Welcome to Our Elementary Economics for Fifth Grade: Interdependent Economics Homeschool Social Studies Course

Getting Started with Our Elementary Economics for Fifth Grade: Interdependent Economics Homeschool Social Studies Course

From defining stocks and shares to explaining how the stock market works and how economies are interdependent and affect each other, Elementary Economics for Fifth Grade: Interdependent Economics homeschool social studies students learn about the concept of a global economy and different types of markets.

Overview

• 9 weeks, 3 days a week
• Includes text-based lessons, printable activity sheets, discussion questions, and links to additional resources
• Grade: 5

Supplies Needed

Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com; journal; index cards for vocabulary

What to Do

Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan and lessons file. Start with the Day 1 video assignment. Follow the instructions each day on the lesson plan and check them off when completed.

Course Sample for Our Elementary Economics for Fifth Grade: Interdependent Economics Homeschool Social Studies Course

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Week 3

Objective:

Learn more about investments

Day 1:

• Define investment strategies.
• Talk about the factors in an investment strategy. Make a list of things to consider when putting together an investment strategy (inflation, risk, growth, interest rates, etc.).
• Plot on the line graph the stock you chose.

Day 2:

• Discuss different places that can help you make an investment (stock broker, advisor, internet, TV, radio, etc.).
• Discuss different types of investments that can be made (stocks, mutual funds, bonds, etc.).
• Plot on the line graph the stock you chose.

Day 3:

• Do research on the stock you chose to plot on your line graph. Pay attention to the way the stock increased and decreased in the past. Make a hypothesis on how you think the stock you chose will act in the next week based on previous data and the data you have collected over the last week.
• Plot on the line graph the stock you chose.