{Download FREEBIE pack here.} Economics is my absolute FAVORITE social studies unit to teach. There are so many hands-on activities to do with students and they are so eager to earn and spend money! One of my favorite activities is to end with our "Madden's Marketplace." This is a chance for students to put into action all of the things they have learned about being producers and consumers. To begin with, I send home a letter asking students to create paper goods. Why paper? It's something all of my students have at home (or I can easily give them). I want my marketplace to be fair for all students. I'm sure I could let them have the freedom to create any product, using any materials and I would get some amazing masterpieces. I would also get some elaborate (and expensive) items. That's not what I want. I encourage parents to spend NO money on this and for it to be STUDENT CREATED. I really want them to take the initiative. Here are some samples of paper products my students created to sell this year - everything from rockets to bookmarks to lanterns to hats. I incorporate the making of goods into my students' homework schedule, encouraging them to create two products per night. Before the due date, we work on creating "shops" in class. We create our "shop" by gluing two file folders together. The picture below is using legal-sized file folders, but that just happens to be what we had available. Shop Parts: Signs: Initially, we create the signs for our shops, color the awnings to make them eye-catching. Open/Closed: Next, we create open/closed signs that sit atop our shop so we can easily flip the sign to show the status of our shops. Slogan: We then come up with a catchy slogan. We talk about slogan's we know from commercials. Why did those stick in our heads? We learn to use a play on words, alliteration, onomatopoeia, etc. to make our slogans catchy so consumers will remember them. Product Description: Students each write a product description detailing WHAT their product is and HOW it works or can be used. We talk about the importance of letting consumers know exactly what they are getting. Commercial Script: Finally, students write commercials to "sell" their products to their classmates. We use hooks to get their attention, repetitions of our catchy slogans, and persuasion. Other Components: We also glue on the Consumer Comments, Price, and Interest Inventories, but we leave all of those blank initially. On the day of the marketplace, students set up their shops and lay their products out on display. Then, they have a chance to walk around the classroom and "window shop." They are encouraged to take a good look at all of their options, reading the product descriptions and examining the merchandise. After students have had a good look at all of their choices, I give them stickers (I would recommend 3-4). They walk around and place their stickers on the "Interest Inventory" of the products that interest them the most. The results of the interest inventory are used by the shop owners to determine if they have a high demand or low demand for their products. Knowing the demand helps them determine a price for their product. High demand = higher price. Low demand = lower price. The only rule is that all prices have to be in whole dollars. Once prices are set, then students are ready to go shopping! There are many different ways to let students shop. Some years, if I've done economy-based management system, my students will use "money" they've earned to shop. This year, I just gave them all $12 to shop with. I'm always torn about letting my students split into groups to run their shops (half shop while half work) - it always seems that students don't get to shop at all of the stores in that scenario. To solve that problem, I let all of my students shop at the same time. To do this students create "tokens" to leave at their shop. They create the same number as products they have to sell. For example, if Katie has 10 kites to sell, she creates and leaves 10 tokens with her name or shop name on them. Once each shop has tokens, students are ready to shop. Since there are no workers at the shops to collect money, I give my students "consumer spending logs" with pictures of dollars on them. Since I gave my students 12 dollars to spend, their consumer spending logs had 12 one dollar pictures. As students go around to the shops, they color in the dollars they've spent and pick up tokens (NOT products) that they will trade in for their purchases once the shops close. Once all of the tokens are gone, that shop is "closed." Once a student has colored in all of the dollars on his/her spending log, they are done shopping. It really works out quite well. Once students have traded all of their tokens in for their goods, they are given paper for providing feedback to the shops. They slip these into the "consumer comments" pockets on the storefronts. They love reading the feedback from their customers! <3 After wrapping up our shops, students are often left with some extra products. Instead of having them take their own products back home, I let them put another economics concept into practice - BARTERING! They have a blast working out "fair swaps" for their products and really working to get the other things they may have wanted but didn't have the money to purchase...and of course, they do all of this while proudly wearing some of their favorite purchases. :) All in all, it is a fun day of learning. Students take their roles as both producers and consumers seriously and come away with a real sense of accomplishment! If you would like to download this packet of FREE resources to hold your own Economics shop, you can do so HERE. Enjoy!

''Published, August, 1911.''

It's totally possible to make money homeschooling. Whether you work outside the home or are making money from home. Here are 17 ideas to get you started.

Maximizing Earnings with a Homeschooling Blog: Top Strategies for Success As a homeschooling parent, you may have considered monetizing yo...

There are several ways to make money while molding and shaping the minds of your children to thrive in this world--start here.

This is an anchor chart that can be used when teaching weather to students. Can be printed in poster size to be enlarged. *Images from openclipart.org PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW ME AND RATE MY PRODUCTS! THANKS =) EARN TPT CREDITS WHEN RATING! TpT credits are points which can be applied to future purchases to save you money. To earn credits: After you make a purchase, rate and comment fairly on the product page of your purchased item. You need to do both to earn your credits. But you don't have to rate and comment right away. You can do so after you've had a chance to use the product. Just return to the product page when you're logged in to TpT.

Ever wondered how you could make money while homeschooling your kids? Check out how I changed our family's finances, in just 10 hours a week!

Knowing how to think through issues is something that my son is VERY interested in lately. To that end we’ve been learning debate and some of the fallacies that go into having a debate. When we were offered the chance to go through another critical thinking product, my son was delighted! A chance to problem […]

If you are looking for an extra income and you speak a second language, you have to consider becoming a Translator even if you do not have experience. Check this post to learn how you can find online translation jobs and start making money from home.

