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Hawai‘i Teachers Economics Library
Drawing upon decades of dedicated economics education in Hawai‘i, the Hawai‘i Teachers Economics Library offers an online repository of Hawai‘i-centric teaching resources and economics-related lesson plans.
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Content by Economic Topic
LESSON PLANS: What Economics! - GRADE K
A compilation of Economic Lesson Plans for Kindergarten students created by Hawaii teachers.
Dec 31, 2023
LESSON PLAN: Personal Finance, Language Arts, and Mathematics - GRADE K
The five lessons in this unit employ active-learning strategies that engage young children. Each lesson is based on a story about two...
Dec 30, 2023
LESSON PLAN: Monster Musical Chairs - GRADE K-1
Students are read this storybook and identify the scarcity problem the monsters had—not enough chairs for every monster to have one....
Dec 15, 2023
LESSON PLANS: More Economics! - GRADE K-6
A compilation of Economics Lesson Plans for grades K-6 created by Hawaii teachers.
Jul 16, 2023
RESOURCE: The Econ Song Book - GRADE K-6
A compilation of fifteen children's songs adapted to convey an economic message. Created by Martha Hopkins, James Madison University...
Jul 15, 2023
RESOURCE: Inspirational Teaching Talks - GRADE K-12
What Makes a Good Teacher Great? by Azul Terronez - LINK Let's Use Video to Reinvent Education by Sal Khan (from Khan Academy) - LINK...
Jan 15, 2023
LESSON PLAN: Economics for Kids - GRADE 1
A lesson plan teaching about prices, goods, wants & needs, and provides a basic introduction to how prices are formed by the interaction...
Dec 16, 2022
RESOURCE: Decision Tree - GRADE 1-3
A decision-making tool to help students apply an orderly and reasoned approach to making economic decisions. For grades 1-3.
Oct 15, 2022
LESSON PLANS: JA Economics - GRADE 11-12
JA Economics JA Economics is a one-semester course that connects high school students to the economic principles that influence their...
Jan 15, 2022
RESOURCE: Empowered - GRADE 1-12
Register to join the Empowered Teacher Community by clicking on the 'request to join' button at the link below and receive 100+...
Jan 15, 2022
PAID RESOURCES: Entrepreneurship Curricula - GRADE 1-12
See below for a list of paid entrepreneurship education resources for grade-school students. VentureLab BizKidz Uncharted Learning
Jan 15, 2022
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