Making Sense of Economics is designed for grades 5-8. Basic concepts for the content are derived from the Curriculum Standards for Social Studies and the National Council on Economic Education National Standards. The process for teaching with student practice will follow Bloom's Taxonomy and a research/problem-solving model created by the authors. Some of the economics concepts to be included in this book are: Needs and Wants; Kinds of Resources; Goods and Services; Interdependence of Producers and Consumers; Making Economic Choices, Money, and Barter; Economic Specialization and Interdependence in Production; Economic Decision Making: Scarcity, Supply, Demand