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+ activitie

This unit is packed full of engaging activities to teach your students about economics. Included in this pack: 1. Goods & Services 2. Producers & Consumers 3. Importing & Exporting 4. Overhead, Wages, & Profits 5. Running a Business 6. Assembly Lines 7. Types of Resources

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 technique, student social media survey and more! My students have always enjoyed working on a Media Unit and

Get your students ready for the ultimate Oregon Trail experience! This simulation activity will engage your students and have them excited about learning about the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon.This resource provides an interactive experience that engages students to become pion

Economics Close Reading, Interactive Notebook, and Comprehension PassagesThis 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 inf

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

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! Included in this file: ~Vocabular

Classroom Economy Pack offers classroom money patterns in a variety of denominations as well as directions for setting up a Classroom Economy system. You'll find ideas for staging class auctions and other reward programs. Perfect for fostering financial literacy and for teaching kids how to manage m

The ultimate goal of common core standards is to prepare students for the work force. "Jobs, Life, and Budgeting" is a chance to teach kids how the real world works. Students will have a chance to learn that making money does not always mean keeping money. With taxes, unforeseen circumstances, housi

This mini-unit includes a week's worth of plans for economic resources, focusing specifically on natural, human, and capital resources, as well as entrepreneurs. Standards are included for Georgia; but this is generic enough for any economics unit. Inside this unit: *** The text comes in three dif

Everyone loves pizza. Your students open their own pizza restaurant. This student-centered project based learning math unit incorporates collaboration and differentiation by giving student choice. This OPEN A PIZZA RESTAURANT real-world challenge requires students to use inquiry, critical thinking,

Everything you need for third grade social studies curriculum in one giant bundle! This mega bundle contains 10 complete units, to teach a complete year of social studies! Save BIG by buying them together! Check out the links to the individual products for more previews.This Social Studies Mega-Bun

This real world math project is the perfect way for students to practice adding and subtracting decimals in your classroom or through distance learning! It is a cross-curricular project as it incorporates both economics and math. This project includes both a printable and a digital version for use w

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 studen

When life gives you lemons, teach about economics! 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 supplemental file is meant to enhance your Social Studies curriculum by allowing your students to experience w

With this project based learning unit, students learn about local businesses and how they can build their own small business with a business plan and advertising. This Open a Business PBL unit includes differentiation, collaborative learning, technology, research, and 21st century learning skills. T

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, projec

This bundle contains all of my Southern and Eastern Asia files – Geography of Southern and Eastern Asia, Environmental Issues of Asia, Comparing Asian Governments, Comparing Asian Economies, Belief Systems, India's Independence, Rebuilding Japan after World War II, Communism in China, Containment

These fun and easy activities can be used to introduce, review, and/or assess common economics concepts. The combined content in this pack can also be purchased at my store as individual lessons.* Skills include: -- economics introduction, -- needs/wants, -- goods/services, and -- production

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 correct category: goods or services.

This 82 piece farm community set is a combination 72 brand new unique pieces of clip art and 10 pieces from in other sets. This bundle is a great value! Free Farmer Clip art with Preview Farm Structures: 1 Barn - also in community buildings 1 Silo 1 Stable 1 Dairy 1 Hog Haven with pigs 1 Fenced in

Bring history alive for your students! This is a one day stock market simulation that will help your students understand the major causes of the stock market crash of October 29th, 1929 while role playing and while working together! This lesson is an amazing way to start your unit on the Great Depre

Calling all inventors! Have your students create their own invention while tying in skills such as steps in a process, marketing, sales, and resources. This is a great follow up activity to studying famous inventors too!

Economics Activities and Lessons: Complete Unit for Upper Elementary Students This Economics Unit is the perfect addition to your classroom! I use this unit to teach my fifth grade students. Since this can be a pretty complex topic, I have made it very student friendly. The lessons can be simplified