Teacher Materials
Economics Academy 101 Teacher Guide (PDF File)
Standards Addressed
Social Studies — Economics Standards Addressed Other Standards in the Lessons
Social Studies — Economics Standards Addressed
Other Standards in the Lessons
Student Handouts (PDF Files)
The Basics
Producers and Consumers — Student Handout Factors of Production — Student Handout
Producers and Consumers — Student Handout
Factors of Production — Student Handout
Activities and Review
Vocabulary Cards Definition Cards Concentration Cards — Blank Tic-Tac-Toe Game Board Vocabulary Review Sheet Vocabulary Review Test Form Shape Template
Definition Cards
Concentration Cards — Blank
Tic-Tac-Toe Game Board
Vocabulary Review Sheet
Vocabulary Review Test Form
Grandpa’s Mountain — Student Handout
Competition, Supply and Demand and Interdependence
What’s the Cost? — Problem Cards What’s the Cost? — Choice Chart What Is the Opportunity Cost? The Super Bakery Story Super Bakery — Questions to Consider The Mountain Dew Story Mountain Dew — Questions to Consider
What’s the Cost? — Problem Cards
What’s the Cost? — Choice Chart
What Is the Opportunity Cost?
The Super Bakery Story
Super Bakery — Questions to Consider
The Mountain Dew Story
Mountain Dew — Questions to Consider
Lamp Diagram Lamp Diagram — Student Handout SchoolMark Greeting Card Company — Student Handout The Public vs. the Private Sector — Student Handout #1 The Public vs. the Private Sector — Student Handout #2
Lamp Diagram
Lamp Diagram — Student Handout
SchoolMark Greeting Card Company — Student Handout
The Public vs. the Private Sector — Student Handout #1
The Public vs. the Private Sector — Student Handout #2
Import, Export, Trade and the Circular Motion of the Economy
Availability of Resources — Student Handout Imports and Exports — Student Handout
Availability of Resources — Student Handout
Imports and Exports — Student Handout
Mercantilism and Early Economic History
Interdependence/Mercantilism — Student Handout Mercantilism Through the Triangular Trade — Student Handout Triangular Trade — Sample Song Economics and the Articles of Confederation: Political Cartoons — Student Handout Scenario Cards — Student Handout Napster Case — Student Handout
Interdependence/Mercantilism — Student Handout
Mercantilism Through the Triangular Trade — Student Handout
Triangular Trade — Sample Song
Economics and the Articles of Confederation: Political Cartoons — Student Handout
Scenario Cards — Student Handout
Napster Case — Student Handout
Advance Organizers (PDF Files)
Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5 Advance Organizer Answers
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Video 5
Advance Organizer Answers
