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Economics simulations for Microsoft Word
Economics Activity Bundle | 20 + Simulations, Videos, Web-Quests & More!
Looking for a semester worth of Economics activities? Microeconomics and Macroeconomics? Look no further! This (20+ PRODUCT) BUNDLE contains over $60 worth of product and includes student simulations, web-quests, student projects, student presentations, power-points, Document Based activities, student station activities and MORE! Also included- OVER 40 Economics Video Activities (public access) and corresponding student worksheets! Also GREAT for SUMMER SCHOOL!***Includes a GOOGLE and Traditiona
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9th - 12th
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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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Lifestyle Economics Project Simulation worksheet - career, car, mortgage, bills
Lifestyle Economics Project - career, car loan, mortgage, monthly bills
Students must use the internet once they are assigned a career and given a salary to figure out (after taxes), a car and home they can afford while still paying the monthly bills
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8th - 12th
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Budget Spreadsheet Project (personal finance & math skills)
A step-by-step project with detailed instructions on how to set up an Excel spreadsheet budget. Students will apply math skills in context of a real-life budgeting situation.
Students will create a budget:
-Based on their future career choice.
-Independently by following the instructions using an Excel Spreadsheet.
-Over the course of at least 2 class periods (typically students take at least 2.5 hours to complete this project).
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6th - 12th
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Life in a Factory: An Introduction to Industrialism in the Gilded Age
This is an exciting lesson that teaches kids about the relationship between labor and capital. It can be used for a United States History class OR an introduction to more serious economics lessons. It provides a fun and exciting experience for even the reluctant learner. By the end of the lesson, kids will literally be jumping out of their seats to get "hired" by the Robber Barons in your fictional factory. Comes complete with all of the roles that will be played and an instruction sheet.
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7th - 12th
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Rock, Paper, Scissors....Capitalism! Simulation
This fun and super simple rock, paper, scissors game will have your students laughing, playing, and learning about capitalism. Economic concepts are always hard to grasp, so the best way is for students to feel it! They can do this by adding small prizes, adapting the game of rock, paper, scissors, and reflecting about who is able to earn more or less during the game. This resource gives you the full handout, game organizer, and a teacher guide with clear, step by step directions and suggestions
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9th - 12th
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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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Be Fair! Social Simulation
In this lesson, students will be given the task to divide 9 small bags of M & M's in a series of negotiations or "rounds". Students are divided in to groups of different sizes. ThTheir job is to divide the bags of M & M's fairly, so everyone is happy!
This lesson is designed to get students to think about how rules are made and organized. It can be used for many different classes and ages. It can be chaotic, but your students will learn! It is a study in group dynamics, government,
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7th - 12th
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Jelly Bean Economy: A Simulation of Why We Pay Taxes
This simulation allows students to understand the hows and whys of our economy. During this lesson, students will pretend to have jobs, pay rent or mortgage, experience the daily events that affect our personal connection to the economy. A journal is provided for students to reflect upon their learning.
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3rd - 5th
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Cost of Production: Factory Simulation
Two day class simulation of a car factory. Students work together to figure out how many workers will maximize output and how many cars should be produced per hour to maximize profit.
Objectives of Simulation :
1. Explain how firms decide how much labor to hire in order to produce a certain level of output
2. Analyze the production costs of firms
3. Explain how a firm chooses to set output
4. Identify the factors that a firm must consider before shutting down an unprofitable business
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7th - 12th
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Food Truck Project Simulation - STEM Economics and Design
Food Truck Project may be used alternately as an independent study, for small groups, or engage the entire class in a cross-curricular simulation. All instructions are written so that students working independently may take direction on their own with minimal teacher support. Teacher notes are provided to support teachers in guiding students when needed. The Food Truck Project is presented as a series of sub-units, best used in the order they appear, but adjustable to time available by selective
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4th - 7th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Market Day - A "Real World" Economics Simulation For Grades 3-6
Would you like to give your students a “real life” opportunity to experience being a consumer and a producer? This simulation does exactly that! Turn your classroom into a marketplace and watch as your students become highly engaged in the principles of economics. This unit includes step-by-step instructions on how to successfully set up a classroom marketplace, a letter to parents about the event, and a record booklet for the students to use as they track their sales, expenses, and calculate
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3rd - 6th
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Currency Conversions - Foreign Money - Proportions Worksheet
Are your students bored to tears with state assessments, math drills and dull text books? Are you bored to tears teaching the same proportion lesson over and over again just to hear them say "When are we ever going to use this?!" I created this lesson/worksheet to integrate a real life skill.
