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Grades 6-8
The Mystery of is it Mine or Ours?
Did you ride to school on a road today? Yesterday did you skate in a public park? Maybe Mom or...
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Grades 3-5, 6-8
Taxation without Representation?
This lesson will take students through the series of tax acts that were enacted by the British government and disputed...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Crowding Out, Debt…
Grades 6-8
Who Is Working?
This lesson teaches students what economists mean when they talk about people who are employed, unemployed, and not in the...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
What Do People Want to Wear?
To stay in business, fashion merchandisers must be able to anticipate what consumers want. By looking at different retail websites,...
Grades 3-5
You Decide!
Think about a difficult decision you have had to make. After you decided did it work out? Why or why...
Grades K-2, 3-5
A Pet For Beans from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
After listening to a computer-read story, "Jack and the Beanstalk," the students will find out that beans were used as...
Grades 3-5, 6-8
What's My Interest?
Students explore the concept of interest by means of two activities. The first, a simple activity with jellybeans, introduces the...
Grades 3-5
Hey Pop!
One of the best sounds and smells is fresh popcorn! At the movies, at the fair, or at home, everyone...
Key Concepts: Marginal Analysis
Grades 3-5
The Write Stuff
Right now you are probably using a pencil to do your school work. But do you know where the pencil...
Grades 3-5
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Frontier Town
Laura Ingalls Wilder made a sketch of De Smet, South Dakota in the 1880's. This lesson will discuss the markets...
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.
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...
