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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Collecting for Fun . . . and Profit?

Art, baseball cards, coins, comic books, dolls, jewelry and stamps are just a few examples of the many things people...
Key Concepts: Risk Managment/Insurance
Lesson

Grades 3-5

Money Comes and Goes

Students read two online stories that introduce them to the elements of a budget and show that a successful budget...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Budgeting/Money Managment
Lesson

Grades K-2, 3-5

What is Competition?

Students will understand what businesses are, that a marketplace exists whenever buyers and sellers exchange goods and services, and that...
Key Concepts: Marginal Analysis
Lesson

Grades 6-8

Hey, Get a Job!

The second of a two-part unit on income-earning endeavors, this lesson has students choose a job or business to engage...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Entrepreneurs
Lesson

Grades 3-5

Peanuts, Pecans, and Peas, Please

Updated! George Washington Carver, a great scientist, changed the economy of the South with his agricultural knowledge. This lesson will...
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs
Lesson

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…
Lesson

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...
Lesson

Grades 9-12

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: AP Macroeconomics, Inflation, Inflation…
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Show Me the Money!

Students will investigate the unforeseen costs of car loans and/or house loans. They will then evaluate the economics of decision...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Lesson

Grades K-2, 3-5

What Are Incentives?

Students will understand that incentives are used to encourage them to make good choices. After identifying incentives offered at home...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Lesson

Grades 3-5

Old Toy - New Market

Students explore the LEGOLAND theme parks and demonstrate an understanding of how new markets can be created and that cultural...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
Lesson

Grades 3-5

Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard

Ben & Jerry are producers of ice cream. Even if they produce ice cream for the entire nation, they still...
Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…
Lesson