Read Works
Read Works: A Trip to the Store
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fictional narrative shares the story of a shopping trip and the theme "wants versus needs" in life. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Becoming a Wise Consumer: Comparison Shopping
In this introductory lesson to money management for teens, students will use everyday math skills to comparison shop a variety of products. Students will learn several ways to save money, including using store discounts, coupons, and...
Curated OER
Snaith Primary School: Settings: Shopping Mall
A photograph with an aerial view of a busy shopping mall by Tony Newlin.
Tour Costa Rica
Info Costa Rica: At the Shoe Store
This is a short tutorial for Spanish that may come in handy while buying shoes. Includes vocabulary and phrases.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Ellen Dunham Jones: Retrofitting Suburbia
Ellen Dunham-Jones takes a look at how shopping has evolved over the past few decades and discusses what's to come of dying malls, dead "big box" stores, and empty parking lots. [19:24]
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Las Tiendas
This site has a cultural explanation in Spanish and English with a few comprehension questions about stores in Spanish-speaking countries. Additional links are provided for more information on this topic. Great reading selection for...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Shopping (Compras) Listening Dialogs
At this site designed for Spanish speakers of English, students listen to a conversation between a shopper and a store clerk. Then they answer questions that test their listening and comprehension skills. Instructions are in Spanish.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Recognizing the Penny
As an introduction to a unit on money, learners will work with teacher to recognize the penny and its value. Then students will go shopping at the classroom store to practice counting pennies.