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Grades 9-12

The Business Cycle: Introduction to Macroeconomic Indicators

In this economics lesson, students will analyze graphs to learn the parts of the business cycle.

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Employment and Unemployment, GDP

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

AP Macroeconomics - The Money Market and the Loanable Funds Market

This lesson supports the Financial Sector section of the Advanced Placement Economics course. It introduces students to the money market...

Key Concepts: Credit, Economic Institutions

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Grades 9-12

Behavioral Economics Lesson Five: Other Things Matter

In this economics lesson, students will compare and contrast factors affecting decision-making.

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

Behavioral Economics Lesson Three - Loss Aversion, Endowment Effects, and Default Bias

COMPELLING QUESTION Why don’t we always choose the best option when making a decision? The lesson presents three short illustrations...

Key Concepts: Choice

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Grades 9-12

Behavioral Economics - Why Are We So Impatient?

COMPELLING QUESTION: Why do people tend to procrastinate when it comes to doing things that are good for them? Students...

Key Concepts: Choice

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Grades 9-12

AP Macroeconomics - Net Exports and Capital Flows

This lesson supports the Open Economy: International Trade and Finance section of the Advanced Placement Macroeconomics course. This lesson introduces...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade, Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Economic Institutions…

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Grades 9-12

Behavioral Economics: Negotiating Prices and The Anchoring Effect

COMPELLING QUESTION Can arbitrary numbers stick in our minds and affect our decision making? Students will participate in a trading...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Grades 9-12

Political Beliefs and the Federal Budget | Lesson Demo

This video models a lesson from our Understanding Fiscal Responsibility curriculum in the classroom, discusses lesson objectives and provides pointers...

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Grades 9-12

How to Use the Behavioral Economics Lessons

This note from one of our behavioral economics authors, William Bosshardt, Florida Atlantic University, explains how these behavioral economics lessons...

Key Concepts: Choice

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Grades 9-12

Should the U.S. Government Encourage Farmers To Grow More Sugar?

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Is the U.S. Sugar Program a necessary defense against disruptive global trade practices or lavish corporate welfare at...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Price Ceilings and Floors, Roles of Government…

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Grades 9-12

Sports Economics: Worshipping at the Altars of Adi, Phil and Kevin

Essential Question: How do entrepreneurship, competition, and specialization benefit consumers of athletic footwear and apparel? In order to gain a...

Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Specialization, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

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Grades 9-12

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Are the Presidential Candidates Telling the Whole Story?

Compelling question: Are the presidential candidates telling the whole story about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Benefits of Trade, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

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Grades 9-12

Fiscal Ship Through the Lens of the Elections

Where does each party stand when it comes to fiscal management? In this lesson, students will analyze each major political...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budget Deficits and Public Debt, GDP…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Sports Economics: The Mystery of the 2,333,232% Pay Raise

Students will use the "Handy Dandy Guide to Economic Thinking" to solve an economic mystery. Yasiel Puig left his home...

Key Concepts: Economic Systems, Incentive

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Grades 9-12

Campaign Finance

Compelling Question: In addressing the compelling question "Does money matter in political campaigns?" students work through a series of supporting...

Key Concepts: Public-Choice Analysis

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Grades 9-12

Free Trade

Compelling Question: In addressing the compelling question “Is free trade worth the price?” students will work through a series of...

Key Concepts: Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

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