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Economics Common Core SL.1.1 resources
Producer or Consumer: An Economics Sorting Game for Primary Students
This will help your students understand one of the beginning concepts of economics: Consumers and Producers.This is a Social Studies sorting game to practice the vocabulary "consumer" and "producer." Children will sort the 16 task cards onto the apples that say "producer" or "consumer". It includes definitions of the two important words, suggestions, 16 task cards, and extra cards so you can make your own.The most important part of this activity is encouraging conversations that help deepen th
Farm to Table Activities Apples - Bread - Milk - Sweet Corn - First Grade
Do you teach Farm to Table? These four engaging Google Slides presentations will help your students understand the Farm to Table path. They will used the detailed visuals to recreate and sequence the product journey from point of origin to their plate.Here's what you'll get:✅ Apples Farm to Table 9 detailed slides✅ Sweet Corn Farm to Table 10 detailed slides✅ Bread Farm to Table 10 detailed slides✅ Milk Farm to Table 8 detailed slides✅ Teaching notes✅ Goods-Services Game Sheet✅ 3 choices
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Producers and Consumers Activities BUNDLE Kindergarten - First Grade
Financial Literacy-Budget Project Activity 1st Grade
Are you looking for a real world activity to tie together your Personal Financial Literacy Unit? Try this authentic spending and saving budget game. Students will make real life decisions about using their weekly income to meet their wants and needs. Here's what you'll get:✅ Round 1 game directions✅ Round 2 game directions✅ Money Budget Mat✅ 8 spending choice brochures✅ Pocket chart activity to introduce economic sacrifice✅ Headings ✅ Response sheet on sacrifice✅ Large budget battle re
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Spending and Saving and Earning Money Financial Literacy Economic BUNDLE
Spending and Saving and Earning Money Financial Literacy Economic BUNDLE
This Primary Economic Bundle is great for introducing your kindergarteners and 1st grade students to the economic concepts of personal finance. Distinguishing between real world situations of saving and spending and earning at a young age lays a good economic foundation for your student's financial educationThis Bundle has everything you need to dive into Primary Economics. Your kids will have fun while becoming familiar with all important Financial Literacy concepts. The 4 included products in
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K - 1st
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Goods and Services Economics Activities BUNDLE First Grade
Are you looking for primary lessons to get your kids excited about Goods and Services? This resource is for you! These fun interactive digital and print activities were created to engage your students in their community and help them understand the economics concepts of Goods and Services as part of their financial literacy.This BUNDLE contains primary projects and games that you can during Social Studies time. You can use these activities whole group, or during work stations. There are google
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1st - 2nd
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Scarcity Project : The Pencil Problem - 1st Grade Economics
Do your kids understand Scarcity ? This low-prep 3 day project has all you need to cover Needs, Wants & Scarcity! Small and whole group activities will keep your primary students engaged and learning economics while having fun!Here's what you'll get:✅ Powerpoint presentation on Scarcity✅ convenient Powerpoint slides for each day's questions✅ anchor chart headings/clipart✅ 3 interactive response sheets✅ 3 days of detailed lesson plans✅ teacher notesYou'll love:❤️ low-prep/high interes
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K - 1st
Also included in: Needs and Wants & Scarcity Kindergarten & 1st Grade BUNDLE
First Grade Social Studies Curriculum (Standards-Aligned)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------First Grade Social Studies Curriculum Notes*:**********************************************************************Special Notes: ***The New Social Studies standards are heavy on Inquiry-Based skills. The lessons in this curriculum are designed to put the learning in the hands of the students while the teacher is the facilitator; therefore, they are rigorous.*** ***Due to the rigor of the lesson
