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Grades 6-8
Who Is Working?
This lesson teaches students what economists mean when they talk about people who are employed, unemployed, and not in the...
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Grades 3-5
The Write Stuff
Right now you are probably using a pencil to do your school work. But do you know where the pencil...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
One is Silver and the Other's Gold
Students learn about the money supply and that it can affect the value of money. Students investigate this in the...
Grades 3-5
Making Sense of the Census
The United States takes a Census every 10 years. How does the country use those statistics?
Key Concepts: Economic Institutions
Grades 6-8
Economic Spotter: Resources During World War II
In World War II pennies were made of steel and zinc instead of copper and women were working at jobs...
Key Concepts: Factors of Production, Productive Resources, Productive Resources…
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Marketplace: Let's Go Euro!
With the start of the new year in 2002, the 12 members of the European Union launched a single currency...
Grades 9-12
CPI- The Crystal Ball
Governments and other financial organizations are constantly measuring trends in the economy to try to predict what will happen next....
NearPod Version Available
Grades 6-8
It Pays to Stay in School
In this personal finance lesson, students will analyze and develop stay-in-school incentive programs for a group of students.
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Incentives, Specialization…
Nearpod version available
Grades 6-8
Why Adopt a Highway?
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn about the successful Adopt-a-Highway program.
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economic Institutions, Game Theory…
Grades 9-12
Multipliers and the Mystery of the Magic Money
Students learn about the purpose of the reserve requirement, how money is "created" in the economy through fractional reserves, and...
Key Concepts: Financial Institutions
Grades 6-8
Capital Chips (Part 2)
Through the use of a historical timeline of the capital investments made by the company the resulting benefits will be...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Goods and Services
Grades 9-12
Unemployment in My Hometown
Students use the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to track unemployment rates for their community, and after researching information about...
Grades 9-12
What Does A Dollar Really Buy?
Students will describe the purpose of a price index, and how it is calculated. Then students will describe the weaknesses...
Grades 6-8
The Need for Money that Everybody can Use
The U.S. Currency currently has two faces. The old bills are being replaced with new designs. The study of the...
Grades 3-5, 6-8
From Butterflies to Buffaloes
Nature tourism, also known as ecotourism, is a fast growing segment of the tourism industry. In this lesson, students learn...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Comparative Economic Systems
Students research the economic systems of North Korea and Chad and compare them to the United States.
Key Concepts: AP Macroeconomics, Comparative Advantage, Economic Institutions…
