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Grades 3-5
Pennies Make Cents
Students will review the history of trade before money and will investigate the history of money. Students will locate information...
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Grades 3-5
Changes in Change
This lesson begins with students visiting a web site that gives them practice in counting money. The second site goes...
Key Concepts: Financial Institutions, Goods and Services, Money…
Grades 3-5
Old Business, New Business
In this lesson students are introduced to several businesses from the past. They see that, while the names for these...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Game Theory, Globalization…
Grades 3-5
I Have No Money, Would You Take Wampum?
Through the use of folk tales, history, and the students' own experiences, students will recognize the inter-relatedness of goods, services,...
Key Concepts: Globalization, Goods and Services, International Trade…
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
The Wizard of Oz Visits Japan
Deflationary conditions in the United States have not returned since the Great Depression. Instead, U.S. policymakers have frequently found it...
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: Circular Flow, Circular Flow, Cost-Benefit Analysis…
Grades 9-12
Population Growth: Friend or Foe?
The environment has recently been the focus of much research and discussion. Because productive resources are limited, it is important...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
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...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 18, 2016 is Martin Luther King Day. Students can explore the history behind this day and this charismatic man...
