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Economics Common Core RI.5.8 resources
Supply and Demand | Economics Social Studies for Google Classroom™
Teach your students about Supply and Demand. This resource is compatible for use with your Google Classroom™ or for distance learning. The passage in this versatile resource combines social studies and reading informational text in one convenient lesson. It’s easy for teachers and fun for kids! This resource focuses on understanding the economic law of supply and demand and its effect on prices in a market economy. The original informational text provides an overview of the definitions of supply
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™ BUNDLE
Economics: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about economics through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions6 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for each passa
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3rd - 8th
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Opportunity Cost | Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™
Teach your students about Opportunity Cost. This resource is compatible for use with your Google Classroom™ or for distance learning. The passage in this versatile resource combines social studies and reading informational text in one convenient lesson. It’s easy for teachers and fun for kids! Effectively teach your students the concepts of scarcity, opportunity costs, and economic interdependence with this engaging resource. Students do a close read of an original informational text before appl
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™ BUNDLE
Colonial America Lesson Plan Unit for 5th-7th Grades | Google Apps!
The Colonial America COMPLETE Lesson Plan Unit includes a wide array of incredible resources that are perfect for students in 5th to 7th grade! This amazing Colonial America Unit covers numerous important historical topics such as the Age of Exploration, famous early European explorers of the English, French, and Spanish, as well as their colonization efforts in the New World (including the development of the 13 Colonies), plus so MUCH more!The resources come ready to use for BOTH in-person clas
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Bundle for Andrea
Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™ BUNDLE
Teach your students about economics with this 8-week bundle. This resource is compatible with Google Classroom™ or for distance learning. The passages in these easy-to-use lessons combine social studies and reading informational text in one convenient bundle. It’s easy for teachers and engaging for kids! Save 20% off the total value of the individual lessons when you purchase this Economics Bundle. When you buy the bundle, you get ONE lesson for FREE!In EACH lesson, students will:•read a nonfict
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3rd - 5th
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Taxes | Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™
Teach your students about Taxes. This resource is compatible for use with your Google Classroom™ or for distance learning. The passage in this versatile resource combines social studies and reading informational text in one convenient lesson. It’s easy for teachers and fun for kids! In this lesson, students explain why citizens pay taxes to the government, identify the different types of taxes collected, and describe the ways taxes are used to provide goods and services.Students will:•read a non
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™ BUNDLE
Spending and Saving | Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™
Introduce your students to spending, saving, and investing with these social studies worksheets and graphic organizers. The informational text in this easy-to-use resource combines social studies and reading in ONE convenient lesson. Make the most of your instructional time with this engaging, effective resource!Students will:•explain the choices people must make with their money•identify the risks and rewards for saving and investing•describe some of the ways people can invest their money•learn
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™ BUNDLE
Cost Benefit Analysis | Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™
Teach your students about Cost-Benefit Analysis. This resource is compatible for use with your Google Classroom™ or for distance learning. The passage in this versatile resource combines social studies and reading informational text in one convenient lesson. It’s easy for teachers and fun for kids! In this lesson, students explain why a cost benefit analysis is useful when making decisions, identify the steps in conducting a cost benefit analysis, and describe a situation where a cost benefit an
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™ BUNDLE
Globalization & Interdependence: Print & Go
Teaching interdependence is a tough subject. It's even difficult for adults to grasp the enormity of this topic! I designed this packet to be a simple introduction to economic interdependence and globalization. It satisfies the core standards to teach how technology has shaped globalization. The packet can be used as a classroom topic or as independent work. A full answer key is included.The average lexile score for the packet is 950 and appropriate for Grades 3-6.
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3rd - 6th
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Economics Taught through Kids Detective Novel (Striker Jones e-book)
Striker Jones is a unique classic kids detective novel that teaches children ages 8-12 basic economic concepts. Use it to introduce economic concepts like goods vs. services or trade-offs, and enrich your social studies curriculum with fun stories your kids will love. New! Get this book AND its award-winning sequel for less than $1 more!This file includes downloads of actual e-book files (Epub for Nook and iPads, Kindle file, and regular pdf).Concepts covered include the following:- Supply and D
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2nd - 5th
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Profit and Loss | Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™
Teach your students about Profit and Loss. This resource is compatible for use with your Google Classroom™ or for distance learning. The passage in this versatile resource combines social studies and reading informational text in one convenient lesson. It’s easy for teachers and fun for kids! In this lesson, students explain how a company determines if it has made a profit, identify the different types of expenses a business might have, and describe how making money is not the same thing as maki
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™ BUNDLE
Economic Resources | Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™
Teach your students about Economic Resources. This resource is compatible for use with your Google Classroom™ or for distance learning. The passage in this versatile resource combines social studies and reading informational text in one convenient lesson. It’s easy for teachers and fun for kids! In this lesson, students explain how businesses use economic resources to produce goods and services, identify the four types of economic resources (natural, human, capital, and entrepreneurship), and de
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™ BUNDLE
Free Enterprise System (Free Market/Capitalism) Lesson Bundle for 5th-8th Grade!
