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Curious George Economics

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Objective

Teachers will be able to:

  • Connect Curious George story elements to economic decision-making concepts.
  • Use Curious George stories to reinforce personal finance vocabulary.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Basic Economic Concepts, Factors of Production, Goods and Services, Income, Producers and Consumers, Scarcity, Wants and Needs

Description

Bring economics to life with Curious George! Each lesson pairs a classic Curious George story with hands-on activities that make big ideas fun and easy to understand. Students will explore concepts like goods and services, resources (natural, capital, and human), production, specialization, interdependence, and even saving—all through the adventures of everyone’s favorite curious little monkey.

Subjects:
Economics

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