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Grades 6-8
Bringing the Market to the Farm
Students learn how community supported agriculture (CSAs) is changing the relationship between the farmer and the consumer.
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Grades 3-5
How Much is that Doggy?
Students will investigate the concept of total cost of ownership. They will brainstorm the costs of owning a dog or...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades 6-8
Fill 'er up, Please
Americans drive more than 2.6 trillion miles per year, that's 14,000 round trips to the sun! And for the most...
Grades 3-5
Banks, Bankers, Banking
Students will demonstrate understanding of the processes associated with banking by role- playing as customers, tellers, and guards.
Grades 3-5
When Gas was a Quarter!
Why do things cost so much more now than they used to? Students will find out about inflation in the...
Key Concepts: Employment/Unemployment, Phillips Curve, Unemployment
Grades 3-5
Destination: Mars
Look up! Can you ever imagine standing on another planet and looking down at earth? We've been to the moon...
Grades 9-12
Show Me the Money!
Students will investigate the unforeseen costs of car loans and/or house loans. They will then evaluate the economics of decision...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades 6-8, 9-12
One is Silver and the Other's Gold
Students learn about the money supply and that it can affect the value of money. Students investigate this in the...
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Why Work Now?
Why do people work so hard? Why aren't you just assigned a job that you are interested in and get...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Goods and Services, Specialization…
Grades 9-12
How is Our Economy Doing?
Students learn the meaning and measurement of six important economic indicators and use the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank National...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Employment/Unemployment, Phillips Curve…
Grades K-2, 3-5
What Are Incentives?
Students will understand that incentives are used to encourage them to make good choices. After identifying incentives offered at home...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades 3-5
Old Toy - New Market
Students explore the LEGOLAND theme parks and demonstrate an understanding of how new markets can be created and that cultural...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Marketplace: Let's Go Euro!
With the start of the new year in 2002, the 12 members of the European Union launched a single currency...
Grades 3-5
Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard
Ben & Jerry are producers of ice cream. Even if they produce ice cream for the entire nation, they still...
Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…
Grades 9-12
CPI- The Crystal Ball
Governments and other financial organizations are constantly measuring trends in the economy to try to predict what will happen next....
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Grades 6-8
It Pays to Stay in School
In this personal finance lesson, students will analyze and develop stay-in-school incentive programs for a group of students.
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Incentives, Specialization…
