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Students will utilize the Structured Academic Controversy method to explore the issue of income inequality in America. Through reading and civil discourse, a clear understanding of the concept and its causes will emerge. In addition, students will realize that while the existence of the p…

The purpose of this lesson is to help you explore the relationship between education and income. Income is earned from one's resources. Those resources might be natural resources (oil field, farm land), capital resources (man-made resources that are used in the production of goods and serv…

Updated with new statistics! The students examine economic data in order to predict the results of presidential elections.

The students work in small groups that represent households. Each household answers questions about stocks and stock markets. For each correct answer, a household earns shares of stock. At the end of the game, the groups that answered all questions correctly receive a certificate good for…

In this economics lesson, students will identify conditions in the economy to learn about the Great Depression.

Students look at definitions for the three categories of federal spending and using the internet locate examples of each. They then categorize a list of expenditures as government purchases or transfer payments. Given federal budget data, students analyze the pattern of change that has…

In this economics lesson, students will identify factors influencing wages.

In this economics lesson, students will complete a simulation to learn why certain industries get bailed out.

Compelling question: Are the presidential candidates telling the whole story about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?

This lesson introduces regulation and information as two tools used by government to promote fair competition and complete information in a market economy. Using the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act as a case study, students explore the reasons buyers and sellers asked the federal governme…