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Grades 9-12
Using Systems of Equations with Supply and Demand Application
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn supply and demand by utilizing a system of equations.
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Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Earning Credit
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn to compound interest and amortization to calculate the cost of a car.
Key Concepts: Risk Managment/Insurance
Grades 9-12
Would You Demand It?
In this economics lesson, students will compare demand and quantity demanded to learn about consumer behavior.
Grades 9-12
Mobile Phones Matter
In this personal finance lesson, students will research mobile apps for financial decision making.
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades 9-12
Pop Goes the Housing Bubble
In this lesson, students will learn about a speculative bubble within the context of the U.S. real estate market.
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis, Risk Managment/Insurance
Grades 9-12
The 411 on College Education
One of the most important financial decisions people make is whether to go to college. The price tag of a...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Game Theory, Marginal Analysis…
Grades 9-12
What is a Stock?
The students work in small groups that represent households. Each household answers questions about stocks and stock markets. For each...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Financial Institutions
Grades 9-12
Invest in Yourself
To explore the concept that people invest in themselves through education, the students work in two groups and participate in...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Income, Marginal Analysis
Grades 9-12
Understanding the Debt Ceiling Debate and the Budget Control Act of 2011
This lesson provides an introduction and an overview of the Budget Control Act of 2011. Students will be given information...
Key Concepts: Crowding Out, Debt, Economic Growth…
Grades 9-12
Understanding a Balance Sheet
A balance sheet shows the assets, liabilities, and net worth for a business on a given day. This business document...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades 9-12
The Economics of Pro Sports: Why are the Cowboys and Yankees so Valuable?
This lesson investigates the value of sports franchises in the various professional sports leagues. Students will investigate the revenues and...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Globalization, International Trade…
Grades 9-12
A Penny Saved
In this economics lesson, students will read and discuss the comic book, “A Penny Saved".
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Financial Institutions
Grades 6-8, 9-12
The Columbian Exchange
In this lesson, students learn that the Columbian Exchange resulted in an enormous exchange of goods, resources, and institutions between...
Key Concepts: Globalization, Goods and Services, International Trade
Grades 9-12
Opportunity Cost
In this personal finance lesson, students will identify the opportunity cost of a spending decision.
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades 9-12
You've Won The Lottery! Now What?
Friday the 13th was your lucky day. You won the lottery! The lottery officials have given you a choice. You...
Grades 9-12
Learning About Mortgages - Loan Amortization
How to amortize a loan using an Excel spreadsheet.
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment
Grades 9-12
Avatar, King of the Box Office?
On January 26, 2010, the film Avatar officially topped Titanic as the top-grossing film of all-time at the box office....
Grades 9-12
LeBron James, The Cavaliers, and Derived Demand
PBS video author Paul Solman reports that LeBron James has added $200 million in value to the city of Cleveland...
Key Concepts: Specialization, Specialization
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Calculating Simple Interest
In this personal finance lesson, students will use I=P(r)(t) to calculate simple interest on a loan.
Grades 9-12
Jokes, Quotations, and Cartoons in Economics
Students will apply their knowledge of economics to the analysis and interpretation of jokes, quotations, and cartoons in economics. Students...
