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Grades 9-12
Behavioral Economics Lesson Three - Loss Aversion, Endowment Effects, and Default Bias
COMPELLING QUESTION Why don’t we always choose the best option when making a decision? The lesson presents three short illustrations...
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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...
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, Globalization, International Trade
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...
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: Balance of Payments, Economic Institutions, Globalization…
Grades 9-12
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Are the Presidential Candidates Telling the Whole Story?
Compelling question: Are the presidential candidates telling the whole story about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?
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…
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 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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
