Edutopia
Edutopia: Goods and Services [Pdf]
A unit that teaches the difference between goods and services, the difference between producers and consumers, the difference between human, natural, and capital resources, and the difference between bartering/trading and buying/selling....
US Department of Commerce
Us Department of Commerce: Home Page
Homepage for the US Department of Commerce. This page contains many links and current information. Read the top stories on the home page or visit the newsroom for more information. You can also browse the "jobs" link.
Other
Department of Commerce United States of Government
Explore the United States Department of Commerce through this site in English and Spanish. This is a comprehensive site providing information about the US Department of Commerce.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Business Buddies
Help characters Lisa and Drew learn simple economic principles by choosing what goods they will need for their lemonade stand. Continue exploring economic concepts by determining the producers, services, and consumers associated with the...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Every Penny Counts
Lesson that helps young scholars understand that people must make choices about the goods and services they purchase. Students recognize the prices indicate what people pay for goods and services, learn to compare prices, and understand...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Autotrophs and Heterotrophs
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how autotrophs and heterotrophs obtain energy.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Everyone Works
Lesson that helps students understand the economic concepts of goods and services. Students categorize economic activities as goods or services, and discuss the goods and services exchanged in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Jaffe...
Read Works
Read Works: What Can I Buy?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how money can be used to buy both goods and services. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Community Helpers at Your Service
Show elementary students the correlation between goods and services and consumers. "You will draw a picture of a community helper, and perhaps write some sentences about him or her, to show or tell how that helper provides a Service."
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Booker T. Washington:"fifty Cents and a Dream"
Young Booker T. Washington had a dream. That dream was to use the resources at his disposal to earn the money necessary to get an education that would allow him and others to become financially secure. This activity based on the picture...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway:how Economists Use Theories & Models to Understand Economic Issues
By the end of this section, you will be able to interpret a circular flow diagram, explain the importance of economic theories and models, and describe goods and services markets and labor markets.
Other
Bc Hydro: Ecosystem Goods and Services
Learn more about the value of the goods and services provided by our ecosystems.
Other
Money Management International: The Berenstain Bears' Trouble With Money
A lesson plan featuring the Berenstain Bears that introduces the concepts of spending, goods, services, income, saving, and interest.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Communities: What They Provide for Us
Click and drag the picture of each person the to the job that he or she performs.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Goods and Services
Click and drag pictures to match each worker with the correct good or service.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Delivering the Goods
Learn about goods and services by clicking through descriptions of different kinds of workers. Then test knowledge with a matching activity.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Drag and Drop Activity: Goods and Services
Categorize pictures as either goods or services by clicking and dragging them to the appropriate column.
University of Nebraska Omaha
An Economics and Literature Lesson: The Goat in the Rug
This is a lesson plan geared toward first through third grades, cross-curricular, dealing with economics and literature. "Learn about economics: producers, resources (natural, human, capital), intermediate goods; and Language Arts:...
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ec Ed Web: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
This lesson plan is cross-curricular, economics and literature. Using the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie," students will understand cause and effect and unlimited want, goods and services.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Norman Rockwell's Curiosity Shop
Click and drag to match pictures of situations with appropriate goods or services.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Goods and Services
This activity helps K-2 students explore and understand the goods and services that are in their community.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Mystery Workers: Identify the Goods
Click and drag pictures of goods to the correct descriptions.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Economic Review Lesson
This activity reviews goods, services, producers, and consumers. The lesson consist of sorting, fill in the blank, writing, and racing car review quiz.