Economics
Explore needs, wants, resources, work, saving, and exchange. Start with a printable activity and connect the ideas to familiar choices at home, at school, or in a community.
Explore money, markets, resources, and the choices people make. Learn through examples from Black American, African, Caribbean, and other communities.
What kids actually do here
Start with printable Economics worksheets, explore historical examples, and see which teen learning is still in development.
Economics worksheets
Printable worksheets on earning, saving, spending and giving.
See the worksheets →02Financial set-up for teens
A single one-hour class, ages 14 to 16, on setting up your money right. Coming soon.
See the courses →03Mansa Musa on the timeline
Find the king whose journey changed the price of gold in Cairo.
Open the timeline →04Learn through play
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Courses in this subject
Financial set-up for teens is coming.
A single one-hour class for ages 14 to 16. Join free to hear first when it opens, and start with the worksheets today.
This subject connects to
Money is history, math and the future all at once. See where it leads.
For parents
Learning sticks when it comes home. Here is how to keep the conversation going.
At the dinner table
- If you had twenty dollars and a Saturday, what would you do with it?
- What does our family spend money on that matters most?
- What is something our neighborhood needs that someone could build?
What your child builds
- Money words they can use: earn, save, spend, give, invest.
- Understanding how people organize and participate in different kinds of markets.
- The itch to build something the community needs.
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