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Money Management/Budgeting Video and Quiz
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This video teaches the concepts of Money Management and Budgeting. Budgeting refers to drawing up a plan for how available funds will be spent. Budgeting is sometimes called money management, since it involves clarifying decisions... more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
No Extra Room on the Mayflower
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In this interactive tool students will decide what to bring with them on the Mayflower. They can only take 150 pounds of supplies, so they'll need to choose what to take and what to leave. more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Costs and Benefits of Saving
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Teach students the costs and benefits of saving money. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Positive and Negative Incentives
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Teach your students the positive and negative incentives of banking. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Money or Barter?
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Teach students the characteristics of money and barter with this interactive tool. Students will be asked to categorize statements as money, barter, or both. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Costs and Benefits of Buying a T-shirt
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In this interactive tools students will examine the costs and benefits of buying a new t-shirt. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
The Perfect Pet
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The Perfect Pet teaches students how to deal with scarcity by having them choose what to buy for their new pet fish. There are some things they want and others that they need, but they can only spend $5.00. more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
The Entrepreneur - Recognizing Market Opportunities
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Chapter 3 of Entrepreneurship: Arkansas Style: This lesson demonstrates the importance of entrepreneurship to a dynamic economic system.    In this lesson students research their closets and homes and determine what items are new... more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Bessie Moore Center for Economic Education | Type: lesson/chapter
Entrepreneurial Spirit: Food Cart
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Entrepreneurial Spirit: Food Cart is designed to encourage students to apply their creative energies to designing a cart that will sell food. Students work in groups to create their concept and basic business plan to share with t... more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Bessie Moore Center for Economic Education | Type: lesson
Goods and Services: Some are Private, Some are Not
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The role of government is to provide for the common defense, define and protect property rights, and enforce contractual arrangements. Throughout the 20th and early 21st century, government has increased its role in economic life.... more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
If the World Were a Village: Teaching Activities
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A series of activities, each about somewhere on the glob and designed to teach students various things about the global economy. Often involves comparing their community to one on the other side of the globe. more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Bessie Moore Center for Economic Education | Type: activities
Goods and Services 3
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In this interactive students will match workers with the good or service they provide. When they make a correct match they will receive feedback explaining whether the worker provides a good or service. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
1-minute Goods vs. Services Drag and Drop Activity
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In this interactive students will look at a list of six items and categorize the items as either goods or services. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
EconEdLink Overview
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This video is a basic introduction to the features of EconEdLink. It takes a look at the three most important components of EconEdLink and explains what they consist of. The video details the features of the lessons, the different... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
EconEdLink Workshop Overview
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This video is from an EconEdLink workshop held at the National Center for Economic and Financial Education. Teachers learn how to use technology to teach economics and personal finance using EconEdLink. It discusses how EconEdLin... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Trouble is Brewing in Boston - "Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak"
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It's December 16, 1773 and many of the citizens of Boston are furious with King George's new tax on tea. Young Ethan, a printer's errand boy, has been given the task of conveying information concerning an upcoming prot... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
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The picture book One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference, written by Kate Smith Milway, takes place in Africa. Here in a Ghanan village, young Kojo cannot afford to go to school after the death of his father. His resour... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Opportunity Cost - Consumers
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When individuals produce goods or services, they normally trade (exchange) most of them to obtain other more desired goods or services. In doing so, individuals are immediately confronted with the problem of scarcity - as consumer... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
How Global is Your Portfolio?
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This engaging lesson challenges students to connect economics and geography as they investigate global companies in the stock market. more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Clickety Clack, Let's Keep Track
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This interactive tool will teach students about savings. The game will ask students to deposit and withdraw money from a savings account depending on the scenarios. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool

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