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Grades 9-12
AP Macroeconomics - The Deficit and the Debt
This lesson supports the Inflation, Unemployment, and Stabilization Policies section of the Advanced Placement Macroeconomics course. It introduces government budget...
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Grades 9-12
AP Macroeconomics - The Money Market and the Loanable Funds Market
This lesson supports the Financial Sector section of the Advanced Placement Economics course. It introduces students to the money market...
Grades 9-12
Behavioral Economics - Why Are We So Impatient?
COMPELLING QUESTION: Why do people tend to procrastinate when it comes to doing things that are good for them? Students...
Grades 9-12
Behavioral Economics Lesson Three - Loss Aversion, Endowment Effects, and Default Bias
COMPELLING QUESTION Why don’t we always choose the best option when making a decision? The lesson presents three short illustrations...
Grades 9-12
Behavioral Economics: Negotiating Prices and The Anchoring Effect
COMPELLING QUESTION Can arbitrary numbers stick in our minds and affect our decision making? Students will participate in a trading...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades 9-12
How to Use the Behavioral Economics Lessons
This note from one of our behavioral economics authors, William Bosshardt, Florida Atlantic University, explains how these behavioral economics lessons...
Grades 9-12
Sports Economics: Worshipping at the Altars of Adi, Phil and Kevin
Essential Question: How do entrepreneurship, competition, and specialization benefit consumers of athletic footwear and apparel? In order to gain a...
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Globalization, International Trade
Grades 9-12
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Are the Presidential Candidates Telling the Whole Story?
Compelling question: Are the presidential candidates telling the whole story about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?
Grades 9-12
Fiscal Ship Through the Lens of the Elections
Where does each party stand when it comes to fiscal management? In this lesson, students will analyze each major political...
Key Concepts: Crowding Out, Debt, Economic Growth…
Grades 9-12
Free Trade
Compelling Question: In addressing the compelling question “Is free trade worth the price?” students will work through a series of...
Key Concepts: Globalization, International Trade
Grades K-2
Teach About Spending with "Bunny Money"
In this lesson, students listen to the story of Ruby and Max, two bunnies that go shopping and make many...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
Grades K-2, 3-5
Teach Opportunity Cost with "Uncle Jed's Barbershop"
Students listen to the book Uncle Jed's Barbershop, about an African American barber who, despite significant setbacks, saves enough money...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades K-2, 3-5
Teach Saving and Budgeting with "A Chair for My Mother"
In the story, A Chair for My Mother, a little girl and her family save money in a jar to...
Key Concepts: Buying Goods and Services
Grades 9-12
Immigration
This lesson helps students better understand immigration, a major issue in the 2016 presidential election. Students learn how to evaluate...
Grades 9-12
Balancing the Federal Budget
ESSENTIAL DILEMMA When, if ever, should the nation prioritize balancing the federal budget?
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis…
Grades 9-12
The Economics of National Security
ESSENTIAL DILEMMA How do we know if we are getting good value out of the money we spend on defense?
