Sign in with Google 
Grades 3-5
How Labor Got Its Day
If you asked students what comes to mind first when they think of Labor Day, what do you think they...
Resources (by date)
92 of Total Resources
Resources (by date)
92 of Total Resources
All Resources (by date)
92 of Total Resources
Grades 3-5
The Color of Resources
This lesson will demonstrate the making of Crayola products to introduce natural, capital, and human resources as well as touching...
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Did You Get the Message?
Updated! In this economic lesson, students will view TV ads to learn advertising incentives and strategies.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Firms and Production, Incentives…
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Believe it or Not?
In this economic lesson, students will explain fact and opinion in advertisements.
Grades 3-5
You Can BANK on This! (Part 1)
Banking should not be confusing. It should be INTERESTing! Most students in the elementary grades would love to know more...
Grades 3-5
You Can BANK on This! (Part 4)
This lesson deals with credit and wraps up this unit on finance.
Grades 3-5
The Grasshopper and the Ant
Understanding the concept of opportunity cost is critical for good decision making. The ability to identify the opportunity cost—the highest...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making, Goods and Services…
Grades 3-5
What Face do you Use?
The students will recognize that in order to facilitate the exchange of goods and services, most nations create currency for...
Grades 3-5
To Be or Not To Be?
This lesson guides students through web sites that examine careers that are typically of interest to 3rd- through 5th-grade students....
Grades 3-5, 6-8
How E-Commerce Influences Consumer Choice
In this lesson students learn decision making skills that will help them become better consumers. As consumers they have a...
Grades K-2, 3-5
Toys for Me: A Lesson on Choice
In this elementary economics lesson, students will categorize and prioritize their wants to learn about scarcity and choice.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making, Scarcity…
Grades 3-5
Those Golden Jeans
In this economics lesson, students will explore the types of resources needed to produce goods and services.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Factors of Production, Firms and Production…
Grades 3-5
Money Comes and Goes
Students read two online stories that introduce them to the elements of a budget and show that a successful budget...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Budgeting/Money Managment
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: Marginal Analysis
Grades 3-5
Hawaiian Economics: Barter for Fish & Poi
In this economics lesson, students will examine the relationship between specialization and trade.
Key Concepts: Globalization, International Trade
Grades 3-5, 6-8
I Can Be an Entrepreneur
In this personal finance lesson, students explore entrepreneurship by earning money and advertising their business. Learners are given advice on...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Cost and Benefits, Entrepreneurs…
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...
Grades 3-5
Hawaiian Economics: From the Mountains to the Sea
In this economics lesson, students will compare the benefits and costs when allocating resources.
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Factors of Production, Marginal Analysis…
Grades 3-5
Peanuts, Pecans, and Peas, Please
Updated! George Washington Carver, a great scientist, changed the economy of the South with his agricultural knowledge. This lesson will...
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs
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: Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment, Decision Making…
