What the workshop teaches
The core ideas are scarcity, choice, cost and price. Children see that making something uses materials and time, that buyers compare options, and that a price too high or too low both cause problems. They also meet the idea of opportunity cost: spending on one thing means not spending on another.
Use play money or tokens rather than real cash. This keeps the focus on decisions and avoids awkwardness for children whose families have less to spare.
Free activities to download
Ready-to-run EduTrend Contents economics and business workshops for primary, middle and high school. Each free download includes a step-by-step session plan, facilitator notes, three student worksheets and an assessment checklist. Full 20-week programmes are available in EduStore.
Class Shop
Primary · Ages 7–10
Foundation · 60 min
Pupils run a pretend class shop, choose what to buy with a fixed budget, give change and discover that every choice means giving something else up.
Lemonade Stand
Primary · Ages 8–11
Developing · 60 min
Teams plan a pretend lemonade stand, calculate costs, set a price, run a trading round and work out whether they made a profit.
Market Game
Middle School · Ages 11–14
Intermediate · 60 min
Students play buyers and sellers in a classroom market, record trade prices over several rounds and see how prices move towards equilibrium.
Budget Challenge
Middle School · Ages 12–14
Intermediate · 60 min
Students plan a realistic monthly budget from a scenario, balance income and spending, handle unexpected costs and calculate how savings grow with interest.
Start-up Pitch
High School · Ages 15–18
Advanced · 2 × 60 min
Teams develop a start-up idea with a business model canvas, research customers, calculate break-even and pitch to a panel.
Liked the free activities? Go further with a 20-week programme.
Each free activity comes from a full EduTrend Contents programme: a Family Guide or Teacher's Guide with one-page session plans for 20 weeks, plus an Assessment Toolkit with rubrics, trackers and certificates. Choose the one for your child's age or your class below. Instant PDF download after checkout.
W4C-351 · 20 WEEKS · $29
Money Smart Families
Family · Ages 6–11 with a grown-up
20 one-page money and enterprise activities for home: shopping, saving, spending wisely and a mini business. Includes the Family Guide and an Assessment Toolkit with a star chart, tracker and certificate.
W4C-352 · 20 WEEKS · $39
Young Economists
Primary · Ages 7–11
Four units from choices and banking to a class enterprise and the wider economy. Includes the Teacher’s Guide with 20 session plans and an Assessment Toolkit with rubric, baseline challenge and tracker.
W4C-353 · 20 WEEKS · $39
Economics Investigators
Middle school · Ages 11–14
Choice, markets and prices, personal finance and a school enterprise. Includes the Teacher’s Guide and an Assessment Toolkit with concept checks and answers.
W4C-354 · 20 WEEKS · $45
Economics and Business Lab
High school · Ages 15–18
Micro and macroeconomics, accounts and investment appraisal, and a capstone project. Includes the Teacher’s Guide and an Assessment Toolkit with worked concept checks.
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Economics and Business Studies
Five ready-to-run economics and business workshops for primary, middle and high school. Each one comes as a free PDF with a session plan, facilitator notes, student worksheets and an assessment checklist.
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