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Grades 9-12

What is the Most Ethical Way to Fund Public Schools?

Students analyze documents, create a school-funding graphic organizer, and write an email to their state representative with their plan to...
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost, Role of Government
90 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Deceptive Advertising: Crossing the Line

Businesses use advertising to tell consumers about the goods and services they are selling. Businesses hope that their advertisements will...
Key Concepts: Advertising, Business Costs and Revenues, Economic Institutions…
Lesson

Content Partner

Grades 3-5

Shark Scam: Money Tales

Students read about two scheming sharks and decide were to invest their money.
Key Concepts: Financial Investments, Goods and Services, Money
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Continental Drift and Comparative Advantage

Combine your economics and geography lessons in this activity that has students reviewing continental drift and the continents of Laurasia...
Key Concepts: Absolute Advantage, Benefits of Trade/Comparative Advantage
60 min
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Simple Interest Calculator

This Simple Interest Calculator helps you calculate the interest earned on your investment over a set period of time.
Key Concepts: Interest, Interest Rate
15 mins
Calculator

Content Partner

Grades 3-5, 6-8

PBS-NOVA Financial Lab

Managing money is hard! Even when you know what you should do, it can be hard to actually do it....
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Opportunity Cost, Saving
45 min
Activity

Grades 9-12

Federal Budget: The Fiscal Ship Game

In this lesson, updated with 2023 statistics, students learn about the challenges of the federal debt and play the Fiscal...
Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Fiscal Policy, Roles of Government
120 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Supply and Demand - Game

In this economics game, students will play through a board game learning about supply and demand.
Key Concepts: Demand, Determinants of Demand, Determinants of Supply…
15 mins
Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Market Structures Activity

In this economics drag and drop, students will learn about the different types of market structures. 
Key Concepts: Competition and Market Structures
10 mins
Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Keynes vs. Classical Tool

In this economics interactive, users will play a drag and drop interactive to find the difference between Keynesian theory and...
Key Concepts: Keynesian Theory, New Classical Theory
15 mins
Activity

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Comparative Advantage Interactive

In this economics interactive, students will be able to explore the benefits of specialization and trade. 
Key Concepts: Comparative Advantage
15 mins
Activity