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You Can BANK on This! (Part 4)
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This lesson deals with credit and wraps up this unit on finance. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
You Can BANK on This! (Part 2)
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As in the first 'You Can BANK on This,' you will learn that banking should not be confusing - it should be INTERESTING! Lesson Two will continue learning with Zing, but this time we will learn all about budgeting - and budgeting ... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
The Grasshopper and the Ant
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Understanding the concept of opportunity cost is critical for good decision making. The ability to identify the opportunity cost—the highest valued alternative that must be given up when another option is chosen—helps ... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
What Face do you Use?
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The students will recognize that in order to facilitate the exchange of goods and services, most nations create currency for use as money. They will examine the characteristics of money by comparing and contrasting examples of U.S... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
To Be or Not To Be?
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This lesson guides students through web sites that examine careers that are typically of interest to 3rd- through 5th-grade students. By completing the steps outlined in the lesson, the students will explore careers and report the... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Where did that pencil come from? The Study of Natural Resources
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The students will determine what goods can be produced from physical features such as rivers, lakes, mountains, and plains by looking at maps. Additionally, they will discuss the process these goods go through from nature to co... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
A Perfect Pet
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The introduction to this lesson is a brief online story about a little girl’s visit to a pet store with her father. She considers several pets before choosing a “cute and cuddly” dog. Students are reminded that p... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
How E-Commerce Influences Consumer Choice
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In this lesson students learn decision making skills that will help them become better consumers. As consumers they have a variety of alternatives from which to choose. They learn about the importance of price information in ... more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Toys for Me: A Lesson on Choice
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Students encounter the concept of scarcity in their daily tasks but have little comprehension as to its meaning or how to deal with the concept of scarcity. Scarcity is really about knowing that often life is 'This OR That' n... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Those Golden Jeans
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This lesson is designed to review the three types of productive resources-natural resources, human resources, and capital resources-needed to produce goods and services. Students use the internet to identify examples of each ... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
WIDGET PRODUCTION: Producing More, Using Less
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In the first part of the lesson students take a quiz to review the major concepts taught in Lesson 7, "Widget Production," from Master Curriculum Guide in Economics: Teaching Strategies 5-6. Students then search the ... more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Mystery Workers
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In this lesson students review the concepts of goods, services, and producers using the Internet to locate examples of each in a teacher's classroom. They learn about the three kinds of resources necessary to produce goods an... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
What's Your Angle?
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This lesson is last in a series of lessons on entrepreneurship for 3-5. Students will learn about market research and ways to influence consumer behavior through non-price competition. They will look for ways to make their ... more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Money Comes and Goes
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Students read two online stories that introduce them to the elements of a budget and show that a successful budget balances money coming in (income) with money going out (expenses and savings). Follow-up activities point out the v... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
The Best Deal
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Students will learn how to determine 'price per unit' to help make decisions when comparing products. more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
What is Competition?
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Students will understand what businesses are, that a marketplace exists whenever buyers and sellers exchange goods and services, and that there is competition in the market place if you have more than one seller of the same item o... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Dynamic Decision Making
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Students will be introduced to the PACED Model and learn to use the parts of the model-- Problem, Alternatives, Criteria, Evaluation, and Decision -- in solving problems and making decisions. They will practice using the model in ... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Giving Credit
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This lesson introduces the role and importance of the 3 C’s -- capacity, character, and collateral – to being granted credit. An online story about a girl who fails to return soccer shin guards borrowed from a friend i... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Hawaiian Economics: Barter for Fish & Poi
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In ancient Hawaii, chiefs managed the economy by creating a land division system, the Ahupua'a, which divided the islands into pie slice shapes. Each Ahupua'a covered the three main regions of the islands: the mountains, the ... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Big Banks, Piggy Banks
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When choosing a place to put their money, people consider how safe their money will be, how easy it is to access, and whether it will earn more money. Students explore how well different savings places achieve these objectives. St... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson

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