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To Be or Not To Be?

This lesson guides students through web sites that examine careers that are typically of interest to 3rd- through 5th-grade students....
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Division of Labor/Specialization, Goods and Services

Collecting for Fun . . . and Profit?

Art, baseball cards, coins, comic books, dolls, jewelry and stamps are just a few examples of the many things people...
Key Concepts: Demand, Investing, Markets and Prices…

Be an Energy Saver

This lesson focuses on the scarce and nonrenewable nature of fossil fuels in order to stimulate student thinking about energy...
Key Concepts: Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Incentive…

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

This lesson introduces regulation and information as two tools used by government to promote fair competition and complete information in...
Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Roles of Government

Money Comes and Goes

Students read two online stories that introduce them to the elements of a budget and show that a successful budget...
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budgeting

What is Competition?

Students will understand what businesses are, that a marketplace exists whenever buyers and sellers exchange goods and services, and that...
Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Consumers, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

Classroom Cash Incentive Plan

Students will be rewarded for positive behavior and performance in class through a monetary incentive program. Classroom cash will be...
Key Concepts: Choice, Incentive

Where's the Beef?

Students explore meat consumption statistics, an indicator of a nation's relative prosperity and standard of living. They do a survey...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services