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Grades 9-12
Margin Of Error
The lesson begins with an introduction to the use of polls in political campaigns. The students are introduced to the...
Key Concepts: Choice
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Grades 9-12
President Jackson and the Veto of the Second National Bank
ESSENTIAL DILEMMA Could the conflict over the Second National Bank have been resolved in a way that supported the values...
Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Fraud Risk, Market Structures…
Grades 9-12
Can Election Futures Markets be More Accurate than Polls?
The students examine results from opinion polls conducted near the end of the 2012 presidential campaign. They compare results from...
Key Concepts: Incentive, Markets
Grades 9-12
The Panic of 1893 and the Election of 1896
ESSENTIAL DILEMMA Were the contradictory responses political leaders had to the panic of 1893 driven more by economic/political self-interest or...
Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budgeting, Business Cycles…
Grades 9-12
The History of Medicare
In this economics lesson, students will learn that Medicare was the fulfillment of what was believed to be Social Security.
Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy, Insurance, Roles of Government
Grades 9-12
The History of Social Security
In this economics lesson, students will examine the creation of Social Security.
Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy, Income Distribution, Roles of Government
Grades 9-12
Rhetoric
In this economics lesson, students will learn about Rhetoric and how it effects the economy.
Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Credit
Grades 9-12
Political Beliefs and the Federal Budget
In this economics lesson, students will examine political forces influencing the federal budget.
Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Fiscal Policy, Roles of Government
Grades 9-12
Inflation and Unemployment - Is There a Correlation?
Updated! Perfect for an integrated economics and math or technology lesson. Students use Excel to create scatterplots, regression line equations,...
Key Concepts: Employment and Unemployment, Inflation
Grades 9-12
National Security Goals, the Federal Budget, and the National Debt
In this economics lesson, students will examine defense spending to learn how it can influence the economy as a whole.
Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Fiscal Policy, Roles of Government
Grades 9-12
Medicare, Governance, and the National Debt
In this economics lesson, students will learn about how medicare affects the national deficit and debt.
Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Budgeting
Grades 9-12
Social Security, Governance, and the National Debt
In this economics lesson, students will examine concerns about balancing the budget and the role of the federal government.
Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Fiscal Policy, Income Distribution
Grades 9-12
Saving and Budgeting Using the Wheel of Mystfortune
In this math and personal finance lesson, students determine their monthly earned income and estimate how much they could be...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Saving
Grades 9-12
Compound Interest
In this personal finance lesson, students will compare simple and compound interest on savings.
Key Concepts: Interest, Saving
Grades 9-12
The Hidden Costs of College
College costs have escalated over the past two decades, and many students are relying on student loans to cover the...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Grades 9-12
Productivity and Graphing Linear and Quadratic Functions
In this lesson students interpret key features of graphs for both linear and quadratic functions in the context of total...
Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues
