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Grades 9-12
A Penny Saved
In this economics lesson, students will read and discuss the comic book, “A Penny Saved".
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Financial Institutions
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Grades 9-12
LeBron James, The Cavaliers, and Derived Demand
PBS video author Paul Solman reports that LeBron James has added $200 million in value to the city of Cleveland...
Key Concepts: Specialization, Specialization
Grades 9-12
Avatar, King of the Box Office?
On January 26, 2010, the film Avatar officially topped Titanic as the top-grossing film of all-time at the box office....
Grades 9-12
Balance of Payments (BOP)
International trade allows countries to buy and sell both domestic and foreign goods, as well as services and financial assets....
Grades K-2, 3-5
Opportunity Cost - Consumers
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making, Producers and Consumers…
Grades K-2
Human Resources and Capital Resources: It's A Match!
Students will define and identify human resources and capital resources workers use in their jobs.
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
Grades 9-12
Utility
Can happiness be measured? Students will learn how utility relates to economic decision making and the law of diminishing marginal...
Grades 9-12
How Much Does it Cost Now?
Students will use the FRED database to download the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and calculate the equivalent price of a...
Grades 9-12
Okun's Law
The students sharpen their graphing skills by interpreting the relationship between changes in the unemployment rate (%) and real GDP....
Grades 6-8, 9-12
The Family Vacation
Students will take a surprise trip around the world. As they travel, they will use clues to discover where they...
Grades K-2
Teach About Scarcity with "The Mitten"
This is a folktale retold by Jan Brett about a little boy whose grandmother knits him a pair of snow...
Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Basic Economic Concepts…
Grades K-2
Funny Money or Phony Money?
Money is what we use to show what goods or services are worth. When you do work, you are paid...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Transportation: They Say We Had a Revolution (Part 3)
Advancements in transportation have played a key role in the growth of our nation. U.S. government policies have also had...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Economic Institutions, Entrepreneurs…
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...
Grades 6-8
The Higher you Climb, The More You Pay
Students will take a "Virtual Tour" of the Eiffel Tower in Paris France and locate the price of a bottle...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Foreign Exchange, Marginal Analysis
Grades 9-12
It's a Not So Wonderful Life
In this lesson students learn about banks and banking. The study the fractional reserve system, and the role the Fed...
