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Grades 6-8
Identifying Advertising Strategies
In this economics activity, students will identify the different strategies used in commercials.
Key Concepts: Advertising
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Grades 6-8, 9-12
The Basics of Productivity
In this economics activity, students will explore the basic principles of productivity.
Key Concepts: Productive Resources, Productivity
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Trade Barriers in Today's World
In this economics activity, students will review the different types of trade barriers.
Key Concepts: Barriers to Trade
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Exploring a Nonprofit in Your Community
In this economics activity, students will research the services of local nonprofit organizations.
Key Concepts: Economic Institutions
Grades 6-8
Resources for a Lemonade Stand
In this economics activity, students will identify different types of productive resources.
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Productive Resources
Content Partner
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…
Content Partner
Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Financial Literacy Bingo Cards
In this personal finance activity, students will talk about their finances using financial literacy tasks.
Key Concepts: Money
Content Partner
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
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
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
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
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
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Case Study on Productivity (Part 3) - Henry Ford and the Model T
In this economics lesson, students analyze shifts in supply and demand in the auto market and related markets.
Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Supply
Grades 6-8
Sandwich Supply and Dessert Demand
In this economics lesson, students will form a human demand and supply curve.
Key Concepts: Demand, Price Ceilings and Floors, Supply
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Sweet Opportunities - Three Types of Business Organizations
In this economics lesson, students will learn about 3 types of business organizations using candy companies.
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Market Structures
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Time Value of Money
In this economics lesson, students will learn how the value of money changes over time.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Interest, Money
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Learning Economics with Minecraft: Choices, Costs and Benefits
In this economics lesson, students will use cost-benefit analysis to build their own Minecraft shelter.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost
Content Partner
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Lights, Camera, Budget!
In this economics activity, students answer personal finance questions to earn money to produce a movie.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Financial Investments
Grades 6-8
The Supply and Demand of Toy Fads
In this economics lesson, students will examine the market responses to two different toys.
Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Supply
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Do I Look Like I'm Made of Money?
In this economics lesson, students will learn the importance of money as a medium of exchange.
Key Concepts: Human Capital, Income, Money
