Welcome to The Teacher Lab, your one-stop destination for high-quality teaching resources designed to empower educators in the fields of English, Mathematics, and Economics.
At The Teacher Lab, we understand how time-strapped teachers are, and we're here to support you every step of the way. Our carefully curated collection of teaching resources is crafted to enhance your teaching experience, engage your students, and foster a love for learning.
Welcome to The Teacher Lab, your one-stop destination for high-quality teaching resources designed to empower educators in the fields of English, Mathematics, and Economics.
At The Teacher Lab, we understand how time-strapped teachers are, and we're here to support you every step of the way. Our carefully curated collection of teaching resources is crafted to enhance your teaching experience, engage your students, and foster a love for learning.
Add some fun to your Economics lesson with these 15 printable sets of word search worksheets. Each set contains 10 words to search for. You will have 150 words for your students to search for in total! These can be used to introduce the topic, for early finishes, as a vocabulary builder or even as a summer camp activity.
The 15 different sets of worksheets include the following themes:
Needs and Wants
Goods and Services
Opportunity Cost and Scarcity
Producers and Consumers
Community Helpers
Money
Spending and Saving
Natural, Capital and Human Resources
Earned Income
Supply and Demand
Unemployment
Taxes
Monopoly VS Competition
Barriers to Trade
Economic Systems
Do you need to teach the concepts of substitutes and complementary goods? Transform your economics lessons with our comprehensive teaching package, perfect for 6th, 7th or 8th grade students!
This all-in-one resource includes a detailed lesson plan, an engaging instructional video, interactive in-class activity slides, and printable worksheets.
Our package is designed to make learning about substitutes and complementary goods easy and fun. Help your students grasp the key concepts with clear definitions, real-world examples, and hands-on activities. Elevate your classroom experience and make economics come alive with this must-have teaching resource!
What you’ll receive
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson. (hosted on YouTube)
PDF slides consisting of an in-class activity to identify pairs of substitutes and complements
Different printable worksheets with answers
Determine if the items are substitutes or complements
Identify a substitute and complement for each stated product
Template to draw up a list of substitutes and complements
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Do you need to teach the concepts of positive and negative externalities? Transform your economics lessons with our comprehensive teaching package, perfect for 6th, 7th or 8th grade students!
This all-in-one resource includes a detailed lesson plan, an engaging instructional video, interactive in-class activity slides, and printable worksheets.
Our package is designed to make learning about positive and negative externalities easy and fun. Help your students grasp the key concepts with clear definitions, real-world examples, and hands-on activities. Elevate your classroom experience and make economics come alive with this must-have teaching resource!
What you’ll receive
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson. (hosted on YouTube)
PDF slides consisting of an in-class activity to identify positive and negative externalities
2 different printable worksheets
Determine if a scenario brings about a positive or negative externality
Placing cases into positive or negatives externalities
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Do you need to teach the concepts of public and private goods? Transform your social studies lessons with our comprehensive teaching package, perfect for 4th to 6th grade students!
This all-in-one resource includes a detailed lesson plan, an engaging instructional video, interactive in-class activity slides, and printable worksheets.
Our package is designed to make learning about private and public goods easy and fun. Help your students grasp the key concepts with clear definitions, real-world examples, and hands-on activities. Elevate your classroom experience and make economics come alive with this must-have teaching resource!
What you’ll receive
+A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson. (hosted on YouTube)
PDF slides consisting of an in-class activity to identify private and public goods
Printable Worksheets
Defining and identifying public and private goods
Scenario based questions
Homework research
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In this fun and interactive lesson, your students will learn about the features of the traditional, command, market and mixed economy. They will also learn about the advantages and disadvantages of each type of economy and get to know which type of economy is used by which community or country. Through video activities and engaging worksheets, your students will learn about economic systems in a fun and age-appropriate manner.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson. (hosted on YouTube)
Four different printable worksheets
Listing the characteristics of each system
Making a table to compare the advantages and disadvantages of each system
Reading different scenarios and identifying the type of economic system
each country belongs to
In this fun and interactive lesson, your students will learn to describe what scarcity is and identify the opportunity cost incurred when making a choice. Through hands-on activities and engaging worksheets, your students will learn about the concepts of opportunity cost and scarcity in a fun and age-appropriate manner.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices, a consolidation component and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson
PDF slides with questions to practice the concepts of opportunity cost as a group
3 different printable worksheets
Circling the opportunity cost
Listing down a choice made and the opportunity cost involved
Creating a poster to illustrate an opportunity cost that was made
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Introduce the concept of goods and services to your K to 2nd grade students with our comprehensive teaching package. In this teaching package, you will receive a lesson plan with accompanying teaching slides, a video link, riddle cards, task cards and worksheets for you to use during your lesson. This is a teaching package filled with a bumper crop of teaching ideas and activities for you to choose from, one that will save you lots of preparation time.
