This collection uses primary sources to explore Puerto Rican migration to the US. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 2nd Grade Social Studies.

In this lesson, students learn that saving is essential to economic well-being, especially in times of extreme economic downturn. They read Saving Strawberry Farm, a story about a Depression-era family attempting to save a neighbor's farm by waging a penny auction. Students hear about the lack of goods and services available and the high rate of joblessness during this terrible time. They simulate a bank run to see how even those with savings were affected. Finally, they learn that savings are safe in banks today.

In this lesson, students explain why money is important, describe different ways to save money, and create a budget.

The North Carolina shrimping industry is in peril due to foreign competition. Claims of dumping have been leveled against China, Vietnam and the Asian realm.

In this lesson, students review economic trends from 1980 to the present. Students define and compare Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and GDP per capita with Gross National Product (GNP) and GNP per capita.

This resource explains how to encourage students to make changes by becoming social entrepreneurs.

In this lesson, students learn about the act of saving and how the accumulation of money saved is termed savings. They are read a story about a family that saves and how savings can be used to make a large purchase the family would not ordinarily be able to make. They recognize that there is an opportunity cost to saving, as well as an opportunity cost to spending.

These questions are used to discuss saving, savings, and opportunity cost in the story, Something Special for Me.

In this lesson, students provide meanings for supply and demand and explain how supply and demand affects the pricing of goods and services.

In this lesson, students explain how supply and demand works and how location can affect the supply or demand of a resource.

In this lesson, studentsexplain how economic stability or affluence affect supply and demand.

The concepts of supply and demand and related terms are taught through stories about the toy fads of Hula Hoops and Silly Bandz. In 1958, Wham-O, Inc. began marketing the Hula Hoop in the United States and sales of the Hula Hoops sky-rocketed as over 25 million were sold in the first few months, within the year over 100 million. Similarly today, Silly Bandz has taken off in sales since the summer of 2008.

In this lesson, students learn about production, specialization, and division of labor by discussing examples from the book, Sweet Potato Pie. Students develop examples of specialization and division of labor by reading about general stores, comparing them with modern-day general merchandise store, and examining factory production.

In this multidisciplinary lesson, using the book Ten Mile Day by Mary Ann Fraser, students work in small groups ("work crews") while participating in a production activity. Students learn about competition, division of labor, and incentives. They also demonstrate how division of labor and incentives help lead to greater productivity.

This page contains a list of resources and interactive tools to educate students about saving and investing.

While precise numbers are not known, it is believed the number of boycotts has grown markedly in the past fifty years. Consumers seem to be besieged by requests from special interest groups to refrain from buying certain goods and services. In this lesson, students study how boycotts have been used throughout U.S. history to help promote economic, social and political change. After researching current boycott targets, students create promotional flyers providing a glimpse at the goals people today hope to achieve through this consumer market action. Students also consider what economic and non economic factors are likely to influence the effectiveness of a boycott.

In this lesson, students learn how warmer temperatures have impacted ice drift tourism on the northern coast of Hokkaido, Japan. They will then consider the ways a continued warming trend might impact other global tourist destinations in the future.