Resources (by date) 293 of Total Resources
Resources (by date) 293 of Total Resources

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293 of Total Resources

Grades 9-12

Thinking on the Margin

This lesson and video from "Economics for Everyone" will help your students better understand decision-making, change how they approach everyday...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Plotting Potential Production: Hands on with PPC

A prodution activity and graphing with yarn help students to understand the Production Possibilities Curve in this economics lesson.
Key Concepts: AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts…
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Risky Spending and Teen Gambling

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn about the risks of sports gambling.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment, Incentives…
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Buying Electric Appliances - Watt You Need to Know

In this lesson, students learn about the importance of energy costs when considering household budgeting decisions. They also consider the...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

The Future of Batteries

In this high school economics lesson, students take part in an interactive simulation that demonstrates how batteries operate, participate in...
50 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

The Costs and Benefits of Hosting the Olympics

In this economics lesson, students will determine the costs and benefits of hosting the Olympic games and create a poster...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Cost and Benefits, Decision Making…
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Buying on Credit

This personal finance lesson discusses the costs of credit in a manner that helps students calculate those costs and integrate...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Buying Goods and Services, Credit and Debt…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

The Great Tulip Boom: Economics in World History

Why would people choose to spend a fortune on a single tulip bulb? In this economics lesson, students participate in...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Firms and Production, Markets and Price…
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Can We End Housing Insecurity?

Students compare the economic costs and benefits of helping people who are experiencing housing insecurity and consider the ethical implications.
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
90 mins
Lesson

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: Factors of Production, Productive Resources, Productive Resources…
60 min
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Can You Be Fashionable and Ethical?

Students “produce” blue jeans and make business choices about production to simulate the decision of changing from more expensive, but...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts, Cost and Benefits…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

What Can We Do About Pollution?

Students play charades to mimic noise pollution and consider the question "what can be done if someone's choices are putting...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Externalities, Externalities…
60 mins
Lesson