Lower School Curriculum

Economic Education at Collegiate is more than a lesson on scarcity or a particular course. It is woven into the fabric of the curriculum at every division. Our goal is to create economic thinkers who have a greater understanding and appreciation of the economic realities that govern our daily lives.

In the Lower School, economic lessons are often connected to children’s literature. For example, Kindergarteners learn about economic wants with Crispin The Pig Who Had It All and First Graders create a classroom business and vote on how their profits should used to help the community. Second Graders learn to treat the oceans and rainforests as scarce resources and that choices sometimes have bad results. Third graders learn about the major natural resources, agricultural products and manufactured goods from each of the Fifty Nifty States and Fourth graders balance the day’s receipts from the Cougar Savings Club.