Grades 9-12
Wages and Me
In this economics lesson, students will identify factors influencing wages.
Key Concepts: Demand, Income, Supply
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Grades K-2, 3-5
Toys for Me: A Lesson on Choice
In this economics lesson, students will categorize and prioritize their wants to explain scarcity.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Worker Safety - The Triangle Fire Legacy
In this economics lesson, students study job safety using the Triangle Fire and black lung outbreak.
Key Concepts: Employment and Unemployment, Roles of Government
Grades K-2, 3-5
Booker T. Washington:"Fifty Cents and a Dream"
In this economics lesson, students will study Booker T. Washington's life to learn about resources.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost, Productive Resources
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Did You Get the Message?
In this economic lesson, students will view TV ads to learn advertising incentives and strategies.
Key Concepts: Advertising, Goods and Services, Incentives
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Believe it or Not?
In this economic lesson, students will explain fact and opinion in advertisements.
Key Concepts: Advertising
Grades 6-8
Demand Shifters
In this economics lesson, students will graph changes in demand to learn market force effects.
Key Concepts: Demand, Market Structures
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Calculating Simple Interest
In this personal finance lesson, students will use I=P(r)(t) to calculate simple interest on a loan.
Key Concepts: Credit, Interest
Grades 9-12
College: Where am I going to go?
In this economics lesson, students will use economic reasoning to choose post-secondary options.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Grades 9-12
The Basics of Saving and Budgeting
In this personal finance lesson, students will identify ways to spend and save to learn how to reach financial goals.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Grades 6-8
A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned...With Interest
In this economics and personal finance lesson plan, students will make decisions about saving and spending.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost
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Grades 9-12
High School Economics: Unemployment Survey
In this economics lesson plan, students conduct their own employment survey to calculate an unemployment rate.
Key Concepts: Labor Force, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate
Grades 9-12
Mobile Phones Matter
In this personal finance lesson, students will research mobile apps for financial decision making.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Grades 9-12
Opportunity Cost
In this personal finance lesson, students will identify the opportunity cost of a spending decision.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost
Grades 9-12
Tax Time Scavenger Hunt
In this personal finance lesson, students will explore websites to learn about income taxes.
Key Concepts: Income, Taxes
Grades 9-12
History of Monopolies in the United States
In this economics lesson, students will examine monopolies in US and compare the market structures of large tech firms.
Key Concepts: Market Structures
Grades 9-12
Behavioral Economics Lesson One: Introduction to Behavioral Economics
In this economics lesson, students learn about behavioral economics to understand individual behavior.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Grades 9-12
The Price We Pay for Health: US and Canada
In this economics lesson, students will review the health systems of United States and Canada.
Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…
Grades 9-12
NAFTA: Did Jobs Get Sucked Out of the United States?
In this economics lesson, students will analyze data to learn if jobs have increased or decreased since NAFTA was implemented.
Key Concepts: Barriers to Trade, Benefits of Trade
Grades 9-12
Rhetoric
In this economics lesson, students will learn about Rhetoric and how it effects the economy.
Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Credit
