Businesses At Work

🏭 What keeps a business running and a community thriving? This Businesses at Work video for kids gives third grade students a behind-the-scenes look at how goods are made, sold, and delivered — and how supply, demand, and profit drive economic decisions. It’s a simple, clear, and visually rich introduction to the real-world role of businesses in our economy.

📦 From Resources to Factories to You

Students will explore the full journey of a product — from raw materials to factory production to the shelves of stores. Along the way, they’ll learn how human and capital resources work together, what happens on an assembly line, and how businesses calculate profit. Key economic terms like demand, production, and specialization are explained in ways kids can immediately understand and apply.

🎥 This businesses at work video for kids also introduces international trade and how products from around the world end up in our homes. Students will discover how businesses make choices, why countries specialize in different goods, and what makes an economy successful. It’s an ideal blend of real-life relevance and age-appropriate explanation.

🏆 A perfect fit for your Grade 3 economics or social studies unit, this video supports standards on business operations, supply chains, profit, and trade. Teachers will appreciate how it brings abstract ideas down to a relatable, engaging level — ideal for class discussion, journals, and community-based learning projects.

This video pairs with “I Am A Consumer”.

Video length:  6:25 minutes.

Worksheets

Quiz

Businesses at Work – Vocabulary Worksheet

Making Connections: Supply and Demand 

Imports and Exports

Resource Round Up

Draw a Scene

Universal Resources

National Standards

Topics Covered

Income – Expenses = Profit

Demand and Supply

Human and Capital Resources

Assembly lines & specialization

Exports and Imports

Domestic and International trade

The economy

Classroom Ideas

Cloze Practice

A cloze piece has full sentences used in the virtual field trip with blanks where students can write in the information that is missing. This task requires close listening to the trip in order to complete it.

Coral reefs are the _______ type of ecosystem in the world. They’ve been around for over _____ million years.

 Answers:  oldest; 240

Alternatively, you could have students create 5-10 cloze statements and they could share those with the class.

A third alternative is to distribute the cloze worksheets before watching the video.  Students can fill them in as they watch.

Explore Vocabulary

Identify key vocabulary terms while previewing each video. Prompt students to find the meaning of each word as they watch the video.

Visual Learning

Offer videos to struggling learners as another way of creating knowledge and accessing information. 

Art and Social Studies

Draw a scene from the video.

Classroom Ideas for ALL Videos

Dozens and dozens of ideas that you can use in your classroom along with our videos!

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