Money Simulation (mini economy)

Students simulate an economy in the classroom by role playing employees, employers, and the bank. In this economy lesson plan, students get and deposit fake checks and create an account register.

Why are US dollars no longer backed by gold and silver? What is our medium of exchange, and what would it be like to live in a barter economy? Learners consider these questions, as well as learn about the major historical events in the...

Fifth graders listen as the teacher explains the Mini Economy to be activated in the classroom in the next few weeks. They examine how they to apply for jobs, make money, determine how to save it, and how monetary mishaps occur...

Students investigate how the economy works by role playing in their class.  In this money management lesson, students read parts from a script for use in a role playing lesson simulating the Federal Reserve and their payment processing....

Students compare and contrast the ways in which people and goods move between European countries prior to and post European Union creation. Students simulate product movement through four different countries prior to the creation of the...

Seventh graders investigate the Federal reserve.  In this economics lesson, 7th graders participate in a simple banking simulation to learn how banks take in deposits, make loans, and hold reserves.  Students study the purpose of the...

Students complete a graphic organizer on the economic cycle.  In this government and the economy lesson, students discover ways that the government can have an impact on the economy.  Students view a slideshow and complete a graphic...

Students discuss the definition of economics and study how current and historic societies have had economic systems. They determine necessary classroom jobs and attach ddaily or weekly salaries to those positions. Students are introduced...

Students use jellybeans as currency to spend when they visit the virtual world of a simulated Toontown in Disneyland. In this currency lesson plan, students prepare a collage of what they learned about the town and how to spend currency...

Send your enthusiastic entrepreneurs' career sense into motion with a business-minded lesson plan. They review and dissect business plans before applying their findings to their own business venture. Scholars then identify whether or not...