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491 of Total Resources

Grades 9-12

Economic Indicators for Informed Citizens

Newly updated! This lesson introduces students to three basic economic indicators: real GDP, the inflation rate, and the unemployment rate....
Key Concepts: Economic Indicators, Employment/Unemployment, GDP…
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Traditional Economies and the Inuit

The Inuit people of northern Canada provide an example of a traditional economy. For thousands of years, Inuit parents have...
Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…
Lesson

Grades K-2

Teach About Scarcity with "The Mitten"

This is a folktale retold by Jan Brett about a little boy whose grandmother knits him a pair of snow...
Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Basic Economic Concepts…
30 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Banks & Credit Unions (Part I)

Students learn about banks and credit unions, identifying similarities and differences between the two types of financial institution. They also...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis…
Lesson

Grades 6-8

The Higher you Climb, The More You Pay

Students will take a "Virtual Tour" of the Eiffel Tower in Paris France and locate the price of a bottle...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Foreign Exchange, Marginal Analysis
Lesson

Grades 3-5

The Color of Resources

This lesson will demonstrate the making of Crayola products to introduce natural, capital, and human resources as well as touching...
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Was Babe Ruth Under Paid?

This lesson demonstrates a method for teaching students about inflation and the Consumer Price Index, using baseball players' salaries for...
Key Concepts: AP Macroeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts, Career Choices…
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Why do we need money? Think about Ebay!

The students investigate money--its purpose and functions. They complete an exercise, using the online acution site Ebay, to learn why...
Key Concepts: Exchange Rates
Lesson

Grades 6-8

There is Something in the Water

The United States is losing 60,000 acres of wetlands each year. Is this good or bad? Does anyone really want...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services, Scarcity
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Industrial Entrepreneurs or Robber Barons?

This lesson focuses on a group of nineteenth century industrial entrepreneurs described in many history books as Robber Barons. It...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Entrepreneurs, Marginal Analysis
Lesson

Grades 3-5

The Grasshopper and the Ant

Understanding the concept of opportunity cost is critical for good decision making. The ability to identify the opportunity cost—the highest...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making, Goods and Services…
45 to 90 mins
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