Economics is about much more than buying and selling, but unfortunately, that's usually the main (and sometimes only) topic of the few existing elementary economics lessons for kids.

Not so with Striker Jones! Striker will introduce students to a wide range of underlying economic principles that affect the way we all act every day, even if we're not buying something at the store or investing in the stock market.

Specific Concepts

Striker Jones: Elementary Economics for Elementary Detectives
  • Supply and Demand, Goods vs. Services, Incentives, Trade-offs, Opportunity Cost, Competition, Risk and Benefits, Barter, Information Asymmetry, Diminishing Marginal Utility, Benefits of Trade, Prices, Profits, Public Choice, Scarcity, Voting
Striker Jones and the Midnight Archer
  • Wants vs. Needs, Supply and Demand, Entrepreneurship, Scarcity, Knowledge in Decision-Making, Buying Behaviors, Charities, Alchian-Allen Effect, Substitutes and Complements, Free vs. Planned Economies, Specialization, Tragedy of the Commons, Black Markets, Rationing, Resources, Investment, Standard of Living


Standards Alignment

Are you required to follow Common Core in your classrooms? Striker Jones meets the following standards:
  • L.3.6, L.4.6, L.5.6
  • RL.3.1, RL.4.1, RL.5.1, RL.3.3, RL.4.3, RL.5.3
  • RI.3.1, RI.4.1, RI.5.1, RI.3.3, RI.4.3, RI.5.3, RI.3.4, RI.4.4, RI.5.4, RI.4.8, RI.5.8

In addition, Striker Jones is aligned to the microeconomic voluntary national economic standards set by the National Council on Economic Education.

For more details on standards alignment, see Striker Jones Standards.