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6th grade economics activities
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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Market Day: Economics Project for Big Kids, Budget, Unit
This complete activity comes with all the resources needed to host a fantastic Market Day experience for your students. They will dive deep into learning about how a business works and many different aspects that go into a business. This product is great for upper elementary classroom and combines math, social studies, and creativity for the ultimate learning experience! Includes: *family letter*printables for solo vs. partner business, location advantages, * budget pages*product development p
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3rd - 6th
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Media Literacy Social Media Activities Advertising Lessons
Are you looking for media literacy activities that will engage your students? This bundle includes 6 different resources and includes activities such as poetry, writing, discussion topics, ad techniques, student social media use, and more! My students have always enjoyed working on a Media Unit and some of my best classroom discussions have related to media, social media, and advertising. Looking for a DIGITAL VERSION? CLICK HERE.Includes activities designed to stimulate classroom discussion,
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6th - 9th
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Consumer Math & Financial Literacy - Credit Card Project (with Google Slides™)
You can purchase this product with other consumer math and personal finance activities and projects in a BUNDLE:Consumer Math and Financial Literacy Activities & Projects BUNDLEUpdated to also include a Google Classroom™ version in addition to the original print-friendly version! **************************************************************************************DOWNLOADED OVER 1,000 TIMES**************************************************************************************This is a credit
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5th - 12th
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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 (
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4th - 10th
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Social Studies Interactive Notebook
Interactive Notebooks are all the rage in Language Arts and Math classrooms. (And rightfully so, they're awesome!). It's time we bring them to Social Studies! This kit will help you jazz up some of your geography/history/government/economics lessons and make them engaging and FUN! The 100+ activities and printables in this kit are perfect for the "Reflection" side of the INB. They are super easy to incorporate into any lesson plan. They can easily be used in most grade levels and topics of study
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5th - 9th
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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
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4th - 6th
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Economic Systems -- Traditional, Market, & Command
Whoo hoo! Finally, a fun (and easy) way to teach some difficult economic concepts! This 53-page file on Economic Systems (Traditional, Market, and Command) is full of engaging, hands-on activities that will make your students understand those tough concepts. Enjoy!
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~Vocabulary Cards for each of the vocabulary terms that can be posted on your Word Wall (I've also included a blank template for you to write your own words, if needed) -- slides 2-5
~PowerPoint-style notes on
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6th - 7th
Also included in: Economics BUNDLE
Mercantilism Simulation | The Thirteen Colonies 13 Colonies
This lesson provides a fun educational simulation for students to experience trade during the age of mercantilism. The classroom interactive experience is set up so that they will see the impact of the rules created by England to limit trade, and increase profit. This has really helped my students to visualize a difficult economic concept. Students get to move around the room, trade goods, maximize their profits, and potentially smuggle! This lesson plan also includes two exit tickets to check f
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Colonial America | 13 Colonies | 17 Days of Lesson Plans and Assessment
Classroom Economy EDITABLE Bundle: An Educational Classroom Management Tool
Over 250 pages! This Classroom Economy Super Bundle is your one-stop-shop for getting started with a classroom economy to promote personal accountability and financial responsibility! Implementing a classroom economy is a fun and educational way to promote making good choices while teaching students about money management. Students earn money through a classroom job and bonuses by making good choices on a daily basis. Then students have opportunities throughout the year to buy things at a cl
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2nd - 8th
Classroom Economy & Banking Unit Yearlong BUNDLE for Grades 4-6
Immerse your 4th and 5th graders in a real life yearlong classroom economy where they build financial literacy by living it each day. Students will use decimal addition and subtraction skills as they earn classroom cash, spend, earn, and save money. They will learn how to write checks and fill out a check ledger, pay bills and fines, manage their checking and savings accounts, earn paychecks and really understand their choices of spending and saving. Student banker-leaders will operate your cla
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4th - 6th
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Great Depression ESCAPE ROOM: Dust Bowl, Roaring Twenties, Stock Market
The Great Depression Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Great Depression, stock market, Dust Bowl, the Roaring Twenties and FDR. This Escape Room has students walking around the classroom breaking codes. The codes include ciphers, Morse code, cryptograms and a final 4 digit code based on the decoders/clues.What’s Included?✏️ 4 Reading Passages✏️ 4 Puzzle Phrases to Decode✏️ 4 Decoders✏️ 4 Diffe
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: 20 US History ESCAPE ROOMS BUNDLE - Reading Comprehension
Touch Money Packet
Touch Money is a great way to teach your students how to count groups of coins! I use this with my special learners who benefit from the visuals of touch points. This packet includes:-Front & back touch money posters-Draw the touch points on the coins (4 pages)-Draw the line to front/back of the matching coin (6 pages)-Write the coin name/amount (4 pages)-Cut/paste counting groups of coins WITH touch points (15 pages)-Counting groups of coins WITH touch points (15 pages)-Cut/paste counting g
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K - 12th
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Also included in: Touch Money Bundle for Special Education
Teaching Supply and Demand - Candy and Coke Activity!
