Curriculum Library

                           Curriculum Library

Welcome to The H. Kenneth Barker Center for Economic Education Curriculum Library.  These lesson plans have been collected for more than 15 years.   Teachers who have participated in workshops offered by the Barker Center developed and tested the lesson plans and units.  Our hope is that you find this curriculum library useful.

The curriculum documents are listed first by subject area and then by grade level. To navigate simply click the subject area and then the grade level you are interested in to find economic materials related to that subject.

 

                                                      

                    Art                                   College and Career                     Economic Education                                                                                                      Readiness      

                                                      

      Family and Consumer              Foreign Language                   Geography, History                             Science                                                                                      and Social Studies

 

                                                         

              Language Arts                              Math                                    References              

 

                                                          

                  Science                         21st Century Skills                        Senior Economist

 

     

       Economics for Kids

   

Document Categories

• Art - 3
• Bank - 4
• Career - 18
• Consumer Education - 16
• Economic Education - 17
• Entrepreneurship - 8
• Federal Reserve - 1
• Foreign Language - 4
• Geography - 1
• Invention - 1
• Investment Finance - 3
• Kids & Money - 19
• Language Arts - 6
• Math - 5
• Miscellaneous - 2
• Money - 5
• Personal Finance - 5
• Real Estate - 1
• Reference - 1
• Science - 7
• Social Studies - 7
• Teacher Lesson Plan - 2

Notice of Assistance

All documents and materials posted on this web site are for the benefit of teachers and students and may not be sold. Permission for classroom reproduction and use is hereby granted. The University of Akron H. Kenneth Barker Center for Economic Education is a non-profit educational organization. The contents of this site are a compilation of 29 years of teacher developed curricula and materials. Every attempt has been made to obtain copyright and publication permission for posting materials on this site. Should any person or organization wish to claim authorship or copyright identification or remove materials please notify our office. The assistance of all persons utilizing this site is greatly appreciated.

Disclaimers on Documents

1. Due to scanning irregularities some documents may have misspellings or omissions, or contain pages which are difficult to read. The user is encouraged to interpret and substitute more readily usable material, where possible, for current classroom use.
2. Some reference or materials cited may be missing, outdated, or no longer available. The user is encouraged to interpret the content of the document and, where possible, substitute more up to date materials for current classroom use.
3. Documents may contain ideas or lesson plans for teaching that do not specify economic content. The user is encouraged to supplement economic, business, and finance ideas to the content of the document and share these additions with this Web Site at www.economiceducation.us
4. Many Economic related concepts are the same for both the younger and older student. The user is encouraged to view multiple grade levels with the idea in mind that a younger or older teaching idea can be retranslated to suit the users' grade level.

It is our hope these materials will encourage you to introduce facets of economic education into your curriculum. Thank you for visiting!