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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 Trade and Balance of Payments, Budgeting, Business Costs and Revenues…
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Grades 9-12

Buying vs. Renting

Have you given any thought to where you will live when you are "on your own" - out in the...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Consumers, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…
Lesson

Grades 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: Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost
Lesson

Grades 9-12

The Economics of Homebuying

In this personal finance lesson, students interpret charts and graphs to analyze home buying trends, and then use a mortgage...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Do You Have a Yen to Go to College?

Carlos is a senior at local high school. When he graduates, he plans to study computer animation. He has applied...
Key Concepts: Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Foreign Exchange…
Lesson

Grades 9-12

'You Paid How Much for That Ticket?'

Have you ever been the victim of discrimination? That is, have you ever been treated differently from other people based...
Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Demand, Markets and Prices
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

'Be All You Can Be'...For Minimum Wage?

Perhaps you have seen the catchy TV ads for the various branches of the United States military. You know, the...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Division of Labor/Specialization…
Lesson

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, Markets
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

How Long Is Your Life?

High school students have rarely been asked to look at their future beyond where they will be going to college...
Key Concepts: Budgeting
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Economic Forecasting: An Internet WebQuest

Economics is often called the "science of decision making." The decisions that economists analyze range from personal decisions such as...
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Employment and Unemployment, Fiscal Policy
Lesson

Grades 9-12

The Wizard of Oz Visits Japan

Deflationary conditions in the United States have not returned since the Great Depression. Instead, U.S. policymakers have frequently found it...
Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy
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