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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Where the Bailout Money Comes From

Paul Solman explains how the government will produce the money to fund its economic-rescue measures while trying to keep inflation...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Fiscal Policy, Money

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Low Consumer Confidence Limits Holiday Spending

Paul Solman looks at the psychological causes and effects of lower consumer confidence through the holiday season.

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Consumers, Credit…

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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: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

It's a Not So Wonderful Life

In this lesson students learn about banks and banking. The study the fractional reserve system, and the role the Fed...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Markets and Prices, Money…

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Grades 9-12

WhatDunnit? The Great Depression Mystery | Lesson Demo

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 30: WhatDunnit? The Great Depression Mystery from CEE's Understanding Economics in U.S....

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Business Cycles, Demand…

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Grades 9-12

U.S. Constitution: Rules of the Game | Lesson Demo

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 9: The U.S. Constitution: Rules of the Game from CEE's Understanding Economics...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Economic Systems, Entrepreneurs…

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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: Foreign Exchange, Markets, Markets and Prices…

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Grades 6-8

Agent Pincher: The Case of the UFO

Agent Pincher: The Case of the UFO--Unfamiliar Foreign Objects. That is what currency from another country may look like. Sometimes...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Foreign Exchange, Money…

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Grades 3-5

You Can BANK on This! (Part 1)

Banking should not be confusing. It should be INTERESTing! Most students in the elementary grades would love to know more...

Key Concepts: Money, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

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Grades 3-5

What Face do you Use?

The students will recognize that in order to facilitate the exchange of goods and services, most nations create currency for...

Key Concepts: Money, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

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Grades 6-8

Agent Pincher: The Case of the missing Susan B. Anthony Dollar

Agent Penn E. Pincher is again called out on a case. It seems that in 1979 the U.S. Bureau of...

Key Concepts: Money

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Grades 6-8

Agent Pincher: P is for Penny or Where did money come from?

Over time everyone has had a pocketful of pennies, it’s not something we think about very much. But what if...

Key Concepts: Money

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Grades 6-8

Lewis and Clark barter with the Native Americans

Using the study of the Lewis and Clark expedition students will define the term barter and give examples of bartering.

Key Concepts: Money

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Grades K-2, 3-5

A Pet For Beans from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

After listening to a computer-read story, "Jack and the Beanstalk," the students will find out that beans were used as...

Key Concepts: Money, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

One is Silver and the Other's Gold

Students learn about the money supply and that it can affect the value of money. Students investigate this in the...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Fiscal Policy, Markets and Prices…

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Grades 6-8

The Penny Problem

Students will research the cost of making the penny and the use of the penny. They will come up with...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Money

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Grades 6-8

The Need for Money that Everybody can Use

The U.S. Currency currently has two faces. The old bills are being replaced with new designs. The study of the...

Key Concepts: Money

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Grades 3-5

Economic Spotter: Money in Revolutionary Times

Students take a trip back in time and spot economic concepts in a historical fiction tale. This time frame features...

Key Concepts: Money

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Grades 9-12

Do You Have a Yen to Go to College?

Carlos is a senior at local high school. When he graduates, he plans to study computer animation. He has applied...

Key Concepts: Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Foreign Exchange…

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Grades 3-5

The Story of Jack and the Bank Stalk

Fairy tales have always been used to give lessons about life. The story of Jack and the Bean Stalk is...

Key Concepts: Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economic Institutions…

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