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Grades K-2

Bad Kitty Gets “Good” Goods and Services

In this economics lesson, students will use real world examples to learn about goods and services.

Key Concepts: Goods and Services

90 mins

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Intro to Scarcity

In this economics lesson, students will sing and play a game to learn about scarcity.

Key Concepts: Scarcity

60 mins

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Grades K-2

Every Penny Counts

In this personal finance lesson, students will evaluate wants and spending.

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

45 mins

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Grades K-2

The Little Red Hen is a Producer and a Consumer

In this economics lesson, students will use real-world examples to understand how consumers and producers interact.

Key Concepts: Consumers, Producers

60 mins

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Grades K-2

Teach Entrepreneurship with "Arthur's Pet Business"

In this economics lesson, students will read a popular children's book to learn about entrepreneurship.

Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Goods and Services, Risk and Return

45 mins

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Teach Saving and Budgeting with "A Chair for My Mother"

In the story, A Chair for My Mother, a little girl and her family save money in a jar to...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Goods and Services

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Grades K-2

Teach About Spending with "Bunny Money"

In this lesson, students listen to the story of Ruby and Max, two bunnies that go shopping and make many...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Goods and Services, Saving

45 mins

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Teach Opportunity Cost with "Uncle Jed's Barbershop"

Students listen to the book Uncle Jed's Barbershop, about an African American barber who, despite significant setbacks, saves enough money...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Saving

45 - 60 mins

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Specialists Light Up Our Lives!

Peppe and his family moved to America to pursue the American dream. His mother has passed away, his father is...

Key Concepts: Goods and Services, Specialization, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Scarcity - Playful Economics | Lesson and Demo

Shanan Riegle, an award-winning teacher from Yorktown Elementary School in Indiana, demonstrates how to use play dough to teach the...

Key Concepts: Scarcity

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Grades K-2

"What Pet Should I Get?" Dr. Seuss and Decision Making

Recently published, but likely written between 1958 and 1962, What Pet Should I Get? is the delightful tale of a...

Key Concepts: Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Goods and Services…

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Grades K-2

Forecasting Economics - Using Weather to Teach Wants

Can you learn economics from the weather? Students will be able to integrate science, math, and economics through this engaging...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Economic Wants

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Grades K-2

A New Coat for Anna - Barter and Trade

By reading the book "A New Coat for Anna" students will learn about resources and trade/bartering through a young girl,...

Key Concepts: Barter, Money, Resources

45 mins

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Opportunity Cost - Consumers

Key Concepts: Consumers, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Producers…

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Grades K-2

Human Resources and Capital Resources: It's A Match!

Students will define and identify human resources and capital resources workers use in their jobs.

Key Concepts: 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

Teach About Scarcity with "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

30 mins

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Toys for Me: A Lesson on Choice

Updated! In this elementary economics lesson, students will categorize and prioritize their wants to learn about scarcity and choice. Scarcity...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity…

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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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