Economics for Primary Grades

Compiled by Bertie Ratliff

All sites posted 12/2/02 are from Econ EdLink and have national standards listed.

Date found	Topic	Site	Notes
12/02/02	Building a community	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM285	General overview of site.
12/02/02	Building a neighborhood	http://pbskids.org/rogers/R_house/build.htm	Interactive, may need plugin. Okay to download
12/02/02	How factories work	http://pbskids.org/rogers/R_house/picpic.htm	Interactive, may need plugin. Okay to download
12/02/02	Sharing	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM252	Intro to sharing. Teacher lesson
12/02/02	Follow-up to sharing	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM256	Nice interactive activity at end
12/02/02	Natural Resources- Australia topic	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM362	Lesson plus interactive part
12/02/02	Productive Resources- Who does what?	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM343	Lesson with some visuals
12/02/02	Who does what job in a community? What job is right for the person?	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM284	Based on Tortoise and Hare. Interactive parts. Reads story
12/02/02	Making things: then and now	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM295	Lesson plus small interactive site
12/02/02	Cost vs benefit	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM294	Lesson plus Interactive. Reads the story to class
12/02/02	Making Work related Job Choices	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM279	Lesson plus Interactive song and activity.
12/02/02	Who pays for City Hall	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM281	NICE ONE!!! Lesson and Interactive with several links
12/02/02	We all have wants. How do we deal with them?	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM268	Story and related activity. VERY PRIMARY presentation
12/02/02	Trading money for goods.	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM269	Based on Norman Rockwell Painting, lesson plus Interactive.
12/02/02	Costs involved with life’s activities	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM266	Lesson and Interactive Story in English and Spanish.
12/02/02	Farming: How do farmers decide what to grow?	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM267	Interactive, Relates to a Van Gogh Painting
12/02/02	Earning rewards	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM232	Interactive with Clifford Story
12/02/02	What do other people want to be?	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM212	Simple, Interactive lesson. Graphing with their data
12/02/02	What do you want to be?	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM207	Lesson and Interactive, learn about jobs.
12/02/02	Differences between services and products	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM197	Lesson plus interactive
12/02/02	Understand the variety of jobs in a business	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM195	Lesson plus Interactive
12/02/02	Goods and Services	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM194	Lesson and Interactive
12/02/02	History of money development	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM178	Lesson plus Interactive
12/02/02	Increasing Productivity	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM171	Lesson plus Interactive. Origami folding. May be too advanced for 1-2
12/02/02	Money around the world	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM169	Simple concept, advanced image sites? Lessons and Interactive
12/02/02	Using Today’s products (Plastic) in the future.	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM167	Lesson plus interactive
12/02/02	How we use water	http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM166	Lesson plus slight Interactive