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In this personal finance lesson, students will evaluate wants and spending.

Paul Solman reports on how infrastructure spending may be a crucial way to resuscitate the economy.

ESSENTIAL DILEMMA How do we know if we are getting good value out of the money we spend on defense?

Students read two online stories that introduce them to the elements of a budget and show that a successful budget balances money coming in (income) with money going out (expenses and savings). Follow-up activities point out the value of a budget. Students learn that a budget can help us mak…

ESSENTIAL DILEMMA When, if ever, should the nation prioritize balancing the federal budget?

In the story, Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, Alexander receives a dollar from his grandparents that he plans to save, but he spends it all, a little at a time. In this lesson, students count by 2s to fill a container with 100 pennies. They are asked whether 100 pennies is the…

Deflationary conditions in the United States have not returned since the Great Depression. Instead, U.S. policymakers have frequently found it necessary to battle inflation over the past sixty years. While not a problem in America, concerns have been recently voiced about the economic…

Newly updated! This lesson introduces students to three basic economic indicators: real GDP, the inflation rate, and the unemployment rate. The students work in small groups to develop an economic forecast, using the three basic economic indicators. They participate in a simulation activi…

In this economics lesson, students will discuss the value we place on guaranteeing quality health care to the elderly.

In this economics lesson, students will revise a federal budget to understand its contents.