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Economics Common Core RI.2.4 resources
Levels of Government Local State and National Activities for 1st 2nd 3rd Grade
This is a fabulous set for teaching levels of government at the primary level. It goes over LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL only. It discusses how the mayor, governor, and president are in charge of these different levels! It also talks about what the jobs are each of these different levels. This set is perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade students!This product is also available in a digital form. Click HERE for the digital version. I also have the task cards available in BOOM CARDS™!There are many activ
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1st - 3rd
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Economics Reading & Worksheets - Wants vs. Needs - Good & Services
Build your students' vocabulary and reading skills while teaching social studies at the same time! Wants vs Needs, Producers and Consumers, Goods and Services are all vocabulary and concepts taught through two reading materials. One reading material is a newspaper format informational text. The second is a fictional story. It can be used as an interactive read aloud that includes a teacher script, or there is another version that can be printed off for students to read. Pages:1 - IRA overview &a
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Informational Text - Social Studies & Science Topics
Economics Digital Activities - Supply Demand, Goods and Services, Money Lesson
This bundle of digital Economics activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.These Learning Quests provide literacy and research activiti
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1st - 2nd
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Supply and Demand Digital Activities - Supply and Demand Lesson Plan - Economics
These digital Supply and Demand activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SOCIAL STUDIES Digital Activities for 1st and 2nd grade
Social Studies Bundle
These Social Studies units will save you a ton of planning time and allow your students to have a hands-on approach to social studies through a variety of resources. You can easily incorporate these materials into reading, writing or cross curricular social studies lessons. Engaging hands-on resources include:Immigration Reading PassagesNative American Reading PassagesColonial America Reading PassagesMap Skills Reading PassagesMap Skills UnitCitizenship Reading PassagesCitizenship UnitAmerican
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2nd - 3rd
NYS Grade 2 Social Studies Inquiries Yearlong | Communities | Economics
Deliver meaningful instruction through lapbooks!Lead your students with this yearlong resource that will cover all of the New York State 2nd Grade Social Studies Standards.Organze the content and engage your learners with lapbooks that break down each supporting question in the NYS inquiries. Students will then use their lapbooks to answer 2-point questions which build toward the Compelling Question and Summative Task.This BUNDLE contains all 6 Inquiry Resources.Buy this BUNDLE and save!Download
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2nd
Natural Resource to Finished Product | Farm to Table Oranges
Do your students ever wonder how we get orange juice on our table for breakfast? This farm to table resource will give you teaching information and visuals to make the explanation and process easier to grasp. It’s an easy prep resource and a big teacher timer-saver. Here’s what is included:⭐ 16 Picture Cards with Color or Black Ink Options to Trace Commercial and Homemade Juice⭐ 17 Labels Including 3 Specialized Vocabulary Word Cards⭐ Worksheet-Seeds to Commercial Orange Juice⭐ Worksheet-How to
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2nd - 3rd
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Natural Resource to Finished Product | Farm to Table Milk
Do your students ever wonder how we get milk from the cow to the carton or the table? This farm to table resource will give you teaching information and visuals to make the explanation and process easier to grasp. It’s an easy prep resource and a big teacher timer saver. Here’s what is included:⭐ 9 Picture Cards with Color or Black Ink Options to Trace Milk from the Cow to the Carton⭐ 6 Picture Cards with Color or Black Ink Options of Products Made from Milk⭐ 21 Labels and 2 Sorting Labels⭐ Work
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1st - 2nd
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Scarcity and Opportunity Costs *2nd GRADE* CCSS Aligned *NO PREP* (SS2E1)
Your students will love learning about the economic concepts of scarcity and opportunity costs with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans or homework packets!Resource Includes: Passage (leveled for 2nd grade) Graphic OrganizerVocabulary ActivitiesMatching Activity Multiple Choice Activity Answ
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2nd
Money and Financial Literacy Digital Activities - Economics Lesson Plan
These digital Money and Financial Literacy activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Que
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SOCIAL STUDIES Digital Activities for 1st and 2nd grade
Cowboy Economics and Literacy Unit
This mini-packet uses Gail Gibbons' Cowboys and Cowgirls book to discuss the life of a cowboy/girl. This 3 day mini-pack has lesson plans, Common Core standards for activities, pictures, and materials needed.Check out my blog post about how I use this in my classroom!INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:• 5 days of plans and Common Core Standards covered• Western Words anchor chart template• cowboy/girl vocabulary picture and word match for introducing vocabulary and practicing at stations or centers• lab
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K - 2nd
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Goods and Services Digital Activities - Goods and Services Lesson Plans
These digital Goods and Services activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SOCIAL STUDIES Digital Activities for 1st and 2nd grade
Needs and Wants Digital Activities - Needs and Wants Lesson Plans - Economics
These digital Needs and Wants activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all kn
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SOCIAL STUDIES Digital Activities for 1st and 2nd grade
Money: Borrow, Earn, Save & Spend - Reading & Social Studies
This no prep informational text focuses on MONEY: borrow, earn, save, and spend. "Elementary Insider" is a fun way to present social studies & science topics in a newspaper format. This resource will help build your students' vocabulary. Questions and worksheets are aligned with CCSS reading standards and social studies standards. Available in Google Slides.Vocabulary: borrow, earn, money, save, & spendPages:1: Google Slides Link2 - 3: Newspaper - Informational Text4: Comprehension Qu
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Informational Text - Social Studies & Science Topics
HMH Kids Discover l Grade 2 l Magazines 6-9 BUNDLE
HMH Kids Discovery - Magazines 6-9 Student Resources with Answer KeysThe following magazines are included in this bundle:America's BeginningsHeroesA World of CultureWhy People Work
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2nd
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Goods and Services Reading Packet *2nd GRADE* CCSS Aligned *NO PREP* (SS2E2)
Your students will love learning about the concept of government and the need for rules and laws with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans or homework packets!Resource Includes: Passage (leveled for 2nd grade) Graphic OrganizerVocabulary ActivitiesMatching Activity Multiple Choice Activity An
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2nd
Why People Work l HMH Kids Discover l Grade 2
Why People Work - Magazine 9 Student Resources. Use this resource to assess students understanding of the various topics presented in the ninth magazine, titled "Why People Work."** Student Activities align to topics covered in ninth magazine of Social Studies series** Answer Sheets (student version) and Answer Keys includedTopics Covered:Producers vs. ConsumersGoods vs. ServicesNeeds vs. WantsBudget, IncomeBarterGlobal Trade
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2nd
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Also included in: HMH Kids Discover l Grade 2 l Magazines 6-9 BUNDLE
Project Based Learning Curriculum | 2nd Grade PBL Activities
In this Project Based Learning Science and Social Studies Bundle you will have everything you need to teach PBL this year! Creating these units are time consuming for any teacher and this bundle will save you hours and hours of work, planning and your time. We take the boring and make PBL fun and easy to teach. It includes a Plant Unit, Economics and Financial Literacy Unit, Habitats and Ecosystem Unit, an Iceberg Unit and more. These are all the top selling 2nd grade PBL units that we have.Some
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2nd
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2nd Grade Trade and Barter Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions 2.E.1.4
Common Core Standards for Social Studies
2.E.1: Understand basic economic concepts.
