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Grades 3-5
Opportunity Cost - Playful Economics | Lesson Demo
Using play dough is a fun way to introduce new economic concepts and to keep your students engaged. In this...
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Grades K-2, 3-5
Scarcity - Playful Economics | Lesson and Demo
Watch this demonstration on how to use play dough to teach the concepts of scarcity and decision-making to elementary students...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making, Incentives…
Grades 3-5
The Classroom Mini-Economy | Lesson Demo
Shanan Riegle, an award-winning teacher from Yorktown Elementary School in Indiana, shares tips for creating a mini-economy in the elementary...
Grades 9-12
Productivity and Graphing Linear and Quadratic Functions
In this lesson students interpret key features of graphs for both linear and quadratic functions in the context of total...
Key Concepts: Production Function
Grades 9-12
The Hidden Costs of College
College costs have escalated over the past two decades, and many students are relying on student loans to cover the...
Grades 9-12
How Will I Pay for College?
In this lesson, students will learn about current trends in student borrowing and determine a reasonable debt load for hypothetical...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis…
Grades 9-12
Powerball Economics | Lesson Demo
Professor Richard MacDonald of St. Cloud University demonstrates a lesson on Powerball Economics at a workshop organized by the Indiana...
Grades K-2, 3-5
Teach Money Skills and Graphing with "Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday"
In this lesson, students count and graph pennies, discuss the choices that Alexander made, and give advice on how he...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Buying Goods and Services, Decision Making…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Interest Calculator
This interest calculator can be used to calculate the monthly payments and final amount paid on a loan for various...
Grades 9-12
Comparative Advantage Activity
This interactive activity illustrates the concept of comparative advantage in three hypothetical situations: first analyzing two workers in a pizza...
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Distribution of Income
Students will learn how productivity and government policy influences the distribution of income and create and analyze Lorenz curves and...
Grades K-2
"What Pet Should I Get?" Dr. Seuss and Decision Making
Recently published, but likely written between 1958 and 1962, What Pet Should I Get? is the delightful tale of a...
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Buying Goods and Services, Firms and Production…
Grades 9-12
Business Plan Video
Teach your students about developing a business plan. In this video a young man uses a business plan to determine...
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs
Grades 9-12
Credit Score Video
Teach your students about credit scores. In this video a young man wants to get a loan to make surround...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Entrepreneurs
Grades 9-12
Debt and Equity Financing Video
Teach your students about debt and equity financing. In this video a small business owner wants to expand her business,...
Grades 9-12
The Entrepreneur and the Supply Chain: Lesson and Video
Teach your students about supply chains. In this video a young woman starts her own business bedazzling cell phone cases...
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Goods and Services
