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Grades 9-12
Focus on Economic Data: The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy, March 20, 2015
This lesson utilizes the March 18, 2015, statement of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to explore the...
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Grades 9-12
Rates of Change
In this personal finance lesson, students will analyze the relationship between differing costs using the concept of slopes.
Key Concepts: Production Function
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Grades 9-12
The Mathematics Behind Progressive, Regressive, and Proportional Taxes
Students will explore graphs to analyze the impact of different tax structures on families.
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Grades 9-12
Graphing and Interpreting Linear Relationships in the Context of Budgeting
In this personal finance lesson, students explore budget constraints by solving a contextual problem.
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades 9-12
Exchange Rates
Students describe and identify where certain items they own come from and the approximate price of these items. They learn...
Key Concepts: AP Macroeconomics, Exchange Rates, Foreign Exchange…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Exchange Rate Calculator
Exchange rate calculator which displays the amount of expenses in USD Today and USD Two Months Ago. Students can use...
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Deriving Marginalism
In this personal finance lesson, students will make a connection between derivatives and marginalism.
Key Concepts: Production Function
Grades 9-12
Discover How Two Way Tables Are Used To Determine Auto Insurance Deductibles and Premiums
Students collect data from a hands-on activity involving Colors Goldfish® Baked Snack Crackers to learn how to create a two-way...
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Grades 9-12
Using Slope to Compute Opportunity Cost
In this personal finance lesson, students will investigate opportunity cost by using slope.
Key Concepts: AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, Cost-Benefit Analysis…
Grades 9-12
Income Distribution
Students create an income distribution for a fictitious country to learn about quintiles. The interactive calculates the median and mean...
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Grades 9-12
When Graphs Mislead Us - Analyzing GDP
Students practice interpreting and drawing GDP graphs as they analyze why some data can be deceiving.
Key Concepts: Economic Growth, GDP
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Grades 9-12
How Expensive are Payday Loans?
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn how a payday loan works.
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Break-Even Analysis
In this personal finance lesson, students will use breakeven analysis formula to analyze investment options.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Cost and Benefits, Firms and Production…
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Grades 9-12
Using Systems of Equations with Supply and Demand Application
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn supply and demand by utilizing a system of equations.
Key Concepts: AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, Market Equilibrium…
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Grades 9-12
Earning Credit
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn to compound interest and amortization to calculate the cost of a car.
Key Concepts: Risk Managment/Insurance
Grades 9-12
Is the traditional taxicab an endangered species?
Increasingly popular ride-sharing services have attracted customers at a rate that some say endangers the cab industry. Economics correspondent Paul...
