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Grades K-2, 3-5

Goods and Services

In this economics activity, students will use a Nearpod to learn about goods and services.
Key Concepts: Complementary Goods and Services, Consumers, Goods and Services
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Grades K-2

Funny Money or Phony Money?

Money is what we use to show what goods or services are worth. When you do work, you are paid...
Key Concepts: Markets and Prices
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Grades K-2

The Mitten

This is a folktale retold by Jan Brett about a little boy whose grandmother knits him a pair of snow...
Key Concepts: Scarcity
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Grades K-2

No Extra Room on the Mayflower

The students will explore the ideas of scarcity and choices by exploring a virtual model of the Mayflower. They will...
Key Concepts: Choice, Scarcity
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Grades K-2, 3-5

A Perfect Pet

The introduction to this lesson is a brief online story about a little girl’s visit to a pet store with...
Key Concepts: Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Goods and Services…
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Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8

What is Scarcity?

In this economics lesson, students will categorize and prioritize their wants to explain scarcity.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity
45 mins
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Grades K-2

We are Consumers and Producers

In this economics lesson, students learn how they and family members fulfill the roles of producers and consumers.
Key Concepts: Consumers, Goods and Services, Producers
30 mins
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Grades K-2, 3-5

What is Competition?

Students will understand what businesses are, that a marketplace exists whenever buyers and sellers exchange goods and services, and that...
Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Consumers, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…
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Grades K-2, 3-5

Big Banks, Piggy Banks

When choosing a place to put their money, people consider how safe their money will be, how easy it is...
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budgeting, Choice…
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Grades K-2, 3-5

Clipping Coupons

In this lesson, students will calculate savings for different products when using coupons. They will also decide what factors will...
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Incentive, Markets and Prices…
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Grades K-2, 3-5

Lean on Me -- We depend on each other!

The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate that the production of most goods can be broken down into a...
Key Concepts: Demand, Goods and Services, Specialization…
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Grades K-2, 3-5

The ABCs of Saving

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn about short and long term goals in order to be a successful...
Key Concepts: Opportunity Cost, Saving
45 mins
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