Your download includes:
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices, a consolidation component and independent practices
12 printable riddle cards to let you or your students quiz each other on the different service providers
18 printable task cards to let your students differentiate between a good and a service.
A video link to engage your students and consolidate the concepts taught
8 different sets of worksheets for use during the independent practice stage:
Drawing out goods they see
Matching service providers with the things they use
Identifying if an item is a good or service
Sorting occupations into those that provide goods or services
Deciding if a purchase is a good or service
Deciding on a good or service to provide for the future
Identifying the goods and services that they have purchased
Say goodbye to all those late nights trying to come up with new lesson ideas. We’ve done the work for you! This is an absolute classroom time saver! Download your copy today and see the difference it makes in your classroom.
Introduce the concept of needs and wants to your K to 2nd grade students with our comprehensive teaching resources. In this teaching package, you will receive a lesson plan, a video link, teaching slides, printable task and word wall cards and worksheets for you to use during your lesson. This comprehensive teaching package contains a bumper crop of activities, which will save you lots of preparation time.
Your download includes:
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices, a consolidation component and independent practices
24 task cards for you or your students to quiz each other on the concept of needs and wants
12 pages of teaching slides providing definitions and examples
A video link to engage your students and consolidate the concepts taught
3 word wall cards
4 different sets of worksheets for you to use during the independent stage
drawing out their needs and wants
identifying if an item is a need or want
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In this fun and interactive lesson, your students will learn the concepts of inflation and deflation through a real world simulation, an engaging video and hands-on worksheets. In addition, there is also a ready-made deck of teaching slides for you to teach this topic.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, inflation simulation, direct instruction and assessments.
A video that can be used to introduce or consolidate the lesson.
Ready-made PDF teaching slides
Worksheets in both printable and digital formats (For the digital format, students will type in their answers using the PDF file provided)
10 multiple-choice questions on inflation
10 multiple-choice questions on deflation
An inflation worksheet to find out the cost of prices in the past and at present
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In this fun and interactive lesson, your students will learn the definitions and examples of natural, human and capital resources. Through hands-on activities and engaging worksheets, your students will learn about the concept of factors of production in a fun and age-appropriate manner.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson. (hosted on YouTube)
PDF slides with questions to identify the different types of resources in a given picture
Resource cards to quiz each other to identify the different resources
4 different printable worksheets
Tick the category that a resource falls under: natural, human or capital
Match the resource to the category that it falls under
Identify and color by resource type
List down the resources needed to create an item
In this fun and interactive lesson, your students will learn to how to plot the supply and demand curves and identify the equilibrium price. Through hands-on activities and engaging worksheets, your students will learn about the concepts of supply and demand in a fun and age-appropriate manner.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, direct instruction, guided practices and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson.
PDF worksheets with numbers provided to practice plotting the demand and supply curves
A PDF template for students to plot their own demand and supply curves based on the data they collect
This Demand and Supply teaching package comes with a lesson plan, video, whole-class practice questions and independent worksheets to help your students master this new economics concept.
This package is designed specifically for elementary school students and makes learning economics easy and fun. By purchasing this package, your students will learn to identify factors that contribute to changes in demand and supply of goods and services.
Don’t miss this opportunity to give your students the tools they need to succeed in this topic of economics. Purchase our lesson package and watch their understanding of economics soar!
*Please note that the video is hosted on YouTube.
Do your students want to understand the economic impact of tariffs, quotas, and embargoes? This lesson package will cover the definition of each of the above trade barriers, provide real-world examples and teach students the advantages and disadvantages of each trade barrier.
By purchasing this lesson package, you will get a lesson plan, teaching slides, a video created by our team (hosted on YouTube) and printable handouts and worksheets for your students.
*The lesson plan, slides, handouts and worksheets will be downloaded as a PDF.
Use our package to help your students enhance their economic knowledge and prepare for their examinations. Our comprehensive package will ensure your students walk away liking this subject even more!
