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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...
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Grades 3-5
Pennies Make Cents
Students will review the history of trade before money and will investigate the history of money. Students will locate information...
Grades 3-5
Changes in Change
This lesson begins with students visiting a web site that gives them practice in counting money. The second site goes...
Key Concepts: Financial Institutions, Goods and Services, Money…
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Bill, Are You Bogus?
In a barter system, people have to trade goods and services for other goods and services. In an economy that...
Key Concepts: Globalization, Goods and Services, International Trade…
Grades 3-5
Old Business, New Business
In this lesson students are introduced to several businesses from the past. They see that, while the names for these...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Game Theory, Globalization…
Grades 3-5
I Have No Money, Would You Take Wampum?
Through the use of folk tales, history, and the students' own experiences, students will recognize the inter-relatedness of goods, services,...
Key Concepts: Globalization, Goods and Services, International Trade…
Grades 3-5
An Entreduction
This lesson illustrates the differences between inventions and innovations. It discusses what entrepreneurs are and their role with inventions and...
Grades 9-12
Economic Forecasting: An Internet WebQuest
Economics is often called the "science of decision making." The decisions that economists analyze range from personal decisions such as...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Employment/Unemployment, Marginal Analysis…
Grades 9-12
Who Knows What Inefficiencies Lurk in the Hearts of Rent Controlled Housing Markets? The Shadow Market Knows!
Imagine that you've just graduated from college and have been offered a position with a firm in New York City....
Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Taxes Tic-Tac-Toe
In this game, students can play Tic-Tac-Toe while answering questions about proportional, regressive, and progressive taxes.
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Economic Systems, Personal Finance…
Grades 9-12
The Economics of the Family Farm
Learn about the status of farming as a career, investigate the management of a family farm, and examine one recent...
Key Concepts: Circular Flow, Circular Flow, Specialization…
Grades 9-12
I'll Trade You a Bag of Chips, Two Cookies, and $60,000 for Your Tuna Fish Sandwich
Okay, so your tuna fish sandwich probably isn't worth a couple grand. It's most likely made with a type of...
Grades K-2
Mayflower Packing - Decision Making Game
In this activity, your students can practice decision making by packing for the voyage.
Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Decision Making, Wants and Needs
Grades 9-12
The Wizard of Oz Visits Japan
Deflationary conditions in the United States have not returned since the Great Depression. Instead, U.S. policymakers have frequently found it...
Grades 9-12
National Parks: Only You Can Prevent the Coming Crisis
What do you think of when you think of the National Parks System? Do you think of the majesty of...
Key Concepts: Circular Flow, Circular Flow, Cost-Benefit Analysis…
Grades 9-12
Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?
Economists do not operate in a vacuum. If an economist is going to suggest that the price of a good...
