Economics Teaching Resources
This collection of Economics teaching resources includes materials necessary when learning about economics. Use the themed classroom banners to customize a civics and citizenship display banner for your classroom. Also provided are unit and lessons plans, word wall vocabulary cards, worksheets, display posters, visible learning goal PowerPoint presentations and art activities.
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Needs and Wants Discussion Cards
Teach your students the difference between needs and wants with a set of discussion cards and writing prompts for kindergarten and first grade.
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Community Needs and Wants Worksheet
Enhance your primary-level economics instruction with a wants and needs worksheet.
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Needs and Wants Interactive Clip Cards
Turn needs and wants lessons into digital learning experiences with Google Slides Interactive clip cards.
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This or That! Needs and Wants Slides Game
Practice identifying needs and wants with an active game designed to get your students moving and learning.
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Goods and Services Mini Book
Read, write, and draw to learn about goods and services with a printable mini-book.
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Goods and Services Advertisement Project
Engage your learners with an end-of-unit Goods and Services project.
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Goods and Services Writing Center
Blend your Social studies and writing content with a Goods and Services writing center.
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Goods and Services-Google Interactive
Identify and sort goods and services in locations around the community with a Google Interactive Activity.
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Goods and Services Bingo
Practice identifying examples of goods and services with a few rounds of Goods and Services Bingo!
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Goods and Services Task Cards
Use the Goods and Services Task Cards to practice identifying goods and services.
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Needs and Wants Worksheet
Guide your students to grow their skills in identifying and describing examples of needs and wants with this worksheet.
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Move It! Needs and Wants Slides Game
Get up and moving with an active game while identifying and describing examples of needs and wants.
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Teaching Goods and Services Presentation
Teach your students to identify and describe examples of goods and services with an interactive teaching presentation.
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Frida's Fiesta — Cross-Curricular Learning Activity
Bring real‑world learning into your classroom with Frida’s Fiesta, a flexible inquiry resource packed with engaging task cards.
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Design-a-Currency
An activity for students to design a coin and paper bill.
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Goods and Services Vocabulary Foldable
Write the definitions for vocabulary words associated with your Goods and Services Teaching Presentation on this foldable worksheet.
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Goods and Services Worksheet
Practice identifying and describing examples of goods and services.
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Goods and Services Sorting Activity
Identify things as either "goods" or "services" by looking at 20 examples and sorting them into their appropriate category.
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Governments and How They Function – Worksheet
An activity for students to research the government of two economies and write a report to compare and contrast them.
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Needs vs. Wants Activity
An activity to brainstorm and sort needs and wants.
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Economic Development in Countries Around the World – Worksheet
A worksheet for students to research different economies around the world.
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Economic Interdependence – Comprehension Task
A comprehension task paired with a text about economic interdependence.
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A New Beginning – Island Economy Activity
An activity where students work together to create an economy on a deserted island.
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Money – Word Wall Template
A set of money-themed word wall cards.