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Grades 6-8, 9-12
Teaching PACED Decision Making in Grades 6-12
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making
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Grades 6-8
Mario's Choice - Decision Making and Opportunity Cost
In this middle school lesson, students use decision-making skills to solve a scarcity problem and then write their own stories...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Buying Goods and Services, Decision Making…
Grades 6-8
Connect the Dots: Calculate Saving and Spending
In this cross-curricular math and personal finance lesson, students solve word problems and then use those solutions to solve a...
Key Concepts: Buying Goods and Services
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Women's History Month: Economics and Personal Finance Bell-Ringers
Celebrate Women's History Month in your economics and personal finance classroom! Use these quotes by famous women to inspire discussions...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making, Employment…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
How Does One Energy Policy - a Ban on Gas-powered Cars - Affect So Many People Differently?
In this economics lesson, students will use a jigsaw activity to analyze the effects of a single energy policy -...
Key Concepts: Barriers to Trade, Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Global Income Inequality: What are the Causes and Consequences?
In this lesson, students recreate the relative income inequalities of real countries with a hands-on activity and work in jigsaw...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making, Economic Growth…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Income Inequality in the U.S.: What Can Be Done?
In this lesson, students evaluate income inequality in the United States and play a short board game to understand the...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making, Income…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Personal Finance Bell Ringers, Warm-ups, and Hooks
In this personal finance activity, teachers will be able to find a variety of bell ringers and warm-ups.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Personal Finance
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…
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…
