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Many people underrate economics as a subject for all students.
They feel economics is about money when it is really about
making decisions. Elements such as opportunity costs can teach
students how to more beneficially spend their time as well
as their allowance. So we’ve assembled some of the better
resources below.
Beginning resources
Economic
Education Web
A great site with very useable economic lessons by grade
EconomicsAmerica
National Standards
Economics
and Geography Lessons for 32 Children’s Books
Find an interesting collection of lessons featuring both economics
and geography and how to relate them to popular books -- elementary.
Economics
Lesson Plans
Some basic lesson plans on important economic concepts for
all ages
The
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Video Lending Library
They have great resources from free comic books to free loans
of videos.
Foundation
for Teaching Economics
NCEE
Online Lessons
Free lessons by grade level from the National Council on Economic
Education
Online
Elementary Economics Lessons
From James Madison University
ProTeacher!
Economics
Listing of economics lessons
REC
-- Federal Reserve Banks
It is important and rewarding to go to every Federal Reserve
Bank site.
REC
-- Social Studies, Economics
For a good list of resources, start here.
Teachnology
– Business & Economic Subject Matter
A wide array of lessons
Thinking
Economics
The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) promotes
economic literacy. View a list of its free lessons.
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Economic WebQuests, games
and lessons
These deal with a variety of topics. Most are designed for
upper elementary and middle school.
Canadian
Foundation for Economic Education
Very worthwhile lessons from Canada
Can
You Make Sense of Economics?
Costs
of Production
A
Curriculum of United States Labor History for Teachers
This great site covers the history of labor in-depth by time
period and includes handouts and insights.
Economic
Forecasting: An Internet WebQuest
Econ-o-mania
Great
Ideas for Teaching Marketing
Limiting
Trade: Economics Lesson
An important lesson for students showing how tariffs impact
the economy
The
National Budget Simulation
Fun game as students try to balance the U.S. budget
Show
Me the Money: A WebQuest
StocksQuest
Online stock market game comes with several lesson plans,
all free.
String
Trade
A lesson on the relationship between geography and economics
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Link sites
Economics
Organizations with Economic Lesson Plans
A sophisticated list of links to all types of lessons and
organizations, it includes PowerPoint presentations and interactive
sites. Don’t miss exploring these.
Internet
Resources for Teaching Economics
McREL
Resources: Lesson Plan Library -- Economics
A general link site
NAEE
Links to Economic Education Sites
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