Less than $5 Economics Games (by date, oldest first)

Play a fun dice rolling, team building, island exploring, interactive game with students that help them learn about the concepts of scarcity and decision-making!

Students will pick items, decide how to spend their day, and compete to see who can survive the longest and build the most things. But beware, sometimes exploring the island won't get them the results they want.

I hope you enjoy this version of the classic deserted island Economics Scarcity game. I love board games and D&D so I wanted to include some of those concepts and have the choices that students make much more meaningful.

The mechanics of the game are built around a regular six-sided die so that it is easily accessible by everyone.

Includes a welcome page. How to play page. Rules page. Example round page. Trackers for the player and base along with their journal. A google form that walks them through their dice rolls. Island Map. And post activity questions.

Macroeconomics Escape Room!

Have a fun review of content with these "Government Leaked" documents about macroeconomics. Students will use critical thinking and their knowledge of content to solve 6 different puzzles.

No locks? No problem! This escape can use actual locks OR you use the printable locks in the puzzles and add them to boxes or doors OR just have students write down the answer! Flexible for however you want to use it.

Keys included!

Puzzles over CPI, GDP, Business Cycle, Unemployment, Fed Tools.

Timing when I have run it in class is about 40 minutes. This could increase or decrease depending on the amount of clues I give or not. Some groups have finished as fast as 25 min, some as slow as 50.

Fun, Trading Game:

Students will explore the concept of trade routes and tariffs on trade routes along the Spice Road and then the New World.

Students will make trades with the Indies. Then they will then attempt to trade through the Ottoman Empire. Because of the struggle with the Ottoman Empire, they will then attempt to trade with the New World, the East Indies.

When the game is complete, students will complete a trade agreement and pay a final tariff. The student with the largest total at the end wins.

Students can answer questions concerning their game as individuals or as a class in discussion.

Covers Indiana Social Studies Standards 5.E.2, 5.E.5.

What's included:

• Teacher instructions.
• Game directions.
• Two sizes of game boards.
• Templates of products for printing.
• Discussion Questions.

How is this product useful:

• Competitive game, students love a competition.
• Represents trade barriers.
• Requires students to reach conclusions when reflecting.

This product contains 2 centres.

1. Spin and Cover

• Match coin and name
• Match coin and value.

2. Spin and Colour

• Color bills according to value (numbers and words) with the corresponding colour.

This product contains:

• 2 full-colour coin worksheets,
• 2 black and white bill worksheets
• 2 options for spinners for each game (words, numbers, colours, black and white)
• 2 instruction sheets