Do your students want to understand the problems of barter trade and why we use money to buy things? This lesson package will cover the definition of barter trade, the problems faced and why money is used today.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices, a closure component and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson. (hosted on YouTube)
A deck of teaching slides with a story provided to teach the concept of barter trade
A set of barter trade cards for students to take part in a barter trade simulation
Case study cards - identifying the problems faced
3 different printable worksheets
Barter trade evaluation worksheet
Comparing barter trade vs. money
Identifying if a scenario is one where barter trade or money is used
*The lesson plan, slides, cards and worksheets will be downloaded as a PDF.
If you are looking for a lesson package that contains a variety of instructional methods, look no further! Our video, simulation cards and worksheets will ensure that every child is gainfully engaged throughout your lesson. In addition, with our detailed lesson plan, we provide the ideas and teaching resources needed for you to conquer each part of the lesson. Use our package to help your students enhance their economic knowledge. Our comprehensive package will ensure your students walk away liking this subject even more!
Do you want to teach your students about the different types of unemployment? This lesson package will cover cyclical, structural, frictional, seasonal and classical unemployment. Real world examples will also be provided to help students understand when this is observed in a real-world setting.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices, and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson. (hosted on YouTube)
A deck of of practice slides to assess or guide learning
3 different printable worksheets
Identifying the type of unemployment based on a given scenario
Drawing out a storyboard to illustrate the different types of unemployment
Calculating the unemployment rate based on a given set of data
In this fun and interactive lesson, your students will learn to how to plot the supply and demand curves and identify the equilibrium price. Through hands-on activities and engaging worksheets, your students will learn about the concepts of supply and demand in a fun and age-appropriate manner.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, direct instruction, guided practices and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson.
PDF worksheets with numbers provided to practice plotting the demand and supply curves
A PDF template for students to plot their own demand and supply curves based on the data they collect
In this fun and interactive economics teaching package, your elementary school students will learn about income, social security, sales and property taxes. This education resource will teach students about each particular tax, when it is being collected and what the money is used for. Through video activities and engaging worksheets, your students will be able to showcase their understanding of the different types of taxes in a fun and age-appropriate manner.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson. (hosted on YouTube)
Guided activities to determine whether an item is paid through taxes or directly by the user
2 different printable worksheets
Identifying the type of taxes in a given scenario
Analyzing a pie chart on taxes
Do you want to teach your students about the different types of unemployment? This lesson package will cover cyclical, structural, frictional, seasonal and classical unemployment. Real world examples will also be provided to help students understand when this is observed in a real-world setting.
What’s included
A well-crafted lesson plan consisting of lesson objectives, an introduction, guided practices, and independent practices
A video that can be used to teach or consolidate the lesson. (hosted on YouTube)
A deck of of practice slides to assess or guide learning
3 different printable worksheets
Identifying the type of unemployment based on a given scenario
Drawing out a storyboard to illustrate the different types of unemployment
Calculating the unemployment rate based on a given set of data
Introduce the concept of producers and consumers to your students with our comprehensive teaching resources. In this teaching package, you will receive a lesson plan, a video link, printable game cards and worksheets for you to use during your lesson. This comprehensive teaching package contains a bumper crop of activities, which will save you lots of preparation time.
Your download includes:
A comprehensive lesson plan that provides guidance on what to do at each stage of the lesson, ensuring a structured and effective learning experience.
24 game cards for your students to play with while you check their understanding
A video link to engage your students and consolidate the concepts taught
2 different sets of worksheets for you to use during the independent stage
*The lesson plan, slides, cards and worksheets will be downloaded as a PDF.
Don’t wait; add this product to your library of teaching resources today! This lesson package filled with different activities will help you save time and allow you to feel confident that your students are engaged and meeting their learning objectives!
Review the concepts of scarcity, opportunity cost and the production possibility frontier with these engaging worksheets for your A level students!
These worksheets will test your students’ understanding of scarcity and opportunity cost in a clear and concise way. Students will learn to identify and calculate opportunity costs, understand the trade-offs involved in making economic decisions, and apply these concepts to real-world scenarios.
Formats: PDF
What’s included
24 Multiple-Choice Questions
Identifying and calculating opportunity costs
Interpreting the points on a PPF curve
Identifying the central problems of economics
2 short answer questions
4 essay questions based on scenarios in the United Kingdom
Answers to every question