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Grades 6-8

A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned...With Interest

In this economics and personal finance lesson plan, students will make decisions about saving and spending.

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

45 mins

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Grades 9-12

FiCycle Presents: Compound Interest and Your Financial Life Cycle

In this economics webinar, help students understand compound interest so they know when to borrow and when to invest in...

Key Concepts: Credit, Decision Making, Financial Investments

60 mins

Jun 18 7:00-8:00pm ET

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Grades 9-12

Personal Finance 103: Interest and Investing

Presenter: Matthew Gherman

In this personal finance webinar, teachers will learn about key personal finance concepts like investing and interest.

Key Concepts: Financial Markets, Saving and Investing

60 mins

Apr 16 7:00-8:00pm ET

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Grades 6-8

Equality Relations and Net Worth, Part 1

In this math lesson, students will use net income & net worth equations to learn about wealth and equality (math).

Key Concepts: Income, Money

45 mins

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Grades 6-8

Equality Relations and Net Worth, Part 2

In this math lesson, students will use net income & net worth equations to learn about wealth and equality (math).

Key Concepts: Income, Money

45 mins

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Grades 9-12

Car Loan Project

In this personal finance lesson, students will evaluate different advertisements about cars to learn about the car buying process.

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

90 mins

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Grades 9-12

Would You Demand It?

In this economics lesson, students will compare demand and quantity demanded to learn about consumer behavior.

Key Concepts: Demand

60 mins

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Grades 3-5, 6-8

I Can Be an Entrepreneur

In this personal finance lesson, students explore entrepreneurship by earning money and advertising their business. Learners are given advice on...

Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Profit

45 mins

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Grades 9-12

Price Elasticity: From Tires to Toothpicks

In this economics lesson, students will compare elasticity coefficients of consumer goods.

Key Concepts: Demand, Elasticity of Demand

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

Exchange Rates: How Money Affects Trade

In this economics lesson, students will compute exchange rates to learn their impact on international trade.

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

60 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Wealth not Cash

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn why wealth is the essential feature of a successful financial life.

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Income, Money

120 mins

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Grades 9-12

Production Possibilities Curve

In this economics lesson, students will use a production possibilities curve to learn about scarcity and opportunity cost.

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

45 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Where Does the Price of Pizza Come From?

In this economics lesson, students will examine data for buyers and sellers to learn how prices emerge in a market.

Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Supply

60 mins

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Grades K-2, 3-5

Using Children’s Literature to Teach Elementary Math and Economics

Discover how picture books can give your classroom an instant boost by combining literature, math, and economics to teach activity-based...

Key Concepts: Money

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Grades 9-12

Margin Of Error

The lesson begins with an introduction to the use of polls in political campaigns. The students are introduced to the...

Key Concepts: Choice

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Grades 9-12

Analyzing the Business Cycle with Piecewise Functions

Students will interpret the United States business cycle in terms of a piecewise function. They will analyze specific points, slopes,...

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, GDP

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Grades 9-12

Inflation and Unemployment - Is There a Correlation?

Students view a video on inflation and are introduced to the concept of unemployment. They then utilize Excel to create...

Key Concepts: Employment and Unemployment, Fiscal Policy

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Grades 9-12

Compound Interest

Students learn what compound interest is, how it is calculated, and appreciate the impact it makes on loans and investments....

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Credit, Interest…

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Grades 9-12

Saving

In this personal finance lesson, students determine their monthly earned income and estimate how much they could be saving.

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budgeting, Roles of Government

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Grades 9-12

Productivity and Graphing Linear and Quadratic Functions

In this lesson students interpret key features of graphs for both linear and quadratic functions in the context of total...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues

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