2.E.1.4: Explain why people and countries around the world trade for goods and services.
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1st - 3rd
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Personal Saving and Spending Choices *2nd GRADE* CCSS Aligned *NO PREP* (SS2E4)
Your students will love learning about the costs and benefits of personal spending and saving choices with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans or homework packets!Resource Includes: Passage (leveled for 2nd grade) Graphic OrganizerVocabulary ActivitiesMatching Activity Multiple Choice Activi
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2nd
Social Studies Notebook Interactive | Reading Comprehension Passages
Spice up your social studies lessons with these fun, hands-on activities and reading passages. This resource is just what you are looking for to enhance your social studies interactive notebook for 2nd or 3rd grade. It covers a variety of topics and includes several writing topics in the form of essential questions. If you wanted to use these notebook pages for social studies center activities, or independent seat work you could do that as well. This is a great resource to supplement your curric
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2nd - 6th
How Money Works Reading Packet *2nd GRADE* CCSS Aligned *NO PREP* (SS2E3)
Your students will love learning about how people use money with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans or homework packets!Resource Includes: Passage (leveled for 2nd grade) Graphic OrganizersVocabulary ActivitiesMatching Activity Multiple Choice Activity Answer KeysFor my Georgia Teachers: ❏G
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2nd
NYS Grade 2 Social Studies Inquiry | Economic Interdependence | Scarcity
Get your students thinking about needs and wants. Students will explore the different parts of a community and examine how we meet those needs and wants as well as how we overcome challenges when there is scarcity. This inquiry will lead your students to a deeper understanding of economic interdependence.This social studies inquiry resource will help you guide your students as they research and answer the question: What Make Me Become We?This resource is offered in a money saving BUNDLE that con
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2nd
Also included in: NYS Grade 2 Social Studies Inquiries Yearlong | Communities | Economics
Natural Resource to Finished Product | Farm to Table Chocolate
Do your primary grade students ever wonder how we get chocolate from the tree to the package or their table? This farm to table resource will give you teaching information and visuals to make the explanation and process easier to grasp. It’s an easy prep resource and a big teacher timer saver. This resource is perfect for correlation with an economic unit, a book study with chocolate as an influence, or add to a biography unit. Here’s what is included: ⭐ 13 Picture Cards with Color or Black Ink
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1st - 3rd
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Find Economics resources | TPT
If you’re an educator or parent looking for printable or digital resources to help your student learn about economics, TPT has got you covered. We’ve got a comprehensive collection of economics and financial literacy resources available, including activities and lessons on trade, goods and services, and the stock market to name just a few. With plenty of TPT high-quality resources at your fingertips, you’ll be able to teach economics to your students in no time at all.
Economics activities to try
Here are a few examples of the different types of activities and lessons you can find on TPT to help teach students about economics:
Simulation Activities
You can introduce students to the world of investing, budgeting, and other economics-related activities through simulations. For example, have students research companies they want to "invest" in to show them how the stock market works. If you want to extend the lesson, you can have them periodically check in on their portfolios throughout the year to see how their investments are performing. Or, you could use a simulation to teach them about causes that led up to certain major historical events, like the stock market crash of 1929.
Budgeting Exercises
Help students understand the importance of managing their own financial resources by challenging them to create a budget. Give them a few hypothetical scenarios involving income, expenses, and financial goals. For example, you could ask them to plan a fictional character's monthly expenses, or have them create a budget to save for buying a house.
Trade Games
Through trading games, students can learn about importing and exporting, along with the impact of external forces and trade agreements. Ask students to work in teams and have them trade goods, record their imports and exports, and respond to charges (like tariffs and embargoes).
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Give students a real-world decision to make (e.g., building a new road, investing in a new technology, or buying property) and have them perform a cost-benefit analysis. To deepen the learning, you can ask them to justify their decisions with evidence.
Frequently asked questions for teaching economics
What is economics?
The study of economics is a social science that focuses on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. When teaching economics, the goal is to help students understand how individuals, businesses, governments, and societies make choices about resource allocation. Economics explores various topics related to this, including supply and demand, cost and benefits, and scarcity, to name just a few.
What types of economics resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of economics resources sold by Sellers on TPT — from budgeting activities to simulation games to units.
How do I find economics resources on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing economics lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for economics resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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