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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
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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…
Grades 6-8, 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: AP Microeconomics, Budgeting/Money Managment, Buying Goods and Services…
Grades 9-12
Should I Be a Professional Basketball Player?
The purpose of this lesson is to help you explore the relationship between education and income. Income is earned from...
Key Concepts: Buying Goods and Services, Entrepreneurs
Grades 9-12
Income: It Ain't Where You Start, It's What You Got, and Where You End
This year's federal elections will involve electing a president, all members of the House of Representatives, and one third of...
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/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
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: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Exchange Rates, Marginal Analysis
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: Production Function
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: Buying Goods and Services, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis…
Grades 9-12
Underpaid Millionaires? The Economics of Major League Baseball
Use the hook of professional sports to introduce the concepts of competitive markets, specialization, and monopolies as they relate to...
Key Concepts: Production Function, Specialization, Specialization
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
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/Money Managment, Personal Finance
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: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Employment/Unemployment, Marginal Analysis…
Grades 9-12
Let's Talk Turkey: Inflation and the Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner
Use the cost of a typical Thanksgiving dinner to teach your students about inflation and the CPI.
Key Concepts: Buying Goods and Services, Inflation, Markets and Price…
Grades 9-12
Who Knows What Inefficiencies Lurk in the Hearts of Rent Controlled Housing Markets? The Shadow Market Knows!
Imagine that you've just graduated from college and have been offered a position with a firm in New York City....
Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…
