Jamie Burch

Technology Resource Teacher
Fayette County Public Schools

Garden Springs Elementary   |   Picadome Elementary   |   Linlee Elementary
 
Economics
  • Kids Bank: Learn about the penny, the dollar bill, checks and much more.
  • How things are made: Movies on how products are manufactured.
  • Coin Cartoons: From US Mint, Birth of a Coin and Coins Around the World.
  • US Mint Time Machine: Travel to different time periods to learn about money during that time.
  • Mega Penny Project: Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. This site helps students visualize large amounts.
  • History of Money: Flash required. Learn when cows, grain and other items were used as payment.
  • Goods and Services: Interactive activity that explains goods and services.
  • Delivering the Goods: Community Workers and what they do.
  • Drag and Drop Activity: Match the occupation with the service they provide.
  • Wants and Needs: PowerPoint for Primary
  • Comparison Shopping with Excel: This lesson uses an excel spreadsheet for teaching economics. 
  • Economic WebQuest: This WebQuest walks the students through creating their own business. It has an excellent PowerPoint that reviews economic terminology.
  • Economic term quizzes: There are 5 different quizzes, you can choose a quiz depending on which terms you want to review. 
  • Matching game: Match the economic term with the correct definition.
  • Money Comes and Goes - and interactive lesson students can use online to work through the activities - appropriate for 2/3 and intermediate
  • Escape from KNAB - a simulation game that requires students to plan a budget in order to return to earth - appropriate for intermediate/middle school
  • Moneyville: Online activities - "Lemonade Stand" and "Get Real"
  • Econopolis: Thinkquest designed increase understanding of money, economics, goods, services, producer, consumer, supply, demand, free enterprise, opportunity cost, and trade.
  • Where's George?: Track dollar bills all over the world.
  • Jeopardy: Primary economics
  • Jeopardy: Economic definitions

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