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1st
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Producers and Consumers Sorting Cards Activity Kindergarten - First Grade
These Producer and Consumer sorting cards are the perfect tools to kick off your Economics or Community unit. Authentic photos provide examples for your students to sort, match, discuss and differentiate this economic concept. Just print and go!Here's what you' get:✅ 48 sorting cardsfull colorblack & white✅ 2 response sheets✅ Pocket chart header cards✅ Link arrow cards✅ Lesson Plans for 3 different activitiesGreat for:❤️ Whole group Social Studies time❤️ Pocket chart center❤️ Commun
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Producers and Consumers Activities BUNDLE Kindergarten - First Grade
Market Day Project ~ Classroom Stores with Business Ideas
Classroom Stores and Business Day Project ready to go! Are you looking for ideas to help you set up your classroom stores for your economics unit? It's all here! This business day project pack is filled with economics themed activities to help your students learn about economics by creating and running their own businesses and becoming little entrepreneurs! This is a great social studies unit for teaching young students about selling goods and services while learning the basics of running a busi
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K - 2nd
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Spending and Saving : Personal Financial Literacy 1st Grade
Are you looking for ways to help your kids distinguish between real world situations of spending and saving? Personal Financial Literacy ? These interactive, hands-on Spending and Saving print and digital activities will introduce your students to the economic concepts of personal finance.Teaching students about personal finance at a young age lays a good economic foundation for your student's education.Included are whole group, individual and small group activities--everything you need for a
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1st - 2nd
Also included in: Spending and Saving and Earning Money Financial Literacy Economic BUNDLE
Community Helpers Health & Safety Workers BUNDLE Kindergarten - First Grade
Are you looking for a Community Helper Unit? This bundle has everything you need to research, categorize, compare & contrast 16 community workers. Your students will read, write and discuss community workers in their community and finish with a nonfiction book project.Here's what you'll get:BONUS FILE: Community Helper Report & Craft✅ 16 large worker bodies✅ 16 small worker bodies ✅ report cover pieces✅ handwriting pages for report✅ 10 days of detailed lesson plans walking through
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K - 1st
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Making Good Choices and Opportunity Cost Whole Class Game
Are you looking for a fun way to dive opportunity cost? Your students can play this game again and again, each time focusing on a different economic concept: Wants and Needs, Supply and Demand or Opportunity Cost.Here's what you'll get:✅ Large whole group game board✅ 14 pages of photo cards (color & B/W)✅ 2 choices of writing response sheets✅ Small group game board✅ 6 pages cut and paste clip art cards✅ Rules page for kids✅ Lesson Plans✅ Teacher notes for each game versionGreat for:
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K - 2nd
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Goods and Services Interactive Google Slides First Grade
Are you introducing Goods and Services? This 80 slide interactive Google Slides presentation is aligned with the HGSS standards for 1st grade. It will help your students understand and distinguish the difference between Goods and Services. This product can be used whole group, or individually loaded onto student iPads.Here's what you'll get:✅ Definitions for good and for service✅ ASL signs✅ 40 community examples✅ self-correcting slides✅ 80 slides in totalGreat for:❤️ introduction to Goods
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Goods and Services Economics Activities BUNDLE First Grade
Community Helpers Project--Who Works in Our Neighborhood?
Students will read about different community helpers. Students will then work in small groups to decide who they would hire to work in their neighborhood. Finally, students will present to the class who they chose and why they chose that worker. Rubric included.
