http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html#business
Ben's Guide is an excellent government resource for children to learn about business in an entertaining and interactive way. The site offers multiple links where students can learn about different business topics, play business related games and look up patents among other activities. This site would be an engaging way to enhance different learning units that students could access at there own leisure and pace.
It's My Life
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/money/
This is a very useful site that covers topics such as earning money, spending money and managing money. What I liked best about this website is the game "Mad Money". In it, the student will be given a set amount money to spend in a given amount of time. There are opportunities to earn more money but also penalties which reduce time. "Mad Money" could be particularly useful when teaching a unit on supply and demand. By having a set budget to work with, the students will be forced differentiate between needs and wants and to appreiciate why products at different price points might have more appeal to certain consumers based on finite resources. Every kid wants there parents to buy the fanciest car but after playing "Mad Money" hopefully they'll understand why buying a Honda Civic might be more prudent instead.
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