I love to travel and thought this would be a great way to relate it to math. While this assignment meets typical state and local standards for "applying ratios and proportions to real life problems" it
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6th - 11th
Personal Finance Real World Project
This is a real world project that can be used in social studies, economics, business, or any practical living classroom. I use this project in my Personal Finance Class as a culminating end of the year project. I assign each student a salary based on their current cumulative GPA. (This makes it even more real!) They must create a research based powerpoint that explains how they will spend their money and live their life with the salary that they have EARNED. The rubric requires them to do thi
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11th - 12th
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Early American Trading Systems: A Native American Trading Game
Engage students in a U.S. history and economics lesson through regional trading practices amongst Native American tribes of North America. The simulation is meant to accompany Ch. 1, Sec. 1 of the McDougal Littell text, "The Americas: Reconstruction to the 21st Century." However, it is adaptable for any Native American groups, and therefore adaptable to all grade levels. It is fun and the students really love it!
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6th - 11th
US Migration Role Play Adventure! Let Your Kids Role Play Push and Pull Factors
DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN CLASS TODAY! Your students have never done anything like this before. Remember those books where you decided what the main character did? This is a classroom version where you kids are out of their seats living out history. This adventure has your students pretending to be a recent high school graduate who loves music and no interest in school. Are they going to be able to turn it into a career or end up in jail? This simulation can be used to introduce college and
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9th - 12th
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Economics Coffee Shop Game
Students will Play the Cool Math Coffee Shop Game (free website) to portray the 3 types of economic systems- Command Economy, Market Economy, and Mixed Economy. The command economy limits students from changing the recipe and price. The Market has absolute freedom, and the Mixed has a price ceiling and max amount of Milk that can be used, but otherwise the decision is theirs. Included in this are directions and 3 pages of spreadsheets/worksheets for students to fill in. This game takes about 2 p
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7th - 12th
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4th/5th STEAM Activity:Money, Decimals Percentage, Interest Rate, Stock Market!
This activity is AMAZING!!! We used this in conjunction with our math unit on fractions and decimals and our literacy unit on Using Money and The Stock Exchange. It incorporates literally every discipline! **Editable!
----->Students are given a weekly budgeting scenario, where they must manage their account balance, write checks, and calculate withdrawals and deposits on a check register.
It is differentiated to accommodate higher-level learners. This accelerated activity requires multiplyi
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4th - 6th
Collective Bargaining Simulation
This simulation is designed to get students to play the roles of management and workers at a hospital and participate in the collective bargaining of a new contract. Includes role-play sheets with negotiation figures, a negotiations table (can be amended to suit the class), and some final reflection questions. Great for a High School government or economics class.
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9th - 12th
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Life Insurance Assignment for Personal Financial Literacy
This assignment requires students to use an online calculator (link included) to research life insurance policy premiums based on changing factors.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Insurance Bundle
Supply and Demand Candy Simulation
This worksheet goes along with an in class simulation to show students how different scenarios affect supply, demand, and price. You divide the class into two groups, buyers and sellers. You then establish what it costs to make a candy bar. The sellers are encouraged to sell below this. You give monopoly money to the buyers and simply tell them to get the biggest bang for their buck. They go around trading according to each scenario. For example, during the depression, take away most of the mon
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6th - 12th
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Adam Smith - The Father of Modern Economics, A Play
This is a great play to help introduce Adam Smith or characteristics of the Free Market system. The play focuses on the life of Adam Smith. It ends by focusing on his ideas for a Free Enterprise system and how it was different from the Mercantilist system of his day.
This takes about 20 minutes to do. Plus, you will want to give some time to debrief. In my classes, I have my students take some time to write a journal reflection on what they learned while performing the play.
Have fun! And, I
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Famous Economic Thinkers and Industrialists - Readers Theater Bundle
My Occupation - A Personal Finance Project
This product serves as an introduction to personal finance. It is intended for small groups of students. There are seven occupations available for student to choose from, or be assigned by the teacher. Students are given a daily salary, as well as daily expenses. The rest of the project involves a surprise income, as well as two surprise expenses - some of which require students to dip into their savings account to pay for the expense. Also included are a check register for students to writ
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2nd - 5th
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Elasticity Activity - A kinetic, real world investigation!
My students were highly engaged in this real-world investigation of elasticity using products they actually buy, which helped them to review content including:-Elasticity of demand, cross price elasticity, and income elasticity-Using the elasticity formulas for calculations-Using elasticity to determine types of goods-Drawing graphs to demonstrate changes in marketsStudents work in small groups and interview each other to see how the quantity of different goods they buy in one month is affected
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Microeconomics Activity Bundle - 7 engaging activities and games
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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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