Basic Economics Grades 5-8+

Whether in a summer job or lifelong career, your kids will soon compete in a global economy. Give them a head-start glimpse at how the wheels of commerce turn! Featuring informative discussions, work sheets, and Internet activities, this workbook introduces important concepts such as supply and demand; the various effects of government; employment; economic cycles; and business ownership. Includes answer key. Grades 5 to 9. 76 perforated reproducible pages, softcover from Carson-Dellosa.

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Lets Investigate Money

Juvenile literature, this book in the Let's Investigate series provides simple history of money as it replaced bartering, explains how some types of money are used, and shows how things such as checks and credit cards serve as invisible money. Beautiful color photographs! We do carry the other books in the Let's Investigate series. Includes an index and glossary.

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Money Mat

This Money Mat introduces coins, money value, coin combinations, and graphing. Write-on, wipe-off mats appeal to learners of various ages. This full-color mat is laminated on both sides. Ages 5-8.

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Money Smarts: A Family Money Management Game

MoneySmarts simulates a year of family financial planning and decision making within 8 to 10 class periods. Students are grouped into families that include a wage earner, a financial manager, and a dependent. The families develop 12 monthly spending plans based on needs, wants, values, goals, and resources. They deal with unpredictable elements of money management through randomly selected monthly emergencies and quarterly financial bonuses.

This book's reproducible pages give you all the materials you need to set up and run the game. You get a page of financial concepts, outlines of family incomes and expenses, planning sheets for each month, paychecks, slips for the financial emergencies and bonuses, worksheets, and a final quiz. Detailed instructions and evaluation suggestions help you present this simulation easily and effectively in your classes.

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Grocery Cart Math

Demystify abstract mathematical concepts by grounding them in a place your kids visit every week: the grocery store! Every shopping trip will become a scavenger hunt as your 8- to 12-year-olds compare prices, calculate weights and measures, count currency, tackle sales tax, analyze nutritional labels, and learn the value of a dollar. 38 pages, softcover from Common Sense Press.

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