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Economies depend on the availability of resources. This lesson introduces the concept of productive resources to students through discussion. Students learn how the use of natural, human, and capital resources impacts outcomes whi... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
 
Students will explore making choices by evaluating the costs and benefits and identifying the opportunity cost of decisions in the real world and by building in Minecraft. This lesson is also posted on Minecraft Education's w... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Beatrice's Goat
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This lesson from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' EconLowdown site teaches students what it means to save and reach savings goals through the book Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Uncle Jed's Barbershop
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Students listen to the book Uncle Jed's Barbershop, about an African American barber who, despite significant setbacks, saves enough money to buy his own barbershop. From the story, students learn about saving, savings goals, oppo... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
A Chair for My Mother
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In the story, A Chair for My Mother, a little girl and her family save money in a jar to buy a chair after their furniture is destroyed in a fire. In this lesson, students will learn that characters in the book are human resources... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
 
Peppe and his family moved to America to pursue the American dream. His mother has passed away, his father is ill,and all the children need to find work to help provide for basic essentials. Peppe is excited to find a job, only to... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
 
Shanan Riegle, an award-winning teacher from Yorktown Elementary School in Indiana, demonstrates how to use play dough to teach the concept of scarcity to her 5th grade students using a lesson from Playful Economics by Dr. Harlan ... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
 
There's nothing quite like a song to help students remember new vocabulary. Oh, Scarcity is one of many songs you can find on kidseconposters.com, a website from the Indiana Council for Economic Education. Thank you to Shanan Rie... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
 
Using play dough is a fun way to introduce new economic concepts and to keep your students engaged. In this video, Shanan Riegle, an award-winning teacher from Yorktown Elementary School in Indiana, demonstrates the Opportunity Co... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
 
Shanan Riegle, an award-winning teacher from Yorktown Elementary School in Indiana, shares tips for creating a mini-economy in the elementary school classroom. As Shanan says in the video, "things that you could never stage in a ... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
 
Kathleen O'Hagan, Fourth Grade Teacher of Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science at P.S. 97/The Highlawn School in Brooklyn, NY wins 2014 Alfred P. Sloan Teaching Champion Award -- presented to economic educators in the N... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Open for Business!
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This engaging lesson gives students the opportunity to identify risks and rewards of entrepreneurship and distinguish between entrepreneurs who start a business to produce a good or provide a service. more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
 
Dr. Katie Sauer explains opportunity cost with a personal example in which she had to choose between careers as an economist or as a professional dancer. This video is 2:54 minutes in length. more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Colorado Council for Economic Education | Type: video
 
Three fables to teach money management to pre-school through fifth grade. Financial Fables is an e-book with colorful bird characters who face and solve financial problems. Younger children can use the "Read to me" function that ... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Federal Reserve Education | Type: lessons
 
Money Smart is a comprehensive financial education curriculum designed to help low- and moderate-income individuals outside the financial mainstream enhance their financial skills and create positive banking relationships. Money S... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Source: FDIC | Type: lessons, curriculula
 
Young Booker T. Washington had a dream. That dream was to use the resources at his disposal to earn the money necessary to get an education that would allow him and others to become financially secure. This lesson based on the pi... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
 
Wendy Garcia-Buchanan, 4th Grade Teacher at Park Avenue Elementary School in Freehold NJ wins 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Teaching Champion Award -- presented to economic educators in the New York metropolitan area who have shown excelle... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
 
Watch as the 2013 award winners Kathleen Brennan, Wendy Garcia-Buchanan and Saji James discuss how they tackle classroom innovation. more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
The Crow and the Pitcher
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Students will learn about scarcity, and how entrepreneurial ideas, managing natural resources and trading can help lessen scarcity. Students will listen to the story, "The Crow and the Pitcher" from Aesop's Fables, then participat... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
 
Join CEE for an introduction to our National Standards for Financial Literacy. Stephen Buckles, member of the standards writing committee, will lead you through the development of, philosophy behind, and intended use of the standa... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool

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