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Grades 9-12

Fewer Watts and Fatter Wallets

Students learn about incentives for alternative energy programs and the role played by non-price determinants in energy choices.

Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis

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Grades 9-12

New Sense, Inc. vs. Fish 'Till U Drop or Coase Vs. Pigou

Hot debate and arguments galore whirl around this question: "Which economic approach is the most efficient and fair to resolve...

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Could You Earn a Million Dollars?

This lesson is designed to acquaint students with the relationship between earnings and education. The data are very clear regarding...

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Sand Art Brownies - Decision-Making and Substitutes

In this lesson, students learn about substitute goods and decision-making in their role as a shopper. Are students willing to...

Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Buying Goods and Services, Decision Making…

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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

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Grades 9-12

The Economics of Voting: What Do You Mean My Vote Doesn't Count?

This lesson explores the costs and benefits associated with voting in national elections. Specifically, the concepts of rational apathy, rational...

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Grades 9-12

Economic Sectors and International Development

Using poverty rate as a measure of development, students select countries five at a time to compare how resources are...

Key Concepts: Balance of Payments

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Grades 9-12

What Do You Get for Your $1,818,600,000,000?

Using MS Excel and data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis web site on federal government spending, students will compare...

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Grades 9-12

Business Ownership: The Franchise Option

Students explore an alternative to starting a business from scratch – investing in a franchise. They begin by considering the...

Key Concepts: Business Organization, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs…

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Grades 9-12

Government Spending: Why Do We Spend the Way We Do?

Students look at definitions for the three categories of federal spending and using the internet locate examples of each. They...

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Be an Energy Saver

This lesson focuses on the scarce and nonrenewable nature of fossil fuels in order to stimulate student thinking about energy...

Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economic Institutions, Marginal Analysis

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

This lesson introduces regulation and information as two tools used by government to promote fair competition and complete information in...

Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Buying Goods and Services, Economic Institutions…

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Grades 9-12

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) And How to Measure It | Lesson Demo

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 33: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and How to Measure It from CEE's...

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Grades 9-12

Why Helping Yourself Helps Others | Lesson Demo

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 20: Why Helping Yourself Helps Others from CEE's Capstone Exemplary Lessons for...

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Grades 9-12

Why Are Some Nations Wealthy? | Lesson Demo

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 43: Why Are Some Nations Wealthy? from CEE's Capstone Exemplary Lessons for...

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Grades 9-12

A Silver Market | Lesson Demo

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 7: A Silver Market from CEE's Capstone Exemplary Lessons for High School...

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