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Grades 9-12

Economic Data Lesson: Economic Policy Options

This is the final lesson in a series of lessons that introduces students to the economic data that economists use...

Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Business Cycle, Business Cycle…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Teaching PACED Decision Making in Grades 6-12

Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making

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Grades 9-12

FRED and the Federal Budget Interactive Lesson

Students will use a Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) data dashboard to calculate budget deficits, surpluses, how much federal budgets...

Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Budgeting/Money Managment, Business Cycle…

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Grades 9-12

Balancing the Federal Budget | Classroom Demo

Help your students to understand how the federal budget is established using CEE's animated video Overview of the Federal Budget...

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Grades 9-12

Social Security and the National Debt | Activity

Use this Image Annotation Tool to enable your students to creatively comment on political cartoons, and to share their annotated...

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Grades 9-12

Taxation and the National Debt (A) | Activity

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Grades 9-12

Taxation and the National Debt (B) | Activity

Use this Image Annotation Tool to enable your students to creatively comment on political cartoons, and to share their annotated...

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Grades 9-12

Balancing the Federal Budget | Activity

Use this Image Annotation Tool to enable your students to creatively comment on political cartoons, and to share their annotated...

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Overview of Federal Taxes | Animated Video

Where does federal revenue come from and how is it used to pay for the services we rely on? Help...

Key Concepts: Crowding Out, Debt, Economic Institutions

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Grades 9-12

Medicare and the National Debt Activity

In this economics activity, students will learn about US health coverage.

Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Financial Institutions, Marginal Analysis

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Grades 9-12

National Security Goals, the Federal Budget, and the National Debt | Activity

Use this Image Annotation Tool to enable your students to creatively comment on political cartoons, and to share their annotated...

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Overview of the Budget Process | Animated Video

How is the federal budget established, what is influencing decision makers, and what do we need to know? Help students...

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Grades 9-12

Using CEE's Image Annotation Tool | Video

Introduce a fun and creative means of exercising critical thinking skills in your classroom with CEE's Image Annotation Tool. This...

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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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