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In this personal finance lesson, students will investigate opportunity cost by using slope.

This lesson focuses on a group of nineteenth century industrial entrepreneurs described in many history books as Robber Barons. It calls upon students to analyze the activities of these entrepreneurs in order to draw conclusions about the innovations and business practices for which they …

In this economics lesson, students will examine concerns about balancing the budget and the role of the federal government.

This is the final lesson in a series of lessons that introduces students to the economic data that economists use to assess the health of the economy. This lesson focuses on assessing the health of the economy using the content learned in the previous lessons, and introduces the role of mone…

Combine your economics and geography lessons in this activity that has students reviewing continental drift and the continents of Laurasia and Gondwana as they trade goods and calculate comparative and absolute advantage.

The United States takes a Census every 10 years. How does the country use those statistics?

This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to help students better understand the process of finding a place to live.

In this economics lesson, students will learn about economic data and what they communicate about the health of the economy.

How do you make wise decisions about posting on social media? In this lesson, students will learn how to differentiate between good and poor social media posts and understand the opportunity costs of their decisions in the present and for the future. They will learn about cybersecurity an…

Compelling Question: In addressing the compelling question "Does money matter in political campaigns?" students work through a series of supporting questions, formative performance tasks, and featured sources in order to construct an argument with evidence while acknowledge …