Resource Type: Money Monsters
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Drawing your own business comic strip
Students explore entrepreneurship by reading a story about entrepreneurs and drawing a comic strip about starting a business. Topic Earn (Becoming an entrepreneur, Learning about careers, Making money) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), English or language arts, Fine arts and performing arts, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (4-5), Middle school (6-8)…
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Exploring entrepreneurship
Students read a book about starting a business, think of an idea for a product they can create or improve, and design a plan for selling it. Topic Earn (Becoming an entrepreneur, Learning about careers, Making money) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), English or language arts, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school…
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Exploring opportunity costs
Students read a book about the opportunity costs of starting a business, play a fill-in-the-blank game, and discuss things they could give up so they can have something else. Topic Earn (Becoming an entrepreneur, Learning about careers, Making money), Spend (Buying things) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), English or language arts, Social studies or…
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Playing a business game
Students read a book about starting a business and then play a game to explore things that can happen when you run a business. Topic Earn (Becoming an entrepreneur, Learning about careers, Making money) Subject CTE (Career and technical education), English or language arts, Math, Social studies or history Grade Level Elementary school (4-5), Middle…
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Being a thankful borrower
Students listen to a Money Monster story about borrowing things and then create a “thank you” card for someone they have borrowed something from. Topic Borrow (Getting loans) Subject English or language arts, Fine arts and performing arts Grade Level Elementary school (K-1), Elementary school (2-3) Duration 45-60 minutes Back to All Activities Updated Aug…