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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Global Trade Freezes Amid Economic Downturn

Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on how the global economic crisis has impacted trade.

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Low Consumer Confidence Limits Holiday Spending

Paul Solman looks at the psychological causes and effects of lower consumer confidence through the holiday season.

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Consumers, Credit…

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Grades 9-12

What Happened to Railroads?

Between the Civil War and World War II, railroads were one of the nation's most important businesses and an integral...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

Rising Living Standards In The New Nation | Lesson Demo

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 10: Rising Living Standards in the New Nation from CEE's Understanding Economics...

Key Concepts: Demand, Economic Development, Goods and Services…

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Grades 9-12

WhatDunnit? The Great Depression Mystery | Lesson Demo

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 30: WhatDunnit? The Great Depression Mystery from CEE's Understanding Economics in U.S....

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Business Cycles, Demand…

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Grades 9-12

China - Where will they fit in the world economy?

With its, emerging middle class, its new markets, and a new emphasis on increasing its technology base, where is China...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Demand, Economic Systems…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Collecting for Fun . . . and Profit?

Art, baseball cards, coins, comic books, dolls, jewelry and stamps are just a few examples of the many things people...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Demand, Investing…

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Grades 9-12

A Silver Market | Lesson Demo

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 7: A Silver Market from CEE's Capstone Exemplary Lessons for High School...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Choice, Consumers…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

What Do People Want to Wear?

To stay in business, fashion merchandisers must be able to anticipate what consumers want. By looking at different retail websites,...

Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices

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Grades 9-12

Fiscal and Monetary Policy Process and Interactive Quiz

Students follow each step of fiscal and monetary policy processes, to see the logic of how these tools are used...

Key Concepts: Aggregate Demand, Demand, Economic Institutions…

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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....

Key Concepts: Demand, Markets, Markets and Prices

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Grades 9-12

Wages and Me

In this economics lesson, students will identify factors influencing wages.

Key Concepts: Demand, Income, Supply

90 mins

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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: Business Costs and Revenues, Demand, Markets and Prices

45 mins

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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: Budgeting, Demand, Markets…

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Grades 9-12

I'll Trade You a Bag of Chips, Two Cookies, and $60,000 for Your Tuna Fish Sandwich

Okay, so your tuna fish sandwich probably isn't worth a couple grand. It's most likely made with a type of...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Demand, Markets and Prices…

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Grades 9-12

The Economics of the Family Farm

Learn about the status of farming as a career, investigate the management of a family farm, and examine one recent...

Key Concepts: Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization, Goods and Services…

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Grades 9-12

National Parks: Only You Can Prevent the Coming Crisis

What do you think of when you think of the National Parks System? Do you think of the majesty of...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Demand…

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Grades 9-12

Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?

Economists do not operate in a vacuum. If an economist is going to suggest that the price of a good...

Key Concepts: Demand, Incentive, Markets and Prices…

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Grades 9-12

The American Standard of Living - For Better or For Worse

Is the distribution of income in the United States becoming more unequal? Does the average American today have a higher...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Business Costs and Revenues, Consumers…

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