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Grades 3-5

Teach About Saving Using "Beatrice's Goat"

This lesson from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' EconLowdown site teaches students what it means to save and...

Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

AP Microeconomics - When Markets Fail

This lesson supports the Market Failure and the Role of Government section of the Advanced Placement Microeconomics curriculum. Students need...

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Grades 9-12

AP Microeconomics - Competition versus Monopsony in Labor Markets

This lesson supports the Factor Markets section of the Advanced Placement Microeconomics curriculum. In this lesson, students are introduced to...

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Grades 9-12

AP Microeconomics - Monopoly

This lesson supports the Theory of the Firm section of the Advanced Placement Microeconomics curriculum. Students will learn in this...

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Grades 9-12

AP Macroeconomics - Net Exports and Capital Flows

This lesson supports the Open Economy: International Trade and Finance section of the Advanced Placement Macroeconomics course. This lesson introduces...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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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...

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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

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