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Grades 9-12
Compound Interest
In this personal finance lesson, students will compare simple and compound interest on savings.
Key Concepts: Interest, Saving
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Grades 9-12
Resource Allocation
In this economics lesson, students will evaluate how demand and supply affect resource allocation.
Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Supply
Grades 9-12
The Benefits of Investing Early
In this personal finance lesson, students will compare the impact of time on long-term investments.
Key Concepts: Financial Investments, Risk and Return
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: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Incentives
Grades 9-12
U.S. farmers and the Cuban embargo
In this economics lesson, students examine trade barriers using the U.S. trade embargo with Cuba.
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Barriers to Trade, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence
Grades 9-12
Unemployment and the New Deal
In this economics lesson, students examine the impact of the New Deal on unemployment.
Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Roles of Government
Grades 9-12
Renting a Place to Live
In this personal finance lesson, students will compare rental options.
Key Concepts: Budgeting
Grades 9-12
Wages and Me
In this economics lesson, students will identify factors influencing wages.
Key Concepts: Demand, Income, Supply
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 6-8, 9-12
Calculating Simple Interest
In this personal finance lesson, students will use I=P(r)(t) to calculate simple interest on a loan.
Key Concepts: Credit, Interest
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, 9-12
The Basics of Saving and Budgeting
In this personal finance lesson, students will identify ways to spend and save to learn how to reach financial goals.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, 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
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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
