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Grades K-2, 3-5

Teach Productive Resources with Fannie Farmer - Kitchen Scientist and America's Cook

This elementary economics lesson is brought to you by the letter “F”! Get your students involved in a “Word Workout”...

Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Factors of Production

30 mins

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Grades 3-5

Incentivizing Energy Conservation at Our School

Students work together to identify the benefits and costs of conservation. Next, working in groups, students develop two different incentive...

60 mins

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Grades 3-5

Watts Up With Electricity Prices?

In this elementary lesson, students focus on the economic concepts of price, goods, and services. Knowledge is applied by comparing...

Key Concepts: Circular Flow, Circular Flow

90 mins or 2 - 45 min sessions

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Grades 3-5

From Power Plant to PlayStation™: Electricity’s Journey from Producer to Consumer

In this elementary economics and science lesson, students learn how productive resources are combined to create electricity.

Key Concepts: Factors of Production

45 mins

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Grades 3-5, 6-8

Willy Wonka’s Whimsical Entrepreneurship

In this lesson, students discuss the characteristics of an entrepreneur and how those characteristics apply to Willy Wonka. In groups,...

45 mins

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Grades 3-5, 6-8

Willy Wonka Allocates Golden Tickets

In this lesson, students review scarcity and ways to allocate scarce resources (like golden tickets), taking the perspective of the...

Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…

45 mins

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Teach Specialization using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle

In this economics lesson, students participate in hands-on activities that reinforces the concepts of specialists/entrepreneurs, workers, capital resources, and products.

Key Concepts: Factors of Production, Productive Resources, Productive Resources…

30 mins

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Grades 3-5

Teach Producers and Consumers using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle

This economics and personal finance lesson takes students through the process of producing a good to sell to a fictional...

60 mins

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Teach Human Capital using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle

In this economics and personal finance lesson, students will examine the human capital of Squirrel, Sloth, and Mr. Peacock and...

60 mins

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Valentine's Day Capital Resources Activity

Use an arts and crafts activity, like making Valentine's Day hearts, to teach students about human and capital resources.

15 min

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Decision Making with "Sam and the Lucky Money"

Using the children's book, "Sam and the Lucky Money", students learn about Chinese New Year and practice decision-making skills using...

30 mins

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Grades 3-5

Shark Scam: Money Tales

Students read about two scheming sharks and decide were to invest their money.

Key Concepts: Goods and Services, Money, Money

45 mins

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Grades 3-5, 6-8

PBS-NOVA Financial Lab

Managing money is hard! Even when you know what you should do, it can be hard to actually do it....

Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment

45 min

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Curious George Economics

Use the lovable character Curious George to capture student attention while teaching about personal finance and economics.

Key Concepts: Factors of Production, Goods and Services, Productive Resources…

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Using Children’s Literature to Teach About Economics and Enterprising Women

Teach both Women's History and foundational concepts via the lives of diverse, inspirational figures.

Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, PPC, PPC

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Stock Prices and the 2025 Super Bowl

*Updated for 2025* Harness the excitement of the Super Bowl with this lesson from the SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education....

Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis

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