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Grades 6-8
Cybersecurity and Personal Finance: Identity Theft
Anyone can become a victim of identity theft. Protecting one’s identity can help reduce the potential of becoming a victim...
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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…
Grades 9-12
Inflation Data: Is the Economy Healthy?
Newly updated! This series of lessons will introduce you to economic data that economists use to assess the health of...
Grades 9-12
Unemployment Data: Is the Economy Healthy?
In this economics lesson, students will learn about economic data and what they communicate about the health of the economy.
Key Concepts: Business Cycle, Business Cycle, Employment/Unemployment…
Grades 3-5
Teach About Saving Using "Beatrice's Goat"
This lesson from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' EconLowdown site teaches students what it means to save and...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
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
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
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...
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
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…
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…
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…
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...
Grades K-2
Teach About Spending with "Bunny Money"
In this lesson, students listen to the story of Ruby and Max, two bunnies that go shopping and make many...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
Grades K-2, 3-5
Teach Opportunity Cost with "Uncle Jed's Barbershop"
Students listen to the book Uncle Jed's Barbershop, about an African American barber who, despite significant setbacks, saves enough money...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making, Personal Finance…
Grades K-2, 3-5
Teach Saving and Budgeting with "A Chair for My Mother"
In the story, A Chair for My Mother, a little girl and her family save money in a jar to...
Key Concepts: Buying Goods and Services
