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Grades 6-8

Dinner Discussions at Maggie Walker's House

Students study historic objects, photographs and documents, research influential members of the African American community and role-play a dinner party...

Key Concepts: Banking, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship…

3 class periods

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Grades 9-12

Women in the US Workforce During WWII - Measuring Unemployment

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Employment and Unemployment

45 min

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Using Children’s Literature to Teach About Economics and Enterprising Women

Teach both Women's History and foundational concepts via the lives of diverse, inspirational figures.

Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity

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Grades K-2, 3-5

No Extra Room on the Mayflower

The students will explore the ideas of scarcity and choices by exploring a virtual model of the Mayflower. They will...

Key Concepts: Choice, Scarcity

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Grades 9-12

Let's Find a Deal - How the Crusades Led to the Expansion of Trade

In this economics lesson, students will examine the impact of crusades on expanding European trade.

Key Concepts: Barriers to Trade, Benefits of Trade, Incentives

60 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Worker Safety - The Triangle Fire Legacy

In this economics lesson, students study job safety using the Triangle Fire and black lung outbreak.

Key Concepts: Employment and Unemployment, Roles of Government

60 mins

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Grades 3-5

Booker T. Washington:"Fifty Cents and a Dream"

In this economics lesson, students will study Booker T. Washington's life to learn about resources.

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost, Productive Resources

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

The History of Medicare

In this economics lesson, students will learn that Medicare was the fulfillment of what was believed to be Social Security.

Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy, Insurance, Roles of Government

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

Social Security, Governance, and the National Debt

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

Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Fiscal Policy, Income Distribution

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

The History of Social Security

In this economics lesson, students will examine the creation of Social Security.

Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy, Income Distribution, Roles of Government

90 mins

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Grades 9-12

National Security Goals, the Federal Budget, and the National Debt

In this economics lesson, students will examine defense spending to learn how it can influence the economy as a whole.

Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Fiscal Policy, Roles of Government

90 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Case Study on Productivity (Part 2) - Henry Ford and the Model T

In economics lesson, students will research Henry Ford’s innovations to find strategies that improve productivity.

Key Concepts: Human Capital, Incentives, Productivity

60 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Case Study on Productivity (Part 1) - Henry Ford and the Model T

In this economics lesson, students will create an assembly line to learn how specialization increases productivity.

Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Productivity

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

Where did All the Money Go? The Great Depression Mystery

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

Key Concepts: Financial Markets, Markets and Prices, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

90 mins

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Grades 9-12

Policy Perspectives on the Federal Budget

In Policy Perspectives on the Federal Budget, a digital interactive activity, students think critically about Federal Budget policy choices from...

Key Concepts: Balanced Budget, Economic Functions of Government, Federal Budget

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Grades 9-12

Policy Perspectives on Medicare

In this interactive activity, students think critically about Medicare policy choices from the perspectives of varied personas.

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Grades 9-12

Policy Perspectives on Social Security

In Policy Perspectives on Social Security, a digital interactive activity, students think critically about Social Security policy choices from the...

Key Concepts: Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Scarcity

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Grades 9-12

President Jackson and the Veto of the Second National Bank

ESSENTIAL DILEMMA Could the conflict over the Second National Bank have been resolved in a way that supported the values...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Fraud Risk, Market Structures…

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Grades 9-12

The Panic of 1893 and the Election of 1896

ESSENTIAL DILEMMA Were the contradictory responses political leaders had to the panic of 1893 driven more by economic/political self-interest or...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budgeting, Business Cycles…

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Grades 9-12

Understanding the Debt Ceiling Debate and the Budget Control Act of 2011

This lesson provides an introduction and an overview of the Budget Control Act of 2011. Students will be given information...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budget Deficits and Public Debt, GDP…

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