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Social Studies — Grade 1
Goal 6: The learner will apply basic economic concepts to home, school, and the community.
Objective 6.06. Identify the uses of money by individuals which include saving and spending.
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General resources
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Aligned lesson plans
Resources on the web
- Working hard for a living
- Students learn that work is a means for obtaining money. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
- Toys for me: A lesson on choice
- Students are introduced to the concept of scarcity by illustrating how time is finite and how life involves a series of choices. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
- To market to market
- Students will participate in a marketplace simulation by role-playing producers and consumers. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
- This little piggybank went to market
- Students understand that work is a source of income. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
- A Pet for Beans from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
- Students learn about trading through a discussion of “Jack and the Beanstalk.” (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
- No Funny Money, Honey....I Want the Real Thing!
- Students learn the characteristics of money. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
- Every penny counts
- Students will learn about choice as consumers. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
- Costs and Benefits of 'The Three Little Pigs'
- Students identify the costs and benefits of decision making as they look at positive and negative outcomes of different decisions. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
- Clipping coupons
- Students calculate savings for different products when using coupons. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Mathematics and Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
- The ABCs of saving
- Students will identify the steps to being a successful saver and learn how saving for tomorrow requires giving something up today. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
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