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📈 Economics & Markets

Build economics literacy through scarcity, choices, needs, wants, goods, services, resources, production, opportunity cost, incentives, supply, demand, prices, markets, money, labor, income, business costs, profit, competition, trade, public goods, taxes, externalities, inflation, policy, household economics, economic data, and a market simulation capstone.

20 lessonsAges 3–10Four age versions per lessonEconomicsMarketsDecision MakingData Literacy

Complete lesson syllabus

Every lesson below contains age-banded facts and quiz questions. Some lessons also include a make-or-explain artifact prompt. Titles are shown in their current course order.

  1. What Is Economics?
    Economics · Decision Making · Systems Thinking
    Example: Economics studies scarcity, choices, incentives, tradeoffs, markets, work, production, consumption, and rules.
  2. Scarcity & Choices
    Scarcity · Prioritization · Decision Making
    Example: Scarcity forces tradeoffs because choosing one thing often means giving up another.
  3. Needs, Wants & Wellbeing
    Needs Wants · Wellbeing · Values
    Example: Needs can include food, water, shelter, clothing, safety, healthcare, rest, belonging, and education.
  4. Goods & Services
    Goods Services · Production · Consumption
  5. Resources & Production
    Production · Resources · Systems
  6. Opportunity Cost
    Opportunity Cost · Tradeoffs · Decision Making
  7. Incentives
    Incentives · Behavior · Policy
  8. Supply & Demand
    Supply Demand · Markets · Data
  9. Prices & Markets
    Prices · Markets · Information
  10. Money & Exchange
    Money · Exchange · Financial Literacy
  11. Work, Labor & Income
    Labor · Careers · Income
  12. Business Costs & Profit
    Business · Costs · Entrepreneurship
  13. Competition & Market Power
    Competition · Market Power · Consumer Awareness
  14. Trade & Specialization
    Trade · Global Literacy · Specialization
  15. Public Goods & Taxes
    Public Goods · Civics · Taxes
  16. Externalities & Environment
    Externalities · Environmental Economics · Policy
  17. Inflation & Purchasing Power
    Inflation · Money · Data Literacy
  18. Rules, Policy & Safety Nets
    Policy · Civics · Economic Justice
  19. Household & Community Economics
    Budgeting · Community Economics · Planning
  20. Market Simulation Capstone
    Markets · Decision Making · Reflection

How age adaptation works

The lesson record contains separate fact sets and quiz questions for Pre-K, kindergarten, early elementary, and upper elementary. This is not the same paragraph with a smaller font: vocabulary, detail, and question demands can change by age band. Parents can still choose a different level if their child needs it.

Assessment and records

Course quizzes provide immediate practice feedback. Completion and progress can feed parent-managed records, but a quiz score is not a teacher-issued grade, independent diagnosis, or accredited course credit.

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