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Grades 3-5
An Entreduction
This lesson illustrates the differences between inventions and innovations. It discusses what entrepreneurs are and their role with inventions and...
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Grades 9-12
Economic Forecasting: An Internet WebQuest
Economics is often called the "science of decision making." The decisions that economists analyze range from personal decisions such as...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Employment/Unemployment, Marginal Analysis…
Grades 9-12
Who Knows What Inefficiencies Lurk in the Hearts of Rent Controlled Housing Markets? The Shadow Market Knows!
Imagine that you've just graduated from college and have been offered a position with a firm in New York City....
Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…
Grades 9-12
I'll Trade You a Bag of Chips, Two Cookies, and $60,000 for Your Tuna Fish Sandwich
Okay, so your tuna fish sandwich probably isn't worth a couple grand. It's most likely made with a type of...
Grades 9-12
The Economics of the Family Farm
Learn about the status of farming as a career, investigate the management of a family farm, and examine one recent...
Key Concepts: Circular Flow, Circular Flow, Specialization…
Grades 9-12
The Wizard of Oz Visits Japan
Deflationary conditions in the United States have not returned since the Great Depression. Instead, U.S. policymakers have frequently found it...
Grades 9-12
National Parks: Only You Can Prevent the Coming Crisis
What do you think of when you think of the National Parks System? Do you think of the majesty of...
Key Concepts: Circular Flow, Circular Flow, Cost-Benefit Analysis…
Grades 9-12
Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?
Economists do not operate in a vacuum. If an economist is going to suggest that the price of a good...
Grades 3-5
Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?
Students working in cooperative groups will discuss food items they consume for breakfast, investigate elements of foreign culture, particularly food,...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
Grades 3-5
Paraffin-alia
All resources are limited. It is this simple fact--scarcity--that forces us to make decisions. When we do make a choice,...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services, Scarcity
Grades 9-12
The Early 1980s: A Tough Time For Home Builders and Mortgage Bankers
Have you ever thought of how much it might cost you to finance the purchase of a home? The home's...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Financial Institutions
Grades 9-12
Population Growth: Friend or Foe?
The environment has recently been the focus of much research and discussion. Because productive resources are limited, it is important...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades 9-12
To Keep the Strike Going or to End It? That Was the Question
According to the Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition, the term "strike" is defined as a "temporary stoppage of activities...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Financial Institutions, Marginal Analysis
Grades 9-12
If You Hear a Hoot, Then This Site is Kaput
Should the Endangered Species Act of 1973 be left alone so the legal system is left to decide the toughest...
Grades 9-12
The American Standard of Living - For Better or For Worse
Is the distribution of income in the United States becoming more unequal? Does the average American today have a higher...
Grades 9-12
Are the Best Things in Life Free?
Students use economic reasoning to analyze the costs and consequences of marital choice. "The best things in life are free."...
