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126 of Total Resources

Grades 3-5

Watts Up With Electricity Prices?

In this elementary lesson, students focus on the economic concepts of price, goods, and services. Knowledge is applied by comparing...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Buying Goods and Services, Decision Making…
90 mins or 2 - 45 min sessions
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Buying Electric Appliances - Watt You Need to Know

In this lesson, students learn about the importance of energy costs when considering household budgeting decisions. They also consider the...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment, Buying Goods and Services…
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 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

Should Private Companies Operate Prisons?

Students analyze and rank the four general goals of corrections to help them determine their personal beliefs about what prisons...
Key Concepts: Cost and Benefits, Firms and Production, Government Goods and Services…
60 mins
Lesson

Content Partner

Grades 3-5

Shark Scam: Money Tales

Students read about two scheming sharks and decide were to invest their money.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment, Goods and Services…
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Federal Budget: The Fiscal Ship Game

In this lesson, updated with 2023 statistics, students learn about the challenges of the federal debt and play the Fiscal...
Key Concepts: Allocation, AP Macroeconomics, Crowding Out…
120 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Economic Bell Ringers, Warm-ups, and Hooks

In this economics activity, teachers will be able to find a variety of bell ringers and warm-ups.
Key Concepts: AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts…
10 mins
Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Market Structures Activity

In this economics drag and drop, students will learn about the different types of market structures. 
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Economic Systems, Firms and Production…
10 mins
Activity

Grades 9-12

Should We Allow a Market for Transplant Organs?

Should you be able to sell your kidney? Students explore the ethics and economics of organ donation while learning about...
Key Concepts: Allocation, Barriers to Trade, Basic Economic Concepts…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Can You Allocate Ethically?

In Lesson #4 from the Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues curriculum, students work in groups to analyze allocation methods, apply...
Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Do Businesses Have Social Responsibility?

In Lesson #6 of the Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues curriculum, students will participate in a simulation and discussion to...
Key Concepts: Business Organization, Externalities, Firms and Production…
45 min
Lesson