Browse lesson plans, videos, activities, and more by grade level

Grades 9-12

Curriculum Tackles Economics Through the Lens of Sports

This NY1 segment features Jonathan Joseph, an economics teacher at White Plains High School (NY) and recipient of the Alfred...

Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Roles of Government

Video

See Video

Grades 9-12

Balancing the Federal Budget

ESSENTIAL DILEMMA When, if ever, should the nation prioritize balancing the federal budget?

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budgeting, Credit…

Lesson

See Lesson

Grades 9-12

Can Election Futures Markets be More Accurate than Polls?

The students examine results from opinion polls conducted near the end of the 2012 presidential campaign. They compare results from...

Key Concepts: Incentive, Markets

Lesson

See Lesson

Grades 9-12

Who Decides Wage Rates? | Lesson Demo

This video models Lesson 13 from CEE's High School Economics publication in the classroom. It discusses lesson objectives and provides...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization…

Video

See Video

Grades 9-12

Who Bears the Burden When a Tax Is Imposed on a Good?

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn how to determine the function values of simple functions.

Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Roles of Government

180 mins

Lesson

See Lesson

Grades 9-12

Using Systems of Equations with Supply and Demand Application

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn supply and demand by utilizing a system of equations.

Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices

60 mins

Lesson

See Lesson

Grades 9-12

Is the traditional taxicab an endangered species?

Increasingly popular ride-sharing services have attracted customers at a rate that some say endangers the cab industry. Economics correspondent Paul...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Demand, Elasticity of Demand…

Video

See Video

Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: More part-time workers suffer instability, long hours to make ends meet

As employers seek more control over labor costs, the number of part-time jobs has soared in the post-great recession period....

Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Employment and Unemployment, Income Distribution…

Video

See Video

Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Artists Learn Art of Business to Brave Tough Economic Times

In the classical performing arts, more and more artists -- ever more highly skilled -- compete for fewer and fewer...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization…

Video

See Video

Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Performing Artists Compete, Move, Adapt in Tough Economy

A new report shows 45 percent of young adults who recently got a college degree are underemployed, and the next...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization…

Video

See Video

Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Is Globalization Wiping Out the American Surfboard Industry?

Economic correspondent Paul Solman reports on an American-born product hit hard by globalization: the surfboard. In Southern California, U.S.-based manufacturers...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Benefits of Trade, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

Video

See Video