The Classroom Mini-Economy

The Classroom Mini-Economy
Author: Council for Economic Education
Publisher: Council for Economic Educat
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1996
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781561830510

The Classroom MiniEconomy is a handson form of instruction that prepares students to function in today's rapidly changing and interdependent world. This guide shows teachers how to implement the MiniEconomy in their classrooms with an advanced section dedicated to middle school classes.

The Classroom Mini-economy

The Classroom Mini-economy
Author: Harlan R. Day
Publisher: Council for Economic Educat
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781561836277

The Classroom MiniEconomy is a handson form of instruction that prepares students to function in today's rapidly changing and interdependent world. This guide shows teachers how to implement the MiniEconomy in their classrooms with an advanced section dedicated to middle school classes.

Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire

Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire
Author: Rafe Esquith
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0143112864

Read Rafe Esquith's posts on the Penguin Blog. The New York Times bestseller that is revolutionizing the way Americans educate their kids-"Rafe Esquith is a genius and a saint" (The New York Times) Perhaps the most famous fifth-grade teacher in America, Rafe Esquith has won numerous awards and even honorary citizenship in the British Empire for his outstandingly successful methods. In his Los Angeles public school classroom, he helps impoverished immigrant children understand Shakespeare, play Vivaldi, and become happy, self-confident people. This bestseller gives any teacher or parent all the techniques, exercises, and innovations that have made its author an educational icon, from personal codes of behavior to tips on tackling literature and algebra. The result is a powerful book for anyone concerned about the future of our children.

Play Dough Economics

Play Dough Economics
Author: Harlan R. Day
Publisher: Council for Economic Educat
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781561836253

Designed primarily for elementary and middle school students, each of the 15 lessons in this guide introduces an economics concept through activities with modeling clay.

Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature

Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature
Author: Harlan R. Day
Publisher: Council for Economic Educat
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781561836307

This interdisciplinary curriculum guide helps teachers introduce their students to economics using popular children's stories.

Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics

Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics
Author: National Council on Economic Education
Publisher: Council for Economic Educat
Total Pages: 122
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781561834334

This essential guide for curriculum developers, administrators, teachers, and education and economics professors, the standards were developed to provide a framework and benchmarks for the teaching of economics to our nation's children.

Economic Literacy, Grades 6 - 12

Economic Literacy, Grades 6 - 12
Author: Schyrlet Cameron
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2008-09-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580377017

Make economics easy for students in grades 6–12 using Economic Literacy: A Simplified Method for Teaching Economic Concepts. This 96-page book presents difficult terms and concepts in a simplified format and helps students gain a better understanding of how the American economic system works. Activities allow students to explore ideas, practice research skills, access information through technology, and find the connection between economic theories and historical events. The book also includes simulations and games that reinforce core concepts.

Betty Bunny Wants Everything

Betty Bunny Wants Everything
Author: Michael Kaplan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2012-02-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101644125

Preschooler Betty Bunny is back and testing her limits. Luckily, she is a loveable handful nobunny can resist. This hardcover picture book in the Betty Bunny series is by author Michael B. Kaplan, creator of Disney’s T.V. series Dog with a Blog. Betty Bunny doesn’t know why she can only buy one toy in the toy store when she wants them all. Her family tells Betty Bunny she can’t have everything she wants and come up with a lesson to teach her the value of money and spending limits. But the precocious bunny comes up with a hilarious loophole. Betty Bunny’s preschool perspective and negotiating skills will leave you in stitches.

Economics for Middle School

Economics for Middle School
Author: Manju Agarwal
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2022-07-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 100059789X

This book discusses the importance of teaching fundamental economic concepts as part of the middle school social science curriculum in India. It examines the status of economics in Indian schools and the issues faced in teaching it at the middle school level and emphasizes the need for increasing the economic literacy of students. It offers valuable recommendations to curriculum planners and educators to help them bolster economics education in Indian schools. The author presents an extensive curriculum framework with the intention of developing intellectual and social skills in students. The book also features classroom-tested lessons, content guidelines, and a comprehensive teaching plan for grades 6, 7 and 8. A crucial contribution to the study of school education in India, this book will be of interest to teachers, students and researchers of education, economics education and economics. It will also be useful for policy planners, professional economists, administrators, school boards and research institutions.