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Grades K-2

Vincent van Gogh's 'Flower Beds in Holland'

Students study a painting by van Gogh called, "Flower Beds in Holland." The students recognize that this farmer made a...
Key Concepts: Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Scarcity
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Grades K-2

Little Star's Problem

Little Star has a problem, she wants a best friend. Learn how Dora and Boots help Little Star solve this...
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Grades K-2

Norman Rockwell's 'Curiosity Shop'

Students will look at a picture that Norman Rockwell painted about a Curiosity Shop. A little girl looks like she...
Key Concepts: Trade, Exchange and Interdependence
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Grades K-2

What Do People Do?

Students will give examples of human resources that are producers, and identify goods and services produced by workers.
Key Concepts: Benefits of Trade, Goods and Services, Producers
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Grades K-2

Delivering the Goods

Delivering the Goods K-2 Economics Lesson. In this lesson, students have the opportunity to complete an interactive activity that teaches...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services, Producers
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Grades K-2

What Do Other People Want To Be?

In this lesson, students will graph people's job choices and identify which jobs would have the most competition based on...
Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Economic Systems, Goods and Services
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Grades K-2

Tricks for Treats

Students will recognize that people (and animals) will work for incentives.
Key Concepts: Choice, Incentive
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Grades K-2

Woof! Woof! At Your Service

Woof! Woof! At Your Service helps demonstrate that economic desires can be satisfied by providing goods and services.Identifies goods and...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
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Grades K-2

Dog Gone Job!

Dog Gone Job! demonstrates how job specialization increases productivity
Key Concepts: Demand, Specialization
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Grades K-2

The Changing Face of Money

In this lesson, students play a game to guess which objects have been used as money throughout history. In the...
Key Concepts: Money
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Grades K-2

Increasing Productivity

This lesson stimulates students' thinking with stories about rigorous athlete training illustrating the importance of training and practice. After students...
Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Goods and Services
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Grades K-2

Off to Interactive Island

This activity provides a fun way to explore concept of economic decision making. In the lesson, students are given a...
Key Concepts: Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Grades K-2

On The Money

In this lesson, students explore what money is and how it differs around the world. They will compare U.S. currency...
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Demand, Economic Institutions…
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Grades K-2

Water, Water, Everywhere

In this lesson, students will identify water and land as examples of natural resources investigate sources of water and identify...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
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Grades K-2

Eureka!

Take a look at how inventions, such as plastic, have changed our lives and how they are changing the future...
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs
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