With this incredible Free Enterprise System (Free Market/Capitalism) Lesson Bundle you'll receive EVERYTHING you need to cover numerous important topics with your students, such as the characteristics of a free enterprise system, the law of supply and demand, different types of economic systems, the three fundamental economic questions, as well as free market terms such as entrepreneur, consumer, profit, and so MUCH more!! The Free Enterprise System Lesson Bundle includes two lessons designed to
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5th - 8th
Candy Corn Nonfiction Article
This informational text explains the production of candy corn. In the text are many text features to assist students as they comprehend the main idea. Perfect for the holiday, for students learning about production, and guided/flexible reading groups.
The Lexile level of this text is 970.
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3rd - 5th
Economics for Kids Unit Lesson Plans
These lesson plans are the companion to the book, Striker Jones: Elementary Economics for Elementary Detectives, Second Edition. They pull out the economic lessons explicitly from the text through classroom discussions, activities, and individual assignments.Concepts covered include supply/demand, barter, incentives, risk, loss, benefits, opportunity costs, prices, and more!Get the accompanying novel, Striker Jones, in e-book!New! Get the first Striker Jones book AND its award-winning sequel for
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2nd - 5th
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GA 5th Grade Gallopade Budgeting Chap. 27 Discussion Questions
This product includes chapter discussion questions for EACH page of Gallopade to use in small groups or to facilitate your whole group teaching for chapter 27 Budgeting. I place students in small groups to read each page and discuss the questions from this product before they move on to the next pages. Sometimes, I will pull a question from the product as a closing activity or use a few for a grade.
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5th
Also included in: GA 5th Grade Gallopade FULL YEAR Discussion Questions
GA 5th Grade Gallopade Great Depression Chaps. 13-14 Discussion Questions
This product includes chapter discussion questions for EACH page of Gallopade to use in small groups or to facilitate your whole group teaching for chapters 13-14 Great Depression. I place students in small groups to read each page and discuss the questions from this product before they move on to the next pages. Sometimes, I will pull a question from the product as a closing activity or use a few for a grade.
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5th
Also included in: GA 5th Grade Gallopade FULL YEAR Discussion Questions
GA 5th Grade Gallopade Turn of the Century Chaps. 7-10 Discussion Questions
This product includes chapter discussion questions for EACH page of Gallopade to use in small groups or to facilitate your whole group teaching for chapters 7-10 Turn of the Century. I place students in small groups to read each page and discuss the questions from this product before they move on to the next pages. Sometimes, I will pull a question from the product as a closing activity or use a few for a grade.
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5th
Also included in: GA 5th Grade Gallopade FULL YEAR Discussion Questions
Economic Factors of a Region | Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™
Teach your students about the Economic Factors of a Region. This resource is compatible for use with your Google Classroom™ or for distance learning. The passage in this versatile resource combines social studies and reading informational text in one convenient lesson. It’s easy for teachers and fun for kids! In this lesson, students explain how economic factors affect a region’s economy, identify the different types of economic factors, and describe situations where the economic factors would h
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Economics | Social Studies for Google Classroom™ BUNDLE
Geography Task Cards for Elementary Montessori
Guide cards, task cards, work cards: These cards break down the Keys of the Universe album contents into independent working moments for the children. They are compatible with any AMI resources. These cards are intended for children who have received the initial presentation from the adult. Each card leaves plenty of space on the front and back for the adult or the child to add additional notes as needed, including resources, diagrams, etc. Fully adaptable to each student's needs! Printing instr
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1st - 8th
Digital Close Reading for Google Drive: Economics-Money, Money!
Use Google Drive to access my DIGITAL Close Reading Activity Set on Money, Money for a fun & engaging distance learning opportunity for your 3rd-5th grade students! Students will strengthen comprehension, vocabulary, and reading skills with this story (audio version included!) and accompanying activities using Google Slides & Forms! This provides a great connection with economics as well! What is included?I have used the Google Slide format to create a set of 4 activities for students to
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: 4th Grade Distance Learning Language Arts Bundle
More Free Economics Lesson Plans for Kids
New! These are the free companion lesson plans to the award-winning novel, Striker Jones and the Midnight Archer, the exciting second installment in the Striker Jones economics series for kids. Use them with the novel or on their own.Topics covered include wants vs. needs, buying behaviors, complements and substitutes, supply and demand, and much more. Take a look at the easy-to-follow plans which include vocabulary, class discussion points, activities, and assignments.Get the accompanying novel
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3rd - 6th
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Fun Philosophical Thought Experiments - Google Slides
This product is actually 22 pages long when you click the link for the Google Slides document. It has some thought provoking scenarios and activities designed to hopefully get students thinking outside of their worldview. There are common philosophical thought experiments mixed with cutting edge social scientific philosophical observations and research which defy commonly held beliefs about the world. I recommend downloading the file, clicking the link for the Google Slides version, making a cop
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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.
How do I find economics resources on TPT?
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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