The Classroom Mini-Economy is a hands-on form of instruction that prepares students to function in today's rapidly changing and independent society. By organizing their own economy, students learn economic concepts, money management, and decision-making skills. This guide shows teachers how to implement the mini-economy in their classrooms with an advanced section dedicated to middle school classes. Also includes: Economic Primer for Teachers Reproducible Mini-Economy Aids Student WorksheetsAlso available:Play Dough Economics - ISBN 1561836257Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature - ISBN 1561836303The Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy. Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include: - Establishing and building credit - Managing personal finances - Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level - Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.

The Classroom Mini-Economy

Education & Teaching

Harlan R. Day

David Ballard

Schools & Teaching

National Council on Economic Education

Students solve engaging mysteries about current events, government, and the environment by responding to hints and by applying an 'economic way of thinking' Sample mysteries: The Case of the Pampered Chickens The Heart Throb Mystery Why Everything But the Kitchen Sink Gets Stashed in the Overhead Luggage Bins on Airplanes Is Parking Really Free in Fargo? How We Almost Got a Sixth Great Lake The Guide provides: - Overview of 'economic thinking' in 'Handy Dandy Guide' - 35 entertaining mysteries and their solutions - Model daily lesson plan - Student materials
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The great economic mysteries book: A guide to teaching economic reasoning, grades 4-8 - ISBN 1561831255
The Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy.
 Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include:
 - Establishing and building credit
 - Managing personal finances
 - Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level
 - Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.

The Great Economic Mysteries Book: A Guide to Teaching Economic Reasoning, Grades 9-12 (The Great Economic Mysteries Book) (The Great Economic Mysteries Book)

Mark C. Schug

Richard D. Western

Stock market simulations teach students economic principles along with the fundamentals of a market economy. Designed for use with The Stock Market Game™, Learning from the Market assists educators in introducing: The stock market Personal investing Company research How the economy effects investments How investments effect the economy Appropriate for middle and high school classrooms, each of the 24 lessons includes background information, reading materials, and teaching procedures. Assessment activities include journal writing, multiple choice questions, and essay questions. 
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Learning, Earning and Investing: High School - ISBN 1561835706 Institutions and markets - ISBN 1561836168

Learning from the Market: Integrating the Stock Market Game across the Curriculum

John S. Morton

Kathleen Ryan Johnston

This publication is the teacher's edition. Through a community-based publishing project, students in grades 3-–5 learn how economics works through a series of cross-curricula activities such as: -Researching their community and forming a publishing business - Writing and producing a book about the community -• Marketing and selling the book - Analyzing business results With background materials and student handouts, the Teacher Resource Manual includes 33 lessons that cover scarcity, opportunity cost, productivity, incentives, markets and prices, and supply and demand. Also available is a Student Activity Book containing 30 high-involvement student activities along with maps, charts, and exercises in math and language arts designed to help students plan, analyze, organize, and record their experiences in The Community Publishing Company.Also Available:Exploring the marketplace series: The International News Journal, inc. : teacher resource manual - ISBN 1561833991The Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy. Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include: - Establishing and building credit - Managing personal finances - Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level - Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.

Exploring the marketplace : The Community Publishing Company

Margit Mcguire

Diane Wilcox Reinke

Robert W. Reinke

The variety of instructional approaches found in this guide combine learning economics with understanding entrepreneurship. Lessons focus on: How entrepreneurs influence our economy Innovation Profits Markets Lending and borrowing How government and our economy affect entrepreneurs 17 lessons provide background information, required materials, teaching procedures, and student handouts.
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Learning from the Market: Integrating the Stock Market Game across the Curriculum - ISBN 156183386X Learning, Earning and Investing: High School - ISBN 1561835706
The Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy.
 Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include:
 - Establishing and building credit
 - Managing personal finances
 - Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level
 - Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.

Master Curriculum Guide: Economics and Entrepreneurship (Master Curriculum Guide) (Master Curriculum Guide)

John E. Clow

Carolyn R. Holleran

Calvin A. Kent

Test of Understanding College Economics: Test Booklets (set of 25) - Macroeconomics

Business & Money

Phillip Saunders

Economics

Each of the 25 lessons in this five-part instructional guide is designed to build on the world in which young children live. Covered topics include: How goods and services satisfy people's wants The world of work and the role workers and other resources play in producing goods and services The concept of scarcity and the need to make choices Specialization The roles of producers and consumers The role of money in society Each lesson contains a summary of the economic content, a list of materials and preparation needed, instructions for teaching, and suggestions for reinforcing the economic concepts within other subject areas and through children's literature, family activities, newspapers, and community involvement.
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Teaching strategies 3-4 - ISBN 1561834718 Teaching strategies 5-6 - ISBN 1561834726
The Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy.
 Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include:
 - Establishing and building credit
 - Managing personal finances
 - Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level
 - Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.

Teaching Strategies K-2: Teacher Resource Manual (Master Curriculum Guide in Economics) (Master curriculum guide in economics) (Master Curriculum Guides in Economics)

Martha C. Hopkins

Barbara J. Phipps

Rita L. Littrell

The 15 lessons in this five-part instructional guide are designed to make teaching and learning economics exciting and rewarding by building on the world in which children in grades 3-4 live. Students take part in a trading activity, bookmark production activity, conduct interviews, and take part in a simulation. Discussion, reading, and writing clarify and reinforce such economic concepts as: * Goods and services * Scarcity * Wants * Resources * Decision making * Productivity * Specialization * Producers and consumers * Barter * Money * Supply and Demand * Taxes * Entrepreneurship * Division of Labor Each lesson contains a summary of the economic content, a list of materials and preparation needed, instructions for teaching, and suggestions for reinforcing the economic concepts within other subject areas and through children's literature, family activities, newspapers, and community involvement.Also Available:Teaching strategies 5-6 - ISBN1561834726 Teaching strategies K-2 - ISBN 156183470XThe Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy. Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include: - Establishing and building credit - Managing personal finances - Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level - Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.

Teaching Strategies 3-4 (Master Curriculum Guide in Economics) (Master Curriculum Guides in Economics)

Cynthia Samuel

Robert L. Stout

Tapping into their natural interest in business, this guide involves students in production activity, role-play, and market simulations. 15 step-by-step lesson plans incorporate models, flow charts, and graphs to illustrate such economics concepts as:Economic systemsProductivity and marketsProfit and lossSupply and demandRole of government Also included are teaching instructions, lists of required materials, student activities, and suggestions for reinforcing lessons through other subjects, children's literature, news sources, and family or community activities. Also Available:Teaching strategies 3-4 - ISBN 1561834718Teaching strategies K-2 - ISBN 156183470XThe Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy. Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include: - Establishing and building credit - Managing personal finances - Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level - Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.

Teaching Strategies 5-6 (Master Curriculum Guide in Economics) (Master Curriculum Guides in Economics)

Sarapage Mccorkle

Elaine Coulson

Also available:
United States history: Focus on economics - ISBN 1561834882 Focus: Understanding Economics in U.S. History - ISBN 1561836249
The Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy.
 Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include:
 - Establishing and building credit
 - Managing personal finances
 - Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level
 - Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.

Through the Civil War (United States History--Eyes on the Economy, Vol. 1), Student Edition (United States History: Eyes on the Economy)

Donald R. Wentworth

Jean Caldwell

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