Basic Economic Concepts: Common Core Lessons & Activities

Basic Economic Concepts: Common Core Lessons & Activities

• Information Extraction: Read and comprehend texts
• Advanced Thinking: Develop higher-order thinking skills
• Problem Formulation: Write and solve problems
• Source Analysis: Analyze primary sources
• Word Expansion: Build vocabulary
• Visual Aids: Use graphic organizers
• Mapping Activities: Engage in map-related tasks
• Additional Features: More resources included
• Included: Graphic Organizer; Also available online: 8.5" x 11" download

How to Use the <b>Basic Economic Concepts - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b> book:<br /> Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations. <br /> Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills. <br /> Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go. <br /> Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes! <br /><br />Tips: <br /> Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs. <br /> Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine. <br /> Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson. <br /><br />The <b>Basic Economic Concepts - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b> book includes: <br /> Reading for Information<br /> Higher-Order Thinking<br /> Writing Problems<br /> Primary Source Analysis<br /> Vocabulary<br /> Graphic Organizers<br /> Map Activities<br /> & More! <br /><br />Here is the Table of Contents for the <b>Basic Economic Concepts - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b> book: <br /><b>Needs and Wants:</b> Reading Informational Text <b>G</b><br /><b>Exchange & Money: </b>Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Scarcity, Choices, & Costs: </b>Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Getting in Line: </b>Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>Cost & Benefit of Choices: </b>Graphical Analysis <b>G</b><br /><b>Communities: Consumers & Producers: </b>Reading Informational Text<br /><b> "A Double Hold-up": </b>Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>Factors of Production: </b>Graphical Analysis <b>G</b><br /><b>Incentives: </b>Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Supply and Demand: </b>Data Analysis<br /><b>Economic Flowchart: </b>Vocabulary <b>G</b><br /><b>Factors Affecting Supply & Demand: </b>Compare & Contrast <b>GO1</b><br /><b>Economic Consequences: </b>Cause & Effect <b>G</b><br /><b>Adam Smith & Free Markets: </b>Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Economist Quotations: </b>Summarizing Information <b>G</b><br /><b>Economic Systems: </b>Reading Informational Text <b>GO2</b><br /><b>Entrepreneurship: </b>Writing<br /><b>Banks, Savers, & Borrowers: </b>Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Government & Taxes: </b>Reading informational Text <b>G</b><br />Common Core State Standards Correlations<br /><br /><b>G:</b> Includes Graphic Organizers