This lesson will show students the importance of keeping track of their savings.
Building on the first two lessons in the series, this lesson deals with savings and interest.
Students explore the concept of interest by means of two activities. The first, a simple activity with jellybeans, introduces the concept of interest accruement, and the second, a practical, "real world" activity, reinforces the concept and places it into a larger context.
The following lessons come from the Council for Economic Education's library of publications. Clicking the publication title or image will take you to the Council for Economic Education Store for more detailed information.
This interdisciplinary curriculum guide helps teachers introduce their students to economics using popular children's stories.
7 out of 29 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.
This publication contains 15 lessons that complement the 3-5 Student Workbook. Specific to grades 3-5 are a variety of activities, including a guessing game using clues to identify various occupations; the story Urban Mouse and Rural Mouse which teaches students about entrepreneurs and opportunity recognition; and a role-playing activity in which students learn which method of payment is appropriate in a variety of situations.
6 out of 17 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.
This publication helps elementary students analyze energy and environment issues from an economics perspective.
2 out of 10 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.