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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...
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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...
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...
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...
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: Economic Institutions
Grades 9-12
The History of Social Security
In this economics lesson, students will examine the creation of Social Security.
Key Concepts: Economic Institutions
Grades 9-12
Rhetoric
In this economics lesson, students will learn about Rhetoric and how it effects the economy.
Grades 9-12
Political Beliefs and the Federal Budget
In this economics lesson, students will examine political forces influencing the federal budget.
Key Concepts: Crowding Out, Debt, Economic Institutions
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/Unemployment, Phillips Curve, Unemployment
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: Crowding Out, Debt, Economic Institutions
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: Budgeting/Money Managment, Crowding Out, Debt
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: Crowding Out, Debt
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/Money Managment
Grades 9-12
Compound Interest
In this personal finance lesson, students will compare simple and compound interest on savings.
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...
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: Production Function
