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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

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

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, Entrepreneurs, Firms and Production…

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Grades 9-12

Political Beliefs and the Federal Budget | Lesson Demo

This video models a lesson from our Understanding Fiscal Responsibility curriculum in the classroom, discusses lesson objectives and provides pointers...

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Grades 9-12

Should the U.S. Government Encourage Farmers To Grow More Sugar?

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Is the U.S. Sugar Program a necessary defense against disruptive global trade practices or lavish corporate welfare at...

Key Concepts: Barriers to Trade, Barriers to Trade, Comparative Advantage…

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Grades 9-12

Fiscal Ship Through the Lens of the Elections

Where does each party stand when it comes to fiscal management? In this lesson, students will analyze each major political...

Key Concepts: Crowding Out, Debt, Economic Growth…

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Grades 9-12

Income Inequality

Students will utilize the Structured Academic Controversy method to explore the issue of income inequality in America. Through reading and...

Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Budgeting/Money Managment, Decision Making…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Sports Economics: The Mystery of the 2,333,232% Pay Raise

Students will use the "Handy Dandy Guide to Economic Thinking" to solve an economic mystery. Yasiel Puig left his home...

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Grades 9-12

Party Platforms and Economic Issues

According to Gallup, Americans have considered the state of the economy "among the most important U.S. problems" since 2008. The...

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Grades 9-12

Campaign Finance

Compelling Question: In addressing the compelling question "Does money matter in political campaigns?" students work through a series of supporting...

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Grades 9-12

Free Trade

Compelling Question: In addressing the compelling question “Is free trade worth the price?” students will work through a series of...

Key Concepts: Globalization, International Trade

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Grades 9-12

Minimum Wage / The Challenge of Living on it

COMPELLING QUESTION Should the federal government increase the federal minimum wage? Increasing the minimum wage is a controversial issue in...

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Grades 9-12

Social Security and the National Debt | Lesson Demo

This video models a lesson from our Understanding Fiscal Responsibility curriculum in the classroom, discusses lesson objectives and provides pointers...

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Grades 9-12

Immigration

This lesson helps students better understand immigration, a major issue in the 2016 presidential election. Students learn how to evaluate...

Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Employment/Unemployment, Firms and Production…

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Grades 9-12

Balancing the Federal Budget

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

Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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