There are many reasons why you might think you cannot homeschool your children. In addition to wondering if you’re qualified (which you, by the way, most certainly ARE), there also comes the financial worries that go along with homeschooling. How can your family survive on one income? Doesn’t it

Free Addition Math Game: Add It

Evan-Moor® Financial Literacy Lessons & Activities, Grade 3 | Give third grade students important life skills by teaching them about money and financial concepts, and how to apply math to the world around them! This dynamic teaching resource provides reproducible cut-out math manipulatives, reference sheets, and visual aids to support students as they explore real-world lessons and hands-on activities related to earning money at a job, making and following a budget, using credit cards, paying taxes, buying things at a store, and more. Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities for Grade 3 is based on national and state standards and enriches any math curriculum in the classroom or home. What’s Inside: Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities Grade 3 is based on current national and state standards, and each of the 10 units includes: • Teacher overview with a suggested teaching plan, discussion questions, and vocabulary • Real-world story that introduces each unit’s theme in the context of real life • Cross-curricular activities including vocabulary, reading comprehension, and social studies • Math application that presents scenarios using money-based word problems • Hands-on activities such as partner and whole-class games and role playing that bring the concepts to life Valuable teaching tools include these reproducible worksheets: • Cut-out math manipulatives such as play money • Reference sheets and visual aids such as number charts and balance sheets • Glossary of vocabulary words 144 reproducible pages. Includes answer key. #

What is worldschooling and how can I possibly afford it? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this worldschooling article!

Homeschool Survey!

Financially savvy kids are future leaders!

This is a sort to have students distinguish between each type of writing. My students love learning about all of these different types of text and have often written their own after learning the attributes of each. **Be sure to rate my product to earn TpT credits! Credits can be redeemed to purchase any products on TpT. Really!! All you need to do is rate my product and TpT will give you free money! No strings attached. :)** To check your credits balance, click "TPT Credit Balance" under the "My TpT" dropdown in the righthand corner of your screen.

We may earn money or products from the companies mentioned in this post. Please see policies for more information.Today’s toothpick activity is a fun little “magic” trick uses toothpicks and water. Start with 5 toothpicks, water, a straw for easy water dropping and a plate to catch the water. Carefully break the toothpicks in half (as

Passed vs. past. Know when to use passed or past. Commonly confused words. Test when to use passed or past. Examples and definitions included.

What is worldschooling and how can I possibly afford it? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this worldschooling article!

The Ultimate Guide to Time Management for Kids: 8 FUN time management activities, 22 MUST-TRY tips and 4 productivity techniques that work!

Want to earn a solid income from home with a flexible schedule? Start teaching English as a second language abroad online from anywhere, anytime.

What can I do with my teaching degree besides teach? Check out a list of job ideas to start your job search with!

Little 1st grade Social Studies Thinkers Curriculum is a complete First Grade social studies curriculum with lessons specifically for primary kids. It's content-focused, user-friendly, and contains EVERYTHING you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students. NO SUPPLEMENTING.

Cash alternatives are investment types that you can consider as alternatives to simply holding money in your checking account.

Saving up for back to homeschool can be tough. Try any one of these 6 tips for back to homeschooll to help with the pressure on your wallet.

This tutorial shows your students the universal proofreading marks and how to use them. Plus, you'll get examples and an exercise to reinforce the information.

Are you feeling lost and overwhelmed by your child’s dyslexia diagnosis? Where do you start? How do you find help? I have dealt with all those feelings and questions and more! It is not an ea…

Economics instruction is important! This post shares how to teach high school economics in your homeschool. It's way easier than you might imagine!

Sprawdź się jak założyć sklep internetowy w 1 dzień. Darmowy 14 dniowy test. Załóż sklep internetowy i zacznij zarabiać sprzedając w sieci.

There are a lot of bloggers out there in that vast expanse of cyber space, but blogging can be all about your own personal benefit. You see, some people blog for the benefit of others, some blog for money, and others blog for themselves. As a homeschool mother of six, I blog for several reasons… […]

Learn how to invest money. Investing for Beginners! Napkin Finance is a quick and easy way to learn about finance without dying of boredom.

It is very easy to make money as a voice-over actor if you have the proper training. I am going to guide you on how to become a voice-over...

Bare vs. bear: what's the difference? Bare and bear are two homophones that are often mistakenly interchanged in writing. These two words are pronounced the

It's hard to believe there are only 20 days of school left. But if you visited my classroom you would know right away because my little cuties ARE GOING CRAZY! And they are driving their teacher CRAZY too! I loved Reagan Tunstall's post yesterday. Read it HERE. AMEN to all she said about how crazy it is getting. I had one of my little firsties put glue all over another person's chair today. What's with that? Nothing like that has ever happen in my room before. I just keep telling myself- only 20 days, only 20 days. Seriously, I love my kiddos but I forget how CRAZY they get at the end! Anyhow, we've been working on Wants and Needs and I have a little freebie to share. It's a little class sort of some of the things we want or need. I dug around to find pictures and ended up use several graphic artists so here is credit where credit is due- Scrappin Doodles, KPM Doodles, 3 AM Teacher, and Kevin and Amanda Fonts. Their links are on my side bar. Just click on the picture below to grab a PDF copy. Click HERE to download the file. I hope someone can use it! I also downloaded a new packet to my shops. You can check it out too. It's a few of the activities we've been doing with Fact Families. Click on the word for a link to my shops. TpT or Teacher Notebook Thanks for stopping by. I hope you found something you can use in your classroom! Have a great Wednesday.

This 'Design Your Own Planet' activity encourages creativity and imagination as children embark on a journey to create their very own celestial world. With fill-in-the-blank prompts inspired by key aspects of planetary features, students will name their planet, describe its distance from the sun, en...

As a single parent, I know so well how hard it can be to find a job that suits, that remotely pays enough and you have half a hope of enjoying. But what