6-8 Archives - EconEdLink

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: Entrepreneurship

45 mins

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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, Scarcity

45 mins

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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: Costs of Production, Diminishing Marginal Utility, Productive Resources…

60 min

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Continental Drift and Comparative Advantage

Combine your economics and geography lessons in this activity that has students reviewing continental drift and the continents of Laurasia...

Key Concepts: Absolute Advantage, Benefits of Trade/Comparative Advantage

60 min

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Simple Interest Calculator

This Simple Interest Calculator helps you calculate the interest earned on your investment over a set period of time.

Key Concepts: Interest, Interest Rate

15 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Product Differentiation: Design and Advertise a Shoe

In this economics lesson, students will design and advertise shoes to learn product differentiation and advertising in markets.

Key Concepts: Advertising, Market Structures, Monopolistic Competition

90 mins

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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 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Stock Prices and the Super Bowl

Harness the excitement of the Super Bowl with this lesson from the SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education. Students analyze the...

Key Concepts: Advertising, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Investing

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Grades 6-8

Using Percentage Allocation to Create a Basic Spending and Savings Plan

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn to create a spending and savings plan using order of operations.

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Income, Money

60 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Cool Million Calculator

Find out when your savings plan may make you a millionaire!

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Retirement Income Calculator

Use this calculator to determine how much monthly income your retirement savings may provide you in your retirement.

Key Concepts: Retirement Accounts

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

College Savings Calculator

Use this calculator to help develop or fine tune your education savings plan.

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Interest Only Mortgage Calculator

Use this calculator to generate an amortization schedule for an interest only mortgage.

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Retirement Planner Calculator

Quickly determine if your retirement plan is on track - and learn how to keep it there.

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Home Rent vs Buy Calculator

Are you better off buying your home, or should you continue to rent?

Key Concepts: Budgeting

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Making a Budget - It Is All Spending!

Students discover that all elements of a budget are essentially spending on goods and services.

Key Concepts: Decision Making, Goods and Services, Income…

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Grades 3-5, 6-8

Costs and Benefits of Beans' Decisions

In this economics lesson, students will make decisions using a cost-benefit analysis.

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

45 mins

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Grades 6-8

Wealthy 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 6-8

Wealthy 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, 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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