Sharpsburg Elementary LibGuide

You borrowed money from a bank to open a bakery and your bakers must decide what to make and what resources to use. If they make the right decisions your bakery, and you, will make money. When you play The Bakery Shop Game, consumers will tell you what they want and then you can choose from a list of the baker's recipes. Then the bakers will get the ingredients, mix them, and bake the recipes. You will tell the baker what to do next in order to keep the bakery running.

Have you ever wondered why food, phones, games, and bikes aren't free? You might dream of a world where everything you want is free, but economists says free stuff wouldn't be a good idea. If everything were free, people wouldn't bother working to make money. Farmers wouldn't grow food. Factory workers wouldn't make stuff. You wouldn't be able to get all the things that you want and need. Find out what you can get for free. Learn about incentives, opportunity, cost, and economic decisions.

Information about what banks are and how they work.

Information about what taxes are and why governments use them.