Resources (by date) 161 of Total Resources
Resources (by date) 161 of Total Resources

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161 of Total Resources

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Budgeting Basics

This lesson uses a Better Money Habits video to reinforce budgeting concepts.
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Lesson

Nearpod version available

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
60 mins
Lesson

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
90 mins
Lesson

Nearpod version available

Grades 9-12

Using Slope to Compute Opportunity Cost

In this personal finance lesson, students will investigate opportunity cost by using slope.
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Goods and Services, Marginal Analysis
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Pop Goes the Housing Bubble

In this lesson, students will learn about a speculative bubble within the context of the U.S. real estate market.
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis, Risk Managment/Insurance
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

The 411 on College Education

One of the most important financial decisions people make is whether to go to college. The price tag of a...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts, Career Choices…
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Competition and Market Structure Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Competition and Market Structures. In the context of markets, competition refers to the situation...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts, Cost and Benefits…
Video

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Market Failures Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Market Failures. There are certain well-recognized conditions under which market failure occurs; this means...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Externalities, Firms and Production…
Video

Grades 9-12

Invest in Yourself

To explore the concept that people invest in themselves through education, the students work in two groups and participate in...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Income, Marginal Analysis
45 mins
Lesson

Grades 9-12

Understanding a Balance Sheet

A balance sheet shows the assets, liabilities, and net worth for a business on a given day. This business document...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

The Columbian Exchange

In this lesson, students learn that the Columbian Exchange resulted in an enormous exchange of goods, resources, and institutions between...
Key Concepts: AP Microeconomics, Basic Economic Concepts, Circular Flow…
60 mins
Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

The Economic Way of Thinking - Video

In this video, Dr. Mark Schug explains how the "economic way of thinking" can help students understand U.S. History concepts....
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Video