6th Grade Economics Printables

Creative Activity:

Students will research the impact that imports had on the Americas during the Columbian Exchange. They will use their creativity to display the resource and tell of its impact on the Americas.

This is a great introduction on how many items we rely on today are not truly native to our ecosystem. After the posters are complete, students will observe the class posters and gain information. Students will reflect and expand on the knowledge they have gained. They will determine how the imports affected the economy, culture, and environment of the Americas.

What's included:

• Teacher instructions.
• Students instructions.
• Rubric.
• Import list.
• Reflection questions.

How is this product useful:

• Students use their creativity.
• Gain knowledge concerning how imports changed the Americas.
• Requires students to reach conclusions when reflecting.

This product is a crossword puzzle over Government and Economics. Questions include terms and concepts related to types of government and forms of economics. Answer key is included.

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Get students up and moving:

This activity gets students up to get or wait for crayons. All students are coloring a picture based on directions using a limited amount of crayons. The teacher brokers the use of crayons. Students will begin to understand the concept of supply and demand as they find the crayons they need are not available for their use and require them to wait. My students stuggledthe most with not sharing crayons with other students. Students can follow up with reflection questions that lead to a deeper level of knowledge.

An option extension explores the misunderstanding of land use that caused great difficulty between the Indigenous People and British Colonists. This extension demonstrates the Indigenous belief that the land couldn't be owned, just used and the British belief that land was to be owned, not just used. This optional part of the activity leads to interesting discussion. Students can follow up withe reflection questions that lead to a deeper level of knowledge.

These activities align with Indiana Social Studies standards 5.E.1, 5.E.5.

What's included:

• Teacher directions for both activities.
• Labelled color sheet.
• Reflection questions for each activity.

How is this product useful:

• Low prep for teacher.
• Hands on activity leads to better understanding.
• Meaningful extension activity.
• Enjoyable coloring opportunity.