A conceptual introduction for teachers explains economic growth and how it is measured. Four instructional units follow, beginning with a preschool and kindergarten unit which offers young students an opportunity to interview puppet workers, set up a classroom corner store, and learn the importance of capital resources for increasing productivity by watching adults work with hand and power tools. "Steps to a Growing Economy," the 1st and 2nd grade unit, helps students appreciate the relationship between good personal health and productivity, learn how putting resources back into a business increases profits, and investigate how inventions increase productivity. The 3rd and 4th grade unit has students make decisions about their own school productivity, graph their productivity growth, and investigate how early settlers and colonists improved their standard of living. "Global Growth," the unit for 5th and 6th grade students, engages students in a discussion of an article on how countries grow and asks students to research the growth potential of selected countries. (JDH)