Resources (by date) 103 of Total Resources
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103 of Total Resources

Grades 9-12

Plotting Potential Production: Hands on with PPC

Students create a combination of posters or bookmarks and then use their production numbers to graph a Production Possibilities Curve.
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Firms and Production, Opportunity Cost…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Thinking on the Margin

This lesson and video from "Economics for Everyone" will help your students better understand decision-making, change how they approach everyday...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

So, You Want to Build a Nuclear Power Plant?

In this economics lesson, students take on the role of budget manager for a power company interested in building a...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Cost and Benefits, Decision Making…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

The Future of Batteries

In this high school economics lesson, students take part in an interactive simulation that demonstrates how batteries operate, participate in...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Firms and Production, Incentives…
50 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

The Costs and Benefits of Hosting the Olympics

In this economics lesson, students will determine the costs and benefits of hosting the Olympic games and create a poster...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Cost and Benefits, Decision Making…
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 3-5, 6-8

Willy Wonka’s Whimsical Entrepreneurship

In this lesson, students discuss the characteristics of an entrepreneur and how those characteristics apply to Willy Wonka.  In groups,...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs…
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 3-5, 6-8

Willy Wonka Allocates Golden Tickets

In this lesson,  students review scarcity and ways to allocate scarce resources (like golden tickets), taking the perspective of the...
Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

The Great Tulip Boom: Economics in World History

Why would people choose to spend a fortune on a single tulip bulb? In this economics lesson, students participate in...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Firms and Production, Markets and Price…
45 mins
Lesson

Grades K-2, 3-5

Teach Specialization using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle

In this economics lesson, students participate in hands-on activities that reinforces the concepts of specialists/entrepreneurs, workers, capital resources, and products. 
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Factors of Production, Factors of Production…
30 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

March Madness Brackets!

Use the excitement surrounding March Madness to review economic and personal finance topics!
Key Concepts: AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts…
15 mins
Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Can We End Housing Insecurity?

Students compare the economic costs and benefits of helping people who are experiencing housing insecurity and consider the ethical implications.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Cost and Benefits, Decision Making…
90 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Valentine's Day Greeting Card Production

Working in small groups, students participate in a production simulation (making Valentine's Day greeting cards) to determine the effects of...
Key Concepts: Factors of Production, Productive Resources, Productive Resources…
60 min
Lesson