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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Activities for Economics Education

Make economics concepts more vivid and tangible. With Activities for Economics Education you now have the means for incorporating hands-on activities that will not only add interest, but will also provide your students with a memorable way to learn and understand essential economics concepts. Additionally, the 19, ready-to-use reproducible activities in this timely resource will help students build important critical thinking and analytical skills.

• Activities span the spectrum of key economic concepts and principles, including the role of money, supply and demand, opportunity costs, and economic indicators, such as gross domestic product, foreign trade, and much more.
• Students can create their own personal consumer price index, calculate the local unemployment rate, and more.
• Comprehensive teacher support includes learning objectives, teaching tips and suggestions, references to Internet sites, and extension activities.
• Correlated to the National Standards for Business Education and the National Standards for Economics Education
• The perfect complement to any economics course, as well as to any business education or social studies course.

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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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Economics and You Grades 5-8+

Bring math down to earth for your 10- to 14-year-olds. Introduce them to the building blocks of economics---and let them see how financial principles operate in the real world! Activities and puzzles reinforce concepts such as supply and demand; banking and interest; balancing a checkbook; applying for credit and car loans; comparison grocery shopping; taxes; and more. 62 perforated reproducible pages, softcover from Mark Twain Media/Carson-Dellosa.

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