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Economics Common Core CCRA.W.5 resources
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
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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Run a Bake Sale - Middle & High School Project Based Learning Unit PBL
In this project, students will use their creativity and problem-solving skills to design a bake sale from scratch. They will learn how to determine the materials needed, calculate the costs and profits, create an advertisement, and write a persuasive essay to attract volunteers.In-depth Description:In this Run a Bake Sale project, students will have the opportunity to unleash their creativity and develop critical thinking and teamwork skills. This project-based learning activity is designed for
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5th - 9th
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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2nd
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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
Project Based Learning ALL Units Bundle - Middle, & High School FULL YEAR PBL
These are great for summer school, home school, genius hour, enrichment, gifted, or independent work time!A growing bundle of my Project Based Learning Units!Currently Includes:Run a Bake SaleDesign & Sell a ProductPlan a Trip to Travel AbroadDesign Your Dream HomePlan a PartyPlan a Music FestivalWrite & Make a MovieDesign an Online Clothing StoreStart a Food TruckAnimate a CartoonOpen a CafePlan a National Park Camping TripPlan a Thanksgiving Dinner...with more to come!
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5th - 8th
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Restaurant Mania | Math, Writing, and Design Project
Get your students engaged in this real-world math project! In Restaurant Mania, students will use writing, math, design, and creativity to come up with a plan for a restaurant that would interest them as a customer. They will create a logo, menu, bill, storefront design, floor plan, advertisement, and write a restaurant review.Pages included:⭐Cover page⭐Creative ideas for how to make the project more hands-on⭐Description page with first grade language arts and math standards⭐Scoring rubric⭐My Re
3rd Grade Social Studies MC3 Economics Unit - Made in Michigan Research Project
Need an engaging project to wrap up your Michigan Economics / Growth of Michigan Unit that also assesses your students' reading and writing skills? Then try this product on for size!Students will be assigned a famous Michigan-based industry and collect research about its history, growth/change, economics/charity, and products. Students will then utilize this information to create a slideshow, as well as a poster for the company. Once your whole class has completed their projects, the possibiliti
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3rd
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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November Portfolio Highlights: 2nd Grade Student Progress & Enriching Activities
This 'Second Grade Portfolio of Progress' for November is the ideal resource to capture and showcase your students' learning and development during the autumn month. With carefully designed activities spanning various subjects, this portfolio is a valuable asset for parent-teacher conferences, open-house exhibitions, and fall-themed activities. Inside, you'll discover an array of activities, including engaging writing prompts for goal setting, a hands-on economics social studies lesson, and a ma
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2nd
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Design Bundle - 4 Middle & High School Project Based Learning Units PBL
These are great for summer school, home school, genius hour, enrichment, gifted, or independent work time!Encourage Creativity and learning with this Design Based Product Based Learning Bundle! Currently Includes 4 Engaging Units:Design & Sell a ProductDesign Your Dream HomeWrite & Make a MovieDesign an Online Clothing StoreEach Project Based Learning Unit requires students to use their imaginations and online tools to design something. They will research prices, make decisions, brainsto
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5th - 9th
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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Become an Entrepreneur
Students will research, create and market their own business. Learning can be done as an in class project or as an at home research project. Students will learn about producers, consumers, entrepreneurs, and marketing. They will also master the concept of supply and demand. This would be a great way to teach economics in a hands-on project based format.You might also like the following Social Studies Units:Running a RestaurantShopping BudgetYou might also like this project based learning:Animals
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K - 5th
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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
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
Interactive Read Aloud Lesson Plan--The OxCart Man
This 4-day lesson plan takes the students into the world of The OxCart Man by Donald Hall (AR Level 4.5) and includes comprehension and vocabulary discussion, along with combine, expand, unscramble and super sentence activities to increase grammar and writing skills for the older elementary student. Each day ends with a written response that can be shared to begin the next day's lesson or graded. Day 4 concludes with an assessment page that can be used as a Language Arts Grade. Pairs well wi
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: Interactive Read Aloud--The OxCart Man by Donald Hall
Stock Market Research Packet (Distance Learning)
This is a 6 page independent research packet that teaches students about stocks, the stock market, and how to evaluate a stock based on 4 criteria: share price, unique value, morality, and financials. It explains various types of risks that could impact a company, but the main task is for students to learn about and analyze the stock market in general, then choose a stock and evaluate it by doing internet research about the stock's share price, unique value, morality, and financials, analyzing w
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Personal Finance Unit
Landlords, tenants, homeowners, government (COVID-19 and Distance Learning)
This independent work project has students learn about the crisis in housing costs during the COVID-19 pandemic from many perspectives (landlords, tenants, homeowners with mortgages) and the reasons why many people have lost income as well. Students are asked analysis questions and then tasked with both brainstorming ways government could solve these problems AND evaluating why their solutions might work and might not work. It is formatted for google classroom.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Economics Bundle: Personal Finance, Businesses, and the Stock Market
Comparing Specialization in Coal Mining: Graphic Organizer
I created this resource as part of my Kentucky History unit. Students researched coal production in two states - Kentucky and Wyoming. Then, compared the 2 industries. Finally, they wrote an opinion paragraph on which state they believe has the comparative advantage in coal mining. This can be used as a Google Slides activity for digital learning or printed for in-person learning. There are FIVE documents in this resource. The two different paragraph slides allow for differentiation.1. Terms of
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4th - 8th
Cost-benefit Analysis and Incentives (Distance Learning and COVID-19)
This handout has students understand and use a cost-benefit analysis chart for decisions they will make with their lives after high school. It then has students analyze incentives with examples they get from someone they know, their observations of people during the COVID-19 pandemic, and an example of teen marijuana use in Colorado. It is formatted for google classroom.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Economics activities to try
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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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