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Grades 9-12

Human Capital Video and Quiz

In this economics video, students will learn about human capital and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Human Capital, Opportunity Cost
10 mins
Video

Grades 3-5

Goldi and the Three Passwords Video

What goes into making up a "just-right" password? In this video, and its accompanying lesson plan, students learn about how...
Key Concepts: Choice, Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…
Video

Grades 9-12

Policy Perspectives on Social Security

In Policy Perspectives on Social Security, a digital interactive activity, students think critically about Social Security policy choices from the...
Key Concepts: Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Scarcity
Activity

Grades 9-12

FRED and the Federal Budget Interactive Lesson

Students will use a Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) data dashboard to calculate budget deficits, surpluses, how much federal budgets...
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budget Deficit, Budget Surplus…
Lesson

Grades 3-5

Teach About Saving Using "Beatrice's Goat"

This lesson from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' EconLowdown site teaches students what it means to save and...
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Saving
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Overview of the Budget Process | Animated Video

How is the federal budget established, what is influencing decision makers, and what do we need to know? Help students...
Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Video

Grades 9-12

Balancing the Federal Budget | Activity

Use this Image Annotation Tool to enable your students to creatively comment on political cartoons, and to share their annotated...
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budgeting, Credit…
Activity

Grades 9-12

Minimum Wage / The Challenge of Living on it

COMPELLING QUESTION Should the federal government increase the federal minimum wage? Increasing the minimum wage is a controversial issue in...
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis
Lesson