Jeff Warber

Economics Review
Useful websites
This is a useful website with information to support social studies, language arts and science. The articles are easy to
students to read and offer a lot of topics for the students to explore.

https://www.dogonews.com/

This is interactive and fun way for the students to learn more about issues from around the world.

https://climate.nasa.gov

This is a great place to help the students discover future topics for the next project based learning unit.

https://environmentmichigan.org/issues

PBS Learning Media offers the students fun and interactive activities to help the students create meaningful connections with material.
Open ended questions
Answer the following questions in your group with the classroom resources.

Why does Michigan economy function (work)?

What are the characteristics of a market economy?

Open ended questions
Answer the following questions in your group with the classroom resources.

Why is specialization important when creating a good or service?

How can division of labor help expand a product or a service?

What makes the United States market economy work?

Useful resources
This offers a lot books to help reinforce economic terms in the classroom.

https://choiceliteracy.com/article/teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature/

National Council for Social Studies offers the teachers a lot of resources for teaching social studies in your
classroom.

https://www.socialstudies.org/askacolleague/elementary/4489

Michigan DNR websites shows Michigan’s Natural resources and how they
contribute to our economy.
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79137_84659-121638--,00.html
Vega Lite alternative for Google Sheets

https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/
If the students wanted to create their own data visualizations, then the teacher
would demonstrate how use Vega lite for their presentation.
References
Vega-lite (n.d.) (2019). A-High-Level Grammar of
Interactive Graphs. Retrieved from
https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/
References
Dolasia, M. (2018, August 27). Why Venezuelans Are Paying Millions of Bolivars for A Cup of Coffee. Retrieved
November 5, 2019 from
https://www.dogonews.com/2018/8/27/why-venezuelans-are-paying-millions-of-bolivars-for-a-cup-of-coffee

Environment Michigan (n.d.) (2019). Michigan Environment Issues. retrieved November 5, 2019 from
https://environmentmichigan.org/issues

PBS Learning Media. (n.d.) 2019. Edible Economics. retrieved November 5, 2019 from
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/thnkgard.sci.ess.edecon/think-garden-edible-economics/

NASA Global Climate Change Vital Signs of the Planet. (n.d.) [Government website] (2019). news and features.
retrieved November 5, 2019 from
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_page=40&order=publish_date+desc%2C+created_at+desc&search=&cat
egory=19%2C98

Willis, D. Time for Kids. (2019). Comparing Costs. retrieved November 5, 2019 from
https://www.timeforkids.com/partner/pwc/g4/october-2019-feature/
References
Choice Literacy. (n.d.) (2019). Teaching Children Economics. retrieved from
https://choiceliteracy.com/article/teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature/

Michigan Department of Natural Resources. (n.d.) (2019). Natural Resources

at a Glance. retrieved November 5, 2019 from
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79137_84659-121638--,00.html

National Council for Social Studies (n.d.) (2013). retrieved from

https://www.socialstudies.org/askacolleague/elementary/4489