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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
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Grades 6-8, 9-12
Worker Safety - The Triangle Fire Legacy
In this economics lesson, students study job safety using the Triangle Fire and black lung outbreak.
Key Concepts: Employment and Unemployment, Roles of Government
Grades 3-5
Booker T. Washington:"Fifty Cents and a Dream"
In this economics lesson, students will study Booker T. Washington's life to learn about resources.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost, Productive Resources
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Believe it or Not?
In this economic lesson, students will explain fact and opinion in advertisements.
Key Concepts: Advertising
Grades 9-12
College: Where am I going to go?
In this economics lesson, students will use economic reasoning to choose post-secondary options.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Grades 6-8
A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned...With Interest
In this economics and personal finance lesson plan, students will make decisions about saving and spending.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost
Grades 9-12
Income Inequality in the U.S.: What Can Be Done?
In this lesson, students evaluate income inequality in the United States and play a short board game to understand the...
Key Concepts: Income Distribution, Income Inequality
Grades 9-12
Global Income Inequality: What are the Causes and Consequences?
In this lesson, students recreate the relative income inequalities of real countries with a hands-on activity and work in jigsaw...
Key Concepts: Income Distribution, Income Inequality
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Grades 9-12
High School Economics: Unemployment Survey
In this economics lesson plan, students conduct their own employment survey to calculate an unemployment rate.
Key Concepts: Labor Force, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate
Grades 9-12
Opportunity Cost
In this personal finance lesson, students will identify the opportunity cost of a spending decision.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost
Grades 9-12
Behavioral Economics Lesson One: Introduction to Behavioral Economics
In this economics lesson, students learn about behavioral economics to understand individual behavior.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Grades 9-12
NAFTA: Did Jobs Get Sucked Out of the United States?
In this economics lesson, students will analyze data to learn if jobs have increased or decreased since NAFTA was implemented.
Key Concepts: Barriers to Trade, Benefits of Trade
Grades 9-12
Rhetoric
In this economics lesson, students will learn about Rhetoric and how it effects the economy.
Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Credit
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Case Study on Productivity (Part 3) - Henry Ford and the Model T
In this economics lesson, students analyze shifts in supply and demand in the auto market and related markets.
Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Supply
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: Fiscal Policy, Insurance, Roles of Government
Grades 9-12
Taxation and the National Debt
In this economics lesson, students will analyze arguments concerning income and corporate taxes and the impact of national debt.
Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Fiscal Policy, Taxes
