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Grades 6-8
Where's the Beef?
Students explore meat consumption statistics, an indicator of a nation's relative prosperity and standard of living. They do a survey...
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Grades 6-8
Hey, Get a Job!
The second of a two-part unit on income-earning endeavors, this lesson has students choose a job or business to engage...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Entrepreneurs
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: Basic Economic Concepts, Cost and Benefits, Entrepreneurs…
Grades 6-8
Lewis and Clark barter with the Native Americans
Using the study of the Lewis and Clark expedition students will define the term barter and give examples of bartering.
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Taxation without Representation?
This lesson will take students through the series of tax acts that were enacted by the British government and disputed...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Crowding Out, Debt…
Grades 6-8
The Mystery of is it Mine or Ours?
Did you ride to school on a road today? Yesterday did you skate in a public park? Maybe Mom or...
Grades 6-8
Who Is Working?
This lesson teaches students what economists mean when they talk about people who are employed, unemployed, and not in the...
Grades 3-5, 6-8
You Decide!
Think about a difficult decision you have had to make. After you decided did it work out? Why or why...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making, Scarcity
Grades 6-8, 9-12
What Do People Want to Wear?
To stay in business, fashion merchandisers must be able to anticipate what consumers want. By looking at different retail websites,...
Grades 3-5, 6-8
What's My Interest?
Students explore the concept of interest by means of two activities. The first, a simple activity with jellybeans, introduces the...
Grades 6-8
Bringing the Market to the Farm
Students learn how community supported agriculture (CSAs) is changing the relationship between the farmer and the consumer.
Grades 6-8
Fill 'er up, Please
Americans drive more than 2.6 trillion miles per year, that's 14,000 round trips to the sun! And for the most...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
One is Silver and the Other's Gold
Students learn about the money supply and that it can affect the value of money. Students investigate this in the...
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Why Work Now?
Why do people work so hard? Why aren't you just assigned a job that you are interested in and get...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Goods and Services, Specialization…
Grades 6-8
Economic Spotter: Resources During World War II
In World War II pennies were made of steel and zinc instead of copper and women were working at jobs...
Key Concepts: Factors of Production, Productive Resources, Productive Resources…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Marketplace: Let's Go Euro!
With the start of the new year in 2002, the 12 members of the European Union launched a single currency...
