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3-5 Core Curriculum – Economics: Savings and Profit
In this fun and interactive unit study, designed to meet and exceed state and national standards, your children will explore personal finance and entrepreneurship. With over 22 activities and 8 hands-on exercises, including literature-based economics lesson plans, your children will be fascinated from beginning to end. Each chapter includes a variety of activities, including videos, hands-on projects, interactive websites, readings, worksheets, charts, games, and much more to make learning economics relevant and FUN!
This unit study is part of our economics core curriculum series for grades 3-5. The time needed to complete this unit study will vary for each child, but you should expect to spend approximately 30 hours.
Take a peek inside:
Income and earnings
Balancing income and expenses
Fixed and variable expenses
Budgeting
Spending versus saving
Personal financial responsibility
Opportunity cost of spending decisions
The truth about millionaires
Ways to save
How banks work
U.S. Savings Bonds
Investment options
The power of 72
Compounding interest
Stock markets
The real cost of credit and debt
Entrepreneurship
Inventors versus entrepreneurs
Patents
Profit
Business plans
and much more!
All activities in this unit study are presented in an easy to follow format with an active and updated web link. Click on the link and the best resources on the World Wide Web appear for your children. But this unit study is not just a collection of web sites to read! It is much more than that! The links bring the world to your children by providing streaming videos, interactive web sites, educational games, audio files, and more. At Intellego Unit Studies, we believe in the varied learning styles and multiple intelligences of every child. That’s why all of our unit studies include reading and writing activities, videos, art, comparisons, drawing and painting, discussions, hands-on activities, art projects, full-color high resolution graphics, printable activity pages, and more!
Posted
Aug 2023
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At Intellego Unit Studies, our mission is to provide engaging curriculum that meets the need of the 21st century student. Using the best resources available on the Internet, Intellego Unit Studies unites technology, learning style theory, and multisensory activities to help children reach their true academic potential.
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