- 2nd Grade Social Studies/Financial Literacy

Producers and Consumers Worksheet- 2nd Grade Social Studies/Financial Literacy

This product is a worksheet that will help your student practice identifying the difference between producers and consumers. It goes along with the 2nd grade Social Studies Core and I have loved using it during my financial literacy unit.I hope you enjoy this product! Thank you for your feedback.
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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.