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491 of Total Resources

Grades 9-12

The Great Tulip Boom: Economics in World History

Why would people choose to spend a fortune on a single tulip bulb? In this economics lesson, students participate in...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Firms and Production, Markets and Price…
45 mins
Lesson

Grades K-2, 3-5

Teach Specialization using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle

In this economics lesson, students participate in hands-on activities that reinforces the concepts of specialists/entrepreneurs, workers, capital resources, and products. 
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Factors of Production, Factors of Production…
30 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Can We End Housing Insecurity?

Students compare the economic costs and benefits of helping people who are experiencing housing insecurity and consider the ethical implications.
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
90 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Valentine's Day Greeting Card Production

Working in small groups, students participate in a production simulation (making Valentine's Day greeting cards) to determine the effects of...
Key Concepts: Factors of Production, Productive Resources, Productive Resources…
60 min
Lesson

Grades K-2, 3-5

Decision Making with "Sam and the Lucky Money"

Using the children's book, "Sam and the Lucky Money", students learn about Chinese New Year and practice decision-making skills using...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Buying Goods and Services, Decision Making…
30 mins
Activity

Grades 9-12

Can You Be Fashionable and Ethical?

Students “produce” blue jeans and make business choices about production to simulate the decision of changing from more expensive, but...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts, Cost and Benefits…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

What Can We Do About Pollution?

Students play charades to mimic noise pollution and consider the question "what can be done if someone's choices are putting...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Externalities, Externalities…
60 mins
Lesson