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Grades 6-8
The Civil War: A War of Resources
The North won the Civil War in large part due to its superior resources. In this lesson students will learn...
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120 of Total Resources
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120 of Total Resources
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120 of Total Resources
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Work, Earnings, and Economics: "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
This updated lesson is based on the novel, Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson. Set mainly in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s,...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment, Career Choices…
Grades 6-8
The Higher you Climb, The More You Pay
Students will take a "Virtual Tour" of the Eiffel Tower in Paris France and locate the price of a bottle...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Foreign Exchange, Marginal Analysis
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Grades 6-8, 9-12
Looping Around the World: A Game of International Trade
In this economics lesson, students will use looping cards to define and provide examples of the terms associated with international...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Barriers to Trade, Global Economy & Globalization…
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Did You Get the Message?
Updated! In this economic lesson, students will view TV ads to learn advertising incentives and strategies.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Firms and Production, Incentives…
Grades 6-8
The Price of Gasoline: What's Behind It?
In this lesson, students investigate the variables that contribute to the cost of gasoline. They learn that while OPEC nations...
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Believe it or Not?
In this economic lesson, students will explain fact and opinion in advertisements.
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Why do we need money? Think about Ebay!
The students investigate money--its purpose and functions. They complete an exercise, using the online acution site Ebay, to learn why...
Key Concepts: Exchange Rates
Grades 6-8
There is Something in the Water
The United States is losing 60,000 acres of wetlands each year. Is this good or bad? Does anyone really want...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services, Scarcity
Grades 6-8
Agent Pincher: The Case of the UFO
Agent Pincher: The Case of the UFO--Unfamiliar Foreign Objects. That is what currency from another country may look like. Sometimes...
Grades 6-8
Fad or Fortune
This lesson focuses on collectibles and how they retain, lose, or gain value. In each round of a trading simulation,...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Could You Earn a Million Dollars?
This lesson is designed to acquaint students with the relationship between earnings and education. The data are very clear regarding...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Sand Art Brownies - Decision-Making and Substitutes
In this lesson, students learn about substitute goods and decision-making in their role as a shopper. Are students willing to...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Buying Goods and Services, Decision Making…
Grades 6-8
Agent Pincher: The Case of the missing Susan B. Anthony Dollar
Agent Penn E. Pincher is again called out on a case. It seems that in 1979 the U.S. Bureau of...
Key Concepts: Money, Money
Grades 6-8
Agent Pincher: P is for Penny or Where did money come from?
Over time everyone has had a pocketful of pennies, it’s not something we think about very much. But what if...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Collecting for Fun . . . and Profit?
Art, baseball cards, coins, comic books, dolls, jewelry and stamps are just a few examples of the many things people...
Key Concepts: Risk Managment/Insurance
Grades 3-5, 6-8
How E-Commerce Influences Consumer Choice
In this lesson students learn decision making skills that will help them become better consumers. As consumers they have a...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Worker Safety - The Triangle Fire Legacy
In this economics lesson, students study job safety using the Triangle Fire and black lung outbreak.
Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Employment/Unemployment, Phillips Curve…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
I Don't Want Much, I Just Want More: Allocation and Decision-Making
In this economics lesson, students analyze candy distribution and determine when to start standing in line to be eligble for...
Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Be an Energy Saver
This lesson focuses on the scarce and nonrenewable nature of fossil fuels in order to stimulate student thinking about energy...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economic Institutions, Marginal Analysis
