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YOU CHOOSE
Teacher’s find this book helpful in social studies, consumer, career and bus
iness education as an aid to introducing elementary economics in simple, understandable language. This book was recommended by the U.S. Department of Education. A before-and-after questionnaire test with 393 students in 16 classes in 14 states showed a 44 % improvement in understanding of basic economic principles and values.
For Grades 3-5
NSCEE 32 p. M-12
$4.25
M-13
Classroom Package of 25 Copies and Techer’s guide copy of Your Money, 4 NSCEE Posters.
$55.00
M-13A
Additional copies to package
$3.75
I, PENCIL
The famous essay by Leonard E. Read (Founder of Foundation for Economic Education) in a workbook edition for middle school students, with meaningful classroom exercises th
at complement the essay and engage the attention of students. This delightful essay, hailed as a “classic” by Nobel Laureate, Milton Friedman, is an imaginative, simple, yet profound explanation of the critical role that freedom plays in our economic well-being, through the “eyes” of an ordinary pencil narrating its extraordinary “autobiography”.
For grades 6-8
NSCEE 26 p. TG-21
$7.00
BUYER BE AWARE!
This simple, easy to use teaching tool uses role-playing to teach young children wise buying habits by demonstrating the correct and incorrect ways to shop. The play is fun for the students to perform, is illustrated, and contains tear-out activities.
A Play for Grades 1-4
NSCEE 24 p. TG-6
$3.50
MINDING MS. B’S BUSINESS
“Creative and Motivating”
This is an exciting workbook that challenges young people to dream – to plan – opening their own business. Winner of Freedoms Foundation’s George Washington Honor Medal. It introduces the student to the fundamental questions and tasks of entrepreneurship in a simple, easy-to-understand manner. It uses an integrated approach, involving simple arithmetic, writing, and map-reading skills in the context of social studies.
For Grades 4-6
NSCEE 44 p. M-17
$6.00
M-18
Classroom Package of 25 Copies and Teacher’s Guide
$65.00
M-18A
Additional Copies to package
LOOKING AFTER YOUR OWN MONEY
This Booklet has been designed to help young people improve their saving and spending habits. It teaches about savings accounts, checking accounts, and financial planning. It also shows how to fill out deposit and withdrawal slips, checks, and check stubs with practice samples.
For Grades 4-8
NSCEE 24 p. M-19
$0.75
YOU BUY
Is an excellent supplementary teacher’s guide. Teaches students the essentials of WISE CONSUMER BEHAVIOR. It explores the student’s own values and how they relate to money, the marketplace, advertising, and buying.
Contains: 6 chapters, useful activities, exercises that can be copied and handed out.
For Grades 7-8
NSCEE 44 p. TG-11
$4.95
THE ECONOMICS GAME
The Economics Game is an exciting new guide for teachers in Grades 3 – 5, written by Mary Anne Benjamin, a third grade teacher. It was originally developed to teach standard elementary mathematics but quickly evolved into an exciting classroom activity introducing basic economic concepts and skills.
The Economics Game uses standard mathematics units on money and making change and encourages a role playing game in which children are “paid” a salary for the work done in school and are responsible for “buying” items they need or want.
For Grades 3-5
NSCEE 32 p. TG-20
$6.95 each
BULLETIN BOARD
This Bulletin board contains free downloads of classroom activities and guides teachers may use in their classrooms. We invite your responses to these materials and your evaluation of their effectiveness.
- ECONOMICS GAME
We invite teachers to download free of charge the text of our classroom material The Economics Game and to use its lessons in your classroom. We also invite you to write us about how you used this teaching guide and how your students responded. We will evaluate the first twenty responses we receive. We will choose three of these entries we believe utilized the materials most effectively and have the greatest impact on their students teaching the lessons of the free enterprise system – the winners will receive a free classroom package of our popular You Choose and a set of classroom posters – our decision will be final. All responses are the property of the National Schools Committee for Economic Education and will not be returned.
Please include:
Your name
Your school’s name
Your grade level
The number of students
How you implemented the lessons
How the students responded
Any special or unanticipated responses
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ECONOMICS GAME
The Economics Game is copyrighted material. This material may be copied and distributed for educational purposes but may not be sold.
- STOCK WATCH
This Activity is appropriate for Middle School and above
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD STOCK WATCH
John E. Donnelly, Executive Director
National Schools Committee for Economic Education
30 South Broadway
Irvington, New York 10533
914-591-7230
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