Economics · Topics commonly taught around grade 3

Wanting more than there is

Work through concrete choices about limited resources, useful goods and services, production, money, saving and exchange.

Ages 8–9 8 lessons about 7 hours in all

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1 What we need, what we want
2 Resources have limits
3 Goods and services
4 Producers, consumers and their links
5 What a choice gives up
6 Money, payment and change
7 Saving and waiting for a goal
8 Why people exchange