A K/1 Social Studies Unit introducing concepts of economics through games and activities:
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This is a 16 page Economics unit for 3rd graders. The unit includes:
- objectives and goals
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- a pretest
- brainsto...
Your students will love learning about goods, services, producers, and consumers with this unit! Included in this unit are the following activiti...
This is an engaging economics unit that students will love! There are lots of fun activities, as well as skill building worksheets. Some of the...
This flippy book would ben an excellent addition to an economics unit. It distinguishes between needs and wants, including having students ident...
A KID-FRIENDLY & FUN 24 page economics learning pack for your students! This pack includes learning posters, printables, activities, and a cumula...
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Looking for a way to actively involve your class with your economics unit? Need some hands on activities for those kinesthetic learners?
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If you are teaching economics, this unit will really help you beef up your lesson plans. This unit covers wants & needs, goods & service...
This file (PowerPoint) is customizable and allows the buyer to add text to make selected activities personal to their classroom. Rather than hand...
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In today's world, there's no denying it. We need business-minded students to matriculate into a fast-paced global economy. This 89 page supplem...
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Teach your students Wants and Needs in a fun way they'll be sure to remember! This unit includes:
*Template for Genie Bottle (Wants)
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The Economics Unit is filled with activities, PowerPoints, and assessments to learn about economics. (Includes 21 files below)
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MEDIA LITERACY - One of my BEST SELLERS!! Over 10 media literacy activities - poetry, writing, discussion topics and more! My students have alwa...
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Economics skills are organized into one place for students to learn, manipulate, and study with this Interactive notebook. *The parents of my s...
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This is a Needs and Wants lesson plan that includes a discussion guide, a sorting cut and paste activity for students, and a mini booklet for the...
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This packet contains 17 activities and a quiz. The following are included:
Word cards for all vocabulary in packet
2 activities for wants and ...
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SOL 1.8 Wants, Needs, and Choices Thematic Unit: 5 sheets: includes worksheets, interactive notes, wants and needs sort, and journal.
.Key point...
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This sort can be used during an economics unit and during lessons on goods and services. Students cut and sort 10 words and pictures into the cor...
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Do you NEED a lesson on needs and wants? I hope you will WANT to purchase this one! My smart board lesson contains a detailed lesson plan for t...
Calling all inventors! Have your students create their own invention while tying in skills such as steps in a process, marketing, sales, and res...
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Looking for a new way to re-vamp your classroom management system? Well implementing a classroom economy is a fun and educational way to promote ...
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This unit teaches the basic concepts of economics, needs and wants, goods and services, and consumers and producers. It includes vocabulary poste...
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After learning about goods and services, students can show what they learned using this sorting activity. Students will cut out 12 different pict...
This is a fun 40 page economics unit about careers! Posters, activities, research project, and a fun book trade are all included!
I created t...
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This 144 page file includes everything you need to implement a booming economy directly into your classroom all year long. As we strive to create...
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This zip file contains a SmartBOARD presentation (24 slides), two sorting activities, and home extensions. A teacher guide is also included which...
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The classroom economy program runs all year and is the backbone of my classroom each year and students absolutely LOVE it!
Students use decimal ...
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SOL 2.8 Social Studies: Bartering unit: 10 printable concept pages: key concepts include:
.Define bartering & money
.Review goods and servi...
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This is a great resource to supplement your social studies lessons on goods and services.
This colorful workbook defines goods services and prese...
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This is an activity showing 20 items with 3 pictures showing their development. Students need to sort the pictures and discuss the changes of the...
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Teaching about captial, human, and natural resources in social studies? Why don't incorporate a fairy tale to help students better understand th...
This 33 page packet includes everything you need to host a successful and inspiring Career Day. It contains a letter to parents, an art activity ...
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This powerpoint covers the following vocabulary words: wants, needs, goods, services, factory, industry, producer, consumer,and worker.
There ar...
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I love Thinking Maps, foldables, and graphic organizers; and so do my kiddos! I made this pack to supplement my economics unit in my 2nd grade cl...
This unit consists of poster, sorts and other activities to teach economics. (Goods, Services, Producers, Consumers, Scarcity)
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A whopping 110 pages of Teaching Economics MEGA Bundle!
This PACKED unit will give you tons of fun while teaching core economic standards!
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Students sort pictures in to goods and services. After students cut and paste I also have them write on the back what services are being provided...
Are you sitting on the couch thinking: 'my students are bored with worksheets but I just can't think of anything that is fun and engaging'.
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2.7 Natural, Human and Capital Resource Bundle: 6 printable pages key concepts include:
.Define human, capital, and natural resources
.Identi...
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This classroom tested economy instills responsibility, beginner economics, and money skills.
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-24 class jobs with business cards (the ...
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Whoo hoo! Finally, a fun (and easy) way to teach some difficult economic concepts! This 41-page unit on Economic Systems (Traditional, Market, & ...
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The Checkbook Project pumps life into a classroom the way the stimulus package pumped bucks into GM. It improves test scores, inspires the entrep...
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Great Money game for coin recognition and counting skills. Can be used as a math center. Children take turns picking coin cards and moving eith...
This is a sorting board for Wants vs Needs. I LAMINATE the boards and pieces and then use velcro to attach them to the board.
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This three day lesson asks parents or guests to come into the classroom to speak about their careers. It also invites students to dress as their ...
This economy walkabout includes: 20 posters with key economy terms and a "walkabout" or scavenger hunt worksheet for students to record the defin...
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1. Split your class into groups of 3 or 4. Give each group a bag with the cards from Page 2
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Rev up your engines with this cute game to review or practice Economics. Students use answer sheets to "race" around the room and answer question...
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This math game is the perfect way to engage children while practicing the every-day skill of making change and counting coins and bills. Use “p...
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