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Grades 3-5, 6-8
Lemon Squeeze - The Lemonade Stand
Everyone has at one time or another opened a lemonade or Kool-Aid Stand. What a great place to begin an...
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Grades 6-8, 9-12
Market-Ability
Marketplace, a daily economics news program heard on National Public Radio, featured a story on January 8, 2002, titled "Microsoft...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments
Grades 6-8
Capital Chips (Part 3)
Through the use of a historical timeline of the capital investments made by the company the resulting benefits will be...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
Grades 6-8
The Penny Problem
Students will research the cost of making the penny and the use of the penny. They will come up with...
Grades 6-8
Capital Chips (Part 1)
Through the use of a historical timeline of the capital investments made by the company the resulting benefits will be...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Goods and Services
Grades 6-8
Capital Chips (Part 2)
Through the use of a historical timeline of the capital investments made by the company the resulting benefits will be...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Goods and Services
Grades 3-5, 6-8
From Butterflies to Buffaloes
Nature tourism, also known as ecotourism, is a fast growing segment of the tourism industry. In this lesson, students learn...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
Grades 6-8
The Need for Money that Everybody can Use
The U.S. Currency currently has two faces. The old bills are being replaced with new designs. The study of the...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Comparative Economic Systems
Students research the economic systems of North Korea and Chad and compare them to the US, guided by questions and...
Key Concepts: AP Macroeconomics, Comparative Advantage, Economic Institutions…
Grades 6-8
A Moo-ving Experience
In this economics lesson, students will explore the purpose of nonprofit organizations.
Key Concepts: Financial Institutions
Grades 6-8
Human Capital For Money
The first part of this lesson introduces students to the terms human capital, occupation, salary, and wages. Part two of...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services, Specialization, Specialization
Grades 6-8, 9-12
A Fair Wage
Income for most people is determined by the market value of the productive resources they sell. What workers earn depends,...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Buying Goods and Services, Production Function…
Grades 3-5, 6-8
The Mystery of the Amazing Farmers
In this lesson you will be taking on the role of an an investigative reporter to solve the Amazing Farmer...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Goods and Services, Specialization…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
The Mystery of the Voters Who Don't Vote
In this economics lesson, students examine why people choose not to vote in general elections.
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Incentives, Marginal Analysis
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Should I Use Cash or Credit?
To use or not to use credit for a major purchase is an important decision. There is a nifty process...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Budgeting/Money Managment, Buying Goods and Services…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Save the Moonflowers
This economics and science lesson outlines the concepts of markets and natural resources while discussing the experiences of Margaret Mee....
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
Grades 6-8
Where Does the Money Come From?
With very few exceptions, the U.S. federal government does not have an "income" to spend providing goods and services. The...
Key Concepts: Economic Institutions
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Bill, Are You Bogus?
In a barter system, people have to trade goods and services for other goods and services. In an economy that...
Key Concepts: Globalization, Goods and Services, International Trade…
Grades 6-8
A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned...With Interest
In this economics and personal finance lesson plan, students will make decisions about saving and spending.
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 18, 2016 is Martin Luther King Day. Students can explore the history behind this day and this charismatic man...
