Economics 4th/5th: General Sites

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Economic Education is usually ignored and considered boring for children by most teachers. To the contrary, children engaged economic concepts daily. The real key is to make the lesson plans interactive and having the children apply the concepts in simulations or real life situations. The lesson plans highlighted here and in the other economic indicators attempt to identify lesson plans that go beyond the ordinary and challenge the children to learn by doing. It is usually good to start by doing a little background research on the subject of economics.
http://encarta.msn.com/EncartaHome.asp

Another place to check before starting economics is the Britannica Online. For instance, I went to the Britannica Online and put "supply and demand" in the search box and the first item that appeared was a lesson plan. You can go to Britannica Online by using this link:
http://www.ebig.com/
 

In addition, to see the lesson plan sample on supply and demand, you can click this link:
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst184.html
 

Another free site (you have to register) is the Funk and Wagnalls encyclopedia. http://www.funkandwagnalls.com/
 
 

The University of Omaha site has resources and lesson plans, and you will see it referenced throughout the indicators and outcomes for economics teaching.
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/
 
 

A commercial site from Houghton Mifflin, you will find this site referenced in many other Web sites. http://www.eduplace.com/links/gen/economics.html
 
 
 

This is the Economics America site with lists of standards and ideas for teaching economics. The links from the site are tested and are very useful for teaching older fourth and above grade children.
http://www.economicsamerica.org/standards/index.html
 
 

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing offers a few resources about money for teachers.
http://www.bep.treas.gov/index.htm
 
 

A collection of sites related to all aspects of economics is located at the site called History/Social Studies Site for K-12 Teachers, address is:
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/geog.html#ECONOMICS
 
 

The Maryland Council on Economic Education and the Maryland Geographic Alliance have developed an excellent site that covers many of the geographic and economics indicators using a literature based approach. The list of books is directly linked to grade level and to the MSPAP indicators. This site is a source of lesson plans and ideas for teaching both economics and geography. To find the entire list go to:
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html
 

The Council on Economic Education in Maryland
http://www.econed.org
 

Connections+ is a resource Internet site with lesson plans and good explanations of the standards connected with all phases of social studies instruction. We especially like some of their ideas about economics. You can search their site by beginning with the home page:
http://www.mcrel.org/resources/plus/index.asp
 
 

One part of the Connections+ site is their explanations of the standards for teaching about economics. You can go directly to the standards and their explanations by clicking:
http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/standardslib/econ.html

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