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Grades 9-12
CPI- The Crystal Ball
Governments and other financial organizations are constantly measuring trends in the economy to try to predict what will happen next....
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Grades 6-8, 9-12
Market-Ability
Marketplace, a daily economics news program heard on National Public Radio, featured a story on January 8, 2002, titled "Microsoft...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments
Grades 9-12
Multipliers and the Mystery of the Magic Money
Students learn about the purpose of the reserve requirement, how money is "created" in the economy through fractional reserves, and...
Key Concepts: Financial Institutions
Grades 9-12
What Does A Dollar Really Buy?
Students will describe the purpose of a price index, and how it is calculated. Then students will describe the weaknesses...
Grades 9-12
It's a Matter of Power
Students examine tradeoffs and profit- maximization decisions in the case study of Kaiser Aluminum, which decided to shut down aluminum...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Comparative Economic Systems
Students research the economic systems of North Korea and Chad and compare them to the United States.
Key Concepts: AP Macroeconomics, Comparative Advantage, Economic Institutions…
Grades 9-12
Unemployment in My Hometown
Students use the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to track unemployment rates for their community, and after researching information about...
Grades 9-12
Stock Market Price History
Each of us seek to make wise investment decisions that will make our money grow. Unfortunately, we cannot predict the...
Grades 9-12
Economics in the Headlines
Students learn how to identify headlines in the news and current events as illustrations of problems in supply and demand....
Grades 9-12
Wages and Me
In this economics lesson, students will identify factors influencing wages.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Career Choices, Cost and Benefits…
Grades 9-12
Why cities provide tax breaks even when they are strapped for revenue
Like the state and federal government, local governments offer tax incentives to businesses to help solve economic and/or environmental problems....
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 Payments, Buying Goods and Services, Production Function…
Grades 9-12
The Role of Government: The Federal Government and Fiscal Policy
How does the Federal Government spend the trillions of dollars it raises from taxes? Students will read excerpts from “A...
Key Concepts: Crowding Out, Debt
Grades 6-8, 9-12
What Do You Want To Be?
In this lesson, students have the opportunity to explore various jobs and decide what they might want to be when...
Key Concepts: GDP
Grades 6-8, 9-12
The Mystery of the Voters Who Don't Vote
In this economics lesson, students examine why people choose not to vote in general elections.
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Incentives, Marginal Analysis
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: Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis…
