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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: Goods and Services

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: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis

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: Globalization, Goods and Services, International Trade

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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: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Teach Money Skills and Graphing with "Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday"

In the story, Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, Alexander receives a dollar from his grandparents that he...

Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis

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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: Goods and Services, Scarcity

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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...

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Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Consumers Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Consumers. Consumers are powerful in a market economy, and the economic choices of consumers...

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Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

EconEdLink Overview

This video is a basic introduction to the features of EconEdLink. It takes a look at the three most important...

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Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

EconEdLink Workshop Overview

This video is from an EconEdLink workshop held at the National Center for Economic and Financial Education. Teachers learn how...

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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: Money, Money

45 mins

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Opportunity Cost - Consumers

Key Concepts: Globalization, International Trade, Scarcity

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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...

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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: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…

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, Opportunity Cost, Opportunity Cost…

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