Goods and Services That Satisfy Needs First Grade
Are you teaching goods and services? This interactive Google Slides presentation will help your students understand the reason we pay for goods and services. They will see the connection between needs, goods, and services. They will understand that good choices are tied to needs.Here's what you'll get:✅ 9 goods needs questions✅ 11 services needs questions✅ 64 interactive slides in all✅ matchbook response sheet✅ teaching notesGreat for:❤️ loading onto student devices❤️ Whole Group Social S
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K - 1st
Also included in: Goods and Services Economics Activities BUNDLE First Grade
Needs and Wants & Scarcity Kindergarten & 1st Grade BUNDLE
Are you looking for fun Wants and Needs activities ? This bundle has everything you need to engage your kids in discussion and a deep dive to differentiate between wants and needs. They will learn to make good decisions about family, school, and community resources. Here's what you'll get:NEEDS AND WANTS SORTING CARDS: ✅ 40 sorting cards2 sizesauthentic photoscolor & B/W✅ pocket chart headings✅ anchor chart✅ definition cards✅ response sheet house brochure✅ lesson plans & teaching notesN
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K - 1st
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K-ESS3-1
Producers and Consumers Powerpoint Activity Kindergarten - First Grade
Are you looking for Producer-Consumer activities? This powerpoint will introduce Producers and Consumers to your students. Authentic photos provide examples of community transactions while growing vocabulary.Here's what you get:✅ Who's the Producer? - Who's the Consumer?Producer-Consumer Definitions22 community examplesAuthentic photos✅ 2 choices of response sheets✅ teaching notes✅ Anchor Chart Headers (color & B/W)Great for:❤️ Whole group Social Studies❤️ Introducing Goods & Servi
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K - 1st
Also included in: Producers and Consumers Activities BUNDLE Kindergarten - First Grade
Community Workers Job Tool Cards Kindergarten & First Grade
Are you looking for Community Helper resources? These job tool cards will help your students learn about workers in their community. Each card has words and simple picture to copy. 72 jobs in all.You can use these with my Community Worker Job Responsibility Cardsor, the pictures of the workers are on the response sheets so you can make do.Here's what you'll get:✅ 288 job tool cards (color) for 72 jobs✅ 288 job too cards (black & white)✅ 144 response sheets72 girls72 boys✅ blank respons
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K - 1st
Global Economics Game
Do you need to teach your students about why countries trade goods with each other in an easy a fun way? Do your students need practice collaborating to achieve a common goal? This is my favorite game to use each year during my economics unit because it takes the abstract idea of global economics and translates it to a topic that is both familiar and entertaining: a trading card game.
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1st - 3rd
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Producers and Consumers Activities BUNDLE Kindergarten - First Grade
This bundle has producers and consumers resources that will engage your students in fun meaningful community activities. Included are Google Slides, Powerpoint and PDF products that will help your students differentiate between the concepts.Here's what you'll get:BONUS FILE: Producers as Consumers:✅ 10 building pages✅ 10 photo pages✅ 10 wordbank pages✅ 10 writing pages✅ Lesson PlansProducers and Consumers Interactive Google Slides Presentation:✅ 28 real life community situations✅ a total of
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K - 1st
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Christmas Tree Needs and Wants Anchor Chart Project First Grade
Are you looking for December fun while covering Needs and Wants? This anchor chart project will bring festive fun for your students while learning about basic Economics. It can be used to differentiate between needs and wants while opening your Social Studies Unit.Here's what you'll get:✅ Christmas lights template✅ Choice of gift templates✅ Anchor chart headings✅ step-by-step directions for each part of the project✅ Anchor Chart lesson plan✅ Teacher notesThis product is based on the Nati
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K - 1st
Passport to S.S. Grade 1 Unit 3: The Community Unit Plan & ALL 9 Lesson Plans
This 1st Grade Unit Plan includes Essential Questions, CCSS, Vocabulary, Skills, Evaluation, Performance Task, Teaching Points with a Focus Question, Content Understandings, and Learning Experiences for every lesson, Enrichment Activities, Ell's and IEP opportunities, and Multiple Entry Points for Unit 3: The CommunityThese are 1st Grade complete and detailed lesson plans covering all of the components from the NYCDOE Passport Social Studies Program. In addition, I have added; student learning t
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1st
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Passport SS Grade 1 Unit 4:Community/Economics Unit Plan & ALL 11 Lesson Plans
This Grade 1 Unit Plan includes Essential Questions, CCSS, Vocabulary, Skills, Evaluation, Performance Task, Teaching Points with a Focus Question, Content Understandings, and Learning Experiences for every lesson, Enrichment Activities, Ell's and IEP opportunities, and Multiple Entry Points for Unit 4: Community EconomicsThese are Grade 1 complete and detailed lesson plans covering all of the components from the NYCDOE Passport Social Studies Program. In addition, I have added; student learning
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1st
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Community Helpers Transportation & Trade Workers BUNDLE K - First Grade
Are you looking for a Community Helpers Unit? This Bundle has everything you need to research, categorize, compare & contrast 16 community workers. Your students will read, write and discuss community leaders and finish with a book project.These activities are designed for you to print and go. The examples of community workers will bring about great class discussion and learning.Here's what you'll get:BONUS FILE: Community Helper Report & Craft✅ 16 large worker bodies✅ 16 small worker
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K - 1st
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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.
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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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