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Grades K-2, 3-5

Teach Money Skills and Graphing with "Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday"

In this lesson, students count and graph pennies, discuss the choices that Alexander made, and give advice on how he...

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

30-45 mins

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Grades K-2

"What Pet Should I Get?" Dr. Seuss and Decision Making

Recently published, but likely written between 1958 and 1962, What Pet Should I Get? is the delightful tale of a...

Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Buying Goods and Services, Firms and Production…

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Grades K-2

Forecasting Economics - Using Weather to Teach Wants

Can you learn economics from the weather? Students will be able to integrate science, math, and economics through this engaging...

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Grades 3-5

Spotlighting Entrepreneurs: A Technology "iCon"

What better way to address Common Core standards in Reading Informational Text than by meeting a gentleman that changed the...

Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Entrepreneurs…

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Producers Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Producers. Producers use scarce resources to produce goods and services which they offer to...

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Supply Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Supply. Supply refers to a relationship between price and the quantity of a good...

Key Concepts: AP Macroeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts, Market Equilibrium…

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Economic Development Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Economic Development. Economic development is a sustained increase in the standard of living of...

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Foreign Currency Markets/Exchange Rates Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concepts of Foreign Currency Markets and Exchange Rates. The foreign currency market is where one currency...

Key Concepts: AP Macroeconomics, Exchange Rates, Foreign Exchange…

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Incentives Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Incentives. An incentive is a cost or benefit that motivates a decision or action...

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Money Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Money. Money is anything that is used to buy and sell goods and services....

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Productive Resources Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Productive Resources. Productive resources are used to produce goods and services and are classified...

Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Factors of Production, Firms and Production…

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Technology Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Technology. The set of instructions or blueprints that inform producers about the various ways...

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Trade, Exchange and Interdependence Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Trade, Exchange and Interdependence. People do not make everything that they and their family...

Key Concepts: Global Economy & Globalization, Interdependence, Interdependence…

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concepts of Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve. Monetary policy involves regulating the money supply, banks...

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Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Consumers Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Consumers. Consumers are powerful in a market economy, and the economic choices of consumers...

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Demand Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Demand. Demand refers to a relationship between price and the quantity of a good...

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