Eight Annual Economics Calendar Poster Contest For Students in Grades 2-5
Details for the 2011-2012 contest are coming soon! - Reinforce Academic Standards
- Provide Alternative Assessment
- Demonstrate Strategic Thinking
- Have Fun!
- Encourage Creativity
- Stimulate Economic Interest
- Foster Interdisciplinary Activity
Contest Rules: - A teacher may submit up to six poster entries, but no more than three on a single concept
- A teacher must submit a completed teacher entry form
- Posters must be original entries drawn horizontally on 8 1/2" x 11" or 9" x11" White Paper
- The economic concept illustrated must be printed near the top of the poster, spelled correctly (all descriptions must be spelled correctly), and written in large lettering, a brief description of the concept must be demonstrated in the poster
- Posters must be in color Markers, crayons, and paints are appropriate and encouraged. Must be clearly legible and visible
- Posters must illustrate one of the eight economic concepts listed below
- Posters must not be folded
- No cut and paste posters
Winning Prizes: - Sixteen winners will each receive $50
- Announcement and recognition of winners will occur in May, 2011
- All entries become the property of the North Carolina Council on Economic Education and may be used for publicity purposes
- Winners, their teachers, and parents will all receive copies of the calendar
Eight Concepts for the 2010-2011 Calendar contest (to create a 2012 calendar). GOODS AND SERVICES: A GOOD is an object people want that they can touch or hold. A SERVICE is an action that a person does for someone else. INTERNATIONAL TRADE: The exchange of goods and services between people of different countries. When people trade, they expect to be better-off as a result of the trade. MARKETS: The interaction of buyers and sellers trading goods and services. ECONOMIC RESOURCES: Natural, human, and or capital. - Natural resources are “gifts from nature.”
- Human resources are people’s work, as well as their knowledge and skills.
- Capital resources are goods that help make other goods. Tools, machines and office buildings are capital resources.
SAVINGS: The part of a person’s income they choose to set aside to use in the future. People save money to use for emergencies or for large purchases. BUDGET: A plan for keeping track of income and spending over a period of time. TAXES: Payments that people must make to governments to provide goods and services such as education, roads, police protection, parks, and national defense. WANTS and NEEDS: Wants are things that one would like to have, but do not need to survive. Needs are things that one needs in order to live. Click here to download a PDF of the Teacher Submission Form back to Programs Page | 
