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Online elementary economics lessons

Lesson:The Tortilla Factory
Grades: K-3
Concepts: Productive resources,, Natural resources, Human resources, Capital resources, Intermediate goods
From: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
http://www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/assets/lesson_plans/TortillaFactory.pdf

Lesson: Money, Money, Honey Bunny
Grades K-3
Concepts: Goods, Saving, Services
From: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
http://www.philadelphiafed.org/education/teachers/lesson-plans/MoneyMoneyHoneyBunny.pdf

Lesson: The Pickle Patch Bathtub
Grades K-3
Concepts: Opportunity Cost, Saving
From: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
http://www.philadelphiafed.org/education/teachers/lesson-plans/pickle-patch-bathtub.pdf

Lesson: Potato, A Tale of the Great Depression
Grades K-3
Concepts: Barter, Consumers, Goods, Money, Wants
From: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
http://www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/assets/lesson_plans/Potato.pdf


Lesson (Grades 1-3):   The Goat in the Rug
Concepts: producers, resources (natural, human, capital), intermediate goods, language arts
From Economics and Children's Literature
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lit-goat.htm

Lesson (Grades 1-3):  If you Give a Mouse a Cookie
Concepts: unlimited wants, goods, services, language arts
From Economics and Children's Literature
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/mouse.htm

Lesson (Grades 1-3):  Busiest People Ever
Concepts: unlimited wants, goods, services, language arts
From Economics and Children's Literature
http://www.umsl.edu/~econed/busiestpeople.htm

Lesson: Saturday Sancocho
Grades: 3-5
Concepts: Barter, Coincidence of Wants, Money
From: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia http://www.philadelphiafed.org/education/teachers/lesson-plans/saturday-sancocho.pdf

Lesson (Grades 3-6): Teaching Economics Using Lunch Money by Andrew Clements.
Concepts: banking and interest, mass production, competition, opportunity cost, productive resources.
http://cob.jmu.edu/econed/lunchmoney/

Lesson (Grades 3-6): Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
Concepts: Productive Resources, Opportunity Cost
From: LibrarySparks online Web Resources
http://www.highsmith.com/pdf/librarysparks/2009/lsp_aug09_lib_lessons.pdf

Lesson: Kermit the Hermit
Concepts: goods, services, choices, spending, saving, income, interest
Personal Finance Lessons  in Children's Literature (Online)
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/Kermit/index.asp

Lesson: A Gift for Mama
Concepts: income, saving, short-term goals
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/Mama/index.asp

Lesson: Mr. Popper's Penguins
Concepts: opportunity cost, credit, credit limit, interest or finance charge, language arts, geography, science math
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/Penguins/index.asp

Lesson: The Leaves in October
Concepts: saving, income, spending, opportunity cost, interest
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/Leaves/index.asp

Lesson (Grades 4-6):  Homer Price (The Doughnuts)
Concepts: capital resources, increasing productivity, law of demand, quantity demand, language arts
From Economics and Children's Literature
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/litdough.htm

Lesson (Grades 4-6):  The Great Brain
Concepts: economic incentives, language arts
From Economics and Children's Literature
http://www.umsl.edu/~econed/greatbrain.htm
 

Lesson (Grades 4-6):  The Real McCoy
Concepts: increasing productivity, patent, language arts
From Economics and Children's Literature
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/realmccoy.htm

Lesson (Grades 4-8): The Colonial Worker's Web
Concepts: goods, services, producers, consumers, self-sufficiency, specialization,
interdependence, barter
http://www.econ-fun.com/sample_lessons.htm

Lesson:  The Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money
Concepts: spending, goods, services, income, saving, savings, interest 
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/Bears/index.asp

Lesson:  Bingo Brown and the Language of Love 
Concepts: credit, credit cards, service credit, interest
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/Bingo/index.asp

Lesson:  The Hundred Penny Box 
Concepts: saving, savings, interest, interest rate, compounding 
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/Penny/index.asp

Lesson:  Meet Molly, An American Girl 
Concepts: saving, spending, opportunity cost 
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/Molly/index.asp

Lesson:  Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars
Concepts: credit, debt, saving 
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/Gazillion/index.asp

Lesson:  Tarantula Shoes
Concepts: spending, saving, earning, opportunity cost, trade-offs 
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/TarantulaShoes/index.asp

Lesson:  Yard Sale
Concepts: spending, goods, services, price, advertising, choice, alternatives, criteria, opportunity cost 
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/YardSale/index.asp
Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books:
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html