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161 of Total Resources

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…
45 to 90 mins
Lesson

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...
Lesson

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....
Lesson

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
Lesson

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
Lesson

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...
Lesson

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
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Grades 3-5, 6-8

Taxation without Representation?

This lesson will take students through the series of tax acts that were enacted by the British government and disputed...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Crowding Out, Debt…
Lesson

Grades 3-5, 6-8

You Decide!

Think about a difficult decision you have had to make. After you decided did it work out? Why or why...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making, Scarcity
Lesson

Grades 3-5, 6-8

What's My Interest?

Students explore the concept of interest by means of two activities. The first, a simple activity with jellybeans, introduces the...
Lesson

Grades 3-5

Hey Pop!

One of the best sounds and smells is fresh popcorn! At the movies, at the fair, or at home, everyone...
Key Concepts: Marginal Analysis
Lesson

Grades 3-5

The Write Stuff

Right now you are probably using a pencil to do your school work. But do you know where the pencil...
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