Contributors/Editors
Dr. Lee-Anne T. Spalding; Kendra Hazen
Keywords
Economics; Market Day; Needs and Wants; Children's Literature; Financial Literacy; Goods and Services; Producers and Consumers
Description
During this unit, students will explore money, needs, wants, credit cards, and supply and demand with children's literature, videos, and hands-on activities. They will learn from a guest speaker and even try their hand at marketing and selling their own good or service in a class market day event!
Date Created
5-18-2026
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
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STARS Citation
Mawyer, Alyssa; May, Logan; and Teitelbaum, Jordan, "UCF PEGASUS PLAN - 1st Grade - Kid Economists in Training" (2026). Pegasus Plans: Social Studies Unit Plans for Florida Teachers. 25.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/pegasus-plans/25