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Teaching Ideas Using the Internet

Economics Connections

Economics Is Fun

https://www.angelfire.com/va3/cindysparks1/

VDOE—Primary Knowledge of Economics
Concepts and Principals for the Economics Strand K-3

Click on link and the Adobe Acrobat file will open the materials

http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/sol.html

Printable Pages for End of Year Activities/Memory Book and Summer Fun Activities

http://www.teachingheart.net/endoftheyearpage.html  
(Great site for gathering ideas)

Elementary Economics SOL/Literature Connections

Economics/Literature Connections

The Goat in the Rug

http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lit-goat.htm  

Connections for 32 books to the Economics Strand

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html

Education Planet—gateway to lesson plans, activities, games, and ideas

http://www.educationplanet.com/

EconEdLink

http://www.econedlink.org/

California TeachNet Web Links for Economics

http://www.teachnet.k12.ca.us/Subdisciplines/econ.htm

ProTeacher—Especially for the Elementary Teacher

http://www.proteacher.com/ (Specific Economics Links)

http://www.proteacher.com/090041.shtml

Collaborative Lesson Archive

http://zubov.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA

EduPlace—Economics Ideas and Lessons

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/autoact/ss_4.html

Maryland Online Teacher Resource—economic indicator, activities, literature connections, lesson plans

http://www.towson.edu/coe/ssmd/ECONK3-4.htm

Big Green Pocketbook

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade2/Big_Green.html

Knowledge Network Economics Links—K-12 Resources

http://www.nhptv.org/kn/vs/soclab6f.htm

Economic Lesson Plan Links to Resources

http://www.ss.uno.edu/SS/Links/EconLp.html

Texas Links to Governmental Agencies that deal with Economic Issues

http://www.library.unt.edu/GovInfo/k-12/econ.html#top

Econopolis

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3901/issw/teacher'scorner.htm

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3901/index.html

Dennis Boals Geography and Economics Links

http://www.geocities.com/dboals.geo/geog.html

This page last updated on 06/24/01.

Dr. Cynthia Sparks is the Supervisor of Social Studies for Chesapeake Public Schools.  She is also an Adjunct Faculty member for the University of Virginia, Troy State University, and Old Dominion University.