Follow the Money: An 8-Week Government & Economics Unit Study

Who made the rule? Who pays? Who benefits?

In Follow the Money, your family builds a town, writes its charter, manages a shared Treasury and decides what to do when an offer seems too good to ignore. Historical stories and real evidence give those decisions context.

An eight-week printable unit for grades 3–5, with 16 lessons and eight Family Nights. Work through two lessons and a Family Night each week, or take more time where the conversation gets interesting.

YOUR COMPLETE DIGITAL UNIT

• Guide Book: setup, full readings, lesson steps, modeled examples, answers and help when someone gets stuck.

• Learner Book: full readings, Look Closely pages, records and Case Notes. Spoken or dictated answers count.

• Cutouts: account labels, cards, ballots and fictional records, with print lists showing what you need and when.

• Start Here guide: a short introduction to your files and printing.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPLORE

Why people form governments, who gets to make decisions, taxes, representation, public spending and how people investigate corruption. Learners practice separating a fact from an allegation or opinion, looking for missing evidence and explaining their decisions.

Family Nights turn the ideas into choices: collect taxes, keep records, respond to a crisis, weigh the Mega Corp offer and audit the town before its final Goal purchase. They work with two or more people; players can share roles.

BEFORE YOU BUY

This is a digital download, not a shipped book. The core readings are included. Optional book suggestions and ordinary household supplies are listed in the Guide. Print the pages you need as you go; the Guide can stay on a screen. Print the Cutouts single-sided.

Includes three PDFs and a Start Here text file. Guide: 214 PDF pages. Learner: 98 PDF pages. Cutouts: 45 pages.