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Grade 3-5, K-2
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On-Demand Webinar

Money Movers: Engaging Economics for K- 3: Using Manipulatives and Puzzles to Teach Primary Economic Concepts

Time: 60 mins,
Presenter: Lynne Stover, John Kruggel
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Objective

Teachers will be able to:

  • Explore featured lessons and learn how to implement them for classroom and virtual instruction.
  • Gain access to resources with instructions on how to reproduce and apply game ideas.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Consumers, Producers, Productive Resources

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In this economics webinar, discover using manipulatives, puzzles and classroom-friendly competitions to teach concepts.

Description

Teachers will gain access to classroom tested activities using manipulatives, puzzles and classroom-friendly competitions to help teach K-3 economic concepts. These activities are designed to be used either as stand-alone lessons, or as a comprehensive unit to teach all of your economic content

We will review basic economic concepts such as complements and substitutes, resources/factors of production, and producers and consumers.

 

Resources

Subjects:
Economics

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