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Grade 3-5, 6-8
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Activity

How I Can Earn Money

Time: 20 mins,
Updated: September 15 2021,
Author: Council for Economic Education
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Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Identify ways they can earn money.

Standards

National Standards in Economics

National Standards in Financial Literacy

State Standards

Concepts

Entrepreneurs, Goods and Services, Income

In this personal finance activity, students will identify and explain different ways they can earn money.

Resources

Procedure

This is an individual activity where students will identify and explain three different jobs they can perform to earn money. To complete this activity, students need to follow the directions below:

  1. Consider three possible ways to earn money by providing goods or services to your customers and complete the Quizizz activity, complete the worksheet, or the ReadyAssessments Activity.
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