Thanksgiving Math & Economics Project Bundle | Dinner Budgeting + Food Truck Business

Make Thanksgiving fun, meaningful, and academic with this 2-in-1 real-world math and economics bundle!

Perfect for grades 6–12, this set includes both the Thanksgiving Dinner Budgeting Project and the Thanksgiving Food Truck Economics Project, giving your students multiple days of high-engagement activities that require zero prep.

Students will calculate totals, apply sales tax, compare costs, scale guest counts, design a food truck, determine profit, set menu prices, and complete reflection questions that strengthen financial literacy and entrepreneurship skills.

Ideal for Math, Consumer Math, Economics, ELA, or Social Studies classes.

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What’s Included

1. Thanksgiving Dinner Math Project

• Pre-made Thanksgiving grocery list (real prices)
• Step-by-step calculation pages
• “With and Without Tax” activity
• Scaling totals for 5–20 guests
• Reflection questions
• Teacher notes + overview
• Grading rubric
• Printable worksheets + editable slides

2. Thanksgiving Food Truck Economics Project

• Teaching slides (mini-lesson + instructions)
• 5 student worksheets (menu, pricing, cost, profit, reflection)
• Step-by-step student directions
• Teacher notes (timing + usage tips)
• Grading rubric
• Completed teacher sample (great modeling resource!)

Skills Students Practice

• Budgeting
• Sales tax
• Unit price
• Goods & services
• Pricing strategy
• Profit calculation
• Entrepreneurship
• Real-world math & decision-making

Perfect For

• Thanksgiving week
• Project-based learning
• Consumer math
• Sub plans
• Cross-curricular Math + Social Studies
• Middle school & high school