Up and Down: Understanding How Price Influences What We Buy

Scholars answer the question, What makes a good citizen?, with the help of a variety of stories that highlight different forms of active citizenship. After multiple engaging read-alouds, individuals discuss character traits observed, and...

How can we locate places? Maps, of course! Expose second graders to the tools available in maps and discuss how these tools can help people find locations. Students also look at communities, including what makes a community and the...

Do you remember the days when a cup of coffee cost five cents? At A.W. Dennett restaurant in 1894, you could buy a five-cent cup of coffee and as well as a five-cent slice of pie to accompany it. The menu from that year is a primary...

What is a hero? Find out with a lesson that highlights the heroes that risked their lives on September 11, 2001. Class members take part in a grand conversation discussing what heroes are, how we celebrate them, and write a letter to a...

When someone says something offensive based on prejudice or a stereotype, it's often difficult to know how to react. A packet on tolerance and standing up for others guides teachers to both learn and instruct members of their class to...

Students describe the topic of scarcity as it relates to items found in their classroom. Identifying choices of objects, they discuss the costs of choosing one item over another. They discover the difficulty in distributing limited goods...

It's never too early to learn how to be a responsible citizen! Learners listen to stories describing healthy anger management strategies and how to interact well with other (titles recommended). They are guided in a song about shaking...

Students explore economics by completing a money principles activity in class. In this consumer math lesson plan, students utilize a three column table in order to trade class items for other goods. Students identify the opportunity cost...

Learners take ditigal pictures of any subject. Using Photoshop Elements, students organize and save their pictures. They edit the pictures using a Paint Dabs filter. Learners discuss their photographs and how photography influenced the...

Introduce your class to the world of economics in this ELD lesson plan, which takes them through a market simulation. They work in teams to create businesses and produce products or services. Each team must buy materials as well as pay...