This is a great lesson to introduce Supply and Demand!I use this with my middle school students year after year. It is an engaging lesson using two things they love - candy and soda. By the end of this lesson they really have an understanding of the Laws of Supply and Demand and how they work. They experience it for themselves in this lesson. If you purchase this lesson, will you let me know how it goes for you. You are welcome to contact me at bmarkwald@usmk12.org.Have fun!
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Engaging Lessons For Teaching Economics!
Shark Tank Project - Creating a Digital Business Entrepreneurship Project
Do you have what it takes to impress the Sharks? In this digitally focused project, students will be immersed in a variety of free, online tools including: Google Workspace, DOCS, SITES, SLIDES, Canva, & More!Based on the hit show, "Shark Tank", students will experience what it's like as an entrepreneur as they research product or service ideas, identify a specific market, and use individual creativity to create a simple business plan, design a logo for their business, as well as a digital t
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4th - 9th
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Economics BUNDLE
This bundle contains six “Economics-related” files – Economic Systems, Factors of Economic Growth, Trade Barriers, Literacy Rate and Standard of Living, Economics Task Cards, and Currency Exchange – Two Fun Activities. There are over 150 pages of notes, group activities, writing assignments, projects, printables, etc., included in this file. The files in this ZIP file are aligned to the Georgia Performance Standards for 6th and 7th grade social studies.
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~Economic Systems
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6th - 7th
Economics Unit
Looking for a comprehensive, print 'n go Economics Unit that meets standards AND engages students? You've found it!This unit has everything you need to fully teach your economics standards with ease! The informational texts and activities in this unit were created to align with standards throughout the country while creating an engaging experience for students.How is this unit arranged?Each lesson contains an informational text, a vocabulary spotlight foldable activity, a 'review and discuss' ac
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5th - 6th
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The European Union (SS6E8)
This file is a resource pack about the purpose of the European Union and the relationship between member nations (as outlined by the Georgia Standard of Excellence – SS6E8d). This lesson includes a presentation with important information relating to the history of the European Union, its purpose, advantages/disadvantages to joining, the euro, Brexit, etc., as well as colorful images. There are also many useful graphic organizers and creative activities included in this file! You can choose to do
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6th
Also included in: Europe Unit BUNDLE - Geography, History, Government, Economics, Etc.
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
Personal Finance: Money Management Choices
This 60-page file is a presentation that explains personal money management choices in terms of income, spending, credit, saving, and investing (as outlined by the Georgia Performance Standards – SS6E4 and SS7E4). The presentation includes notes and comprehension questions related to the standard. There are also several printables and activities included that are perfect for your students' Social Studies Interactive Notebooks!
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~”Read My Lips” Word Splash – slides 3-4
~Personal Fi
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6th - 7th
Shark Tank Business Plan Project for Fundraiser or Classroom Store
The popular TV show Shark Tank gives contestants the chance to share their business idea with a team of investors referred to as sharks. This project mimicks the TV show and makes a great end-of-the-year project or a project to raise funds for your class or school. Students come up with a project or service idea they can actually put into place. If you aren't using real money for this project, students could use this as part of the classroom management system. Students can spend the "money" they
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5th - 12th
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Classroom Economy System Fake Money Printable & Bank Data Sheets
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-A bank data sheet (The bank data sheet will help your students can track how much money their earn and how much money they spend on classroom incentives).
-Classroom fake money printables for $1.00 bills, $5.00 bills, $10.00 bills, $20.00 bills, $50.00 bills, and $100.00 bills.
-Classroom economy tip sheet for getting started!
Would you like to create a classroom economy system? The objective of a class economy system is to reinforce positive classroom behav
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K - 12th
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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
This is Your Life - Budgeting Activity
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
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3rd - 6th
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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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