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This webinar focuses on fictional families facing some very real problems; hunger, parental illness, joblessness, unpaid bills, and homelessness. Students can learn valuable life lessons concerning earning, saving, spending, and creative problem solving in books such as Crenshaw, How to Stea…

ESSENTIAL DILEMMA How do we know if we are getting good value out of the money we spend on defense?

Students follow each step of fiscal and monetary policy processes, to see the logic of how these tools are used to correct economic instability.

This lesson provides an introduction and an overview of the Budget Control Act of 2011. Students will be given information about the legislation and presented with different proposals for dealing with the long-term deficit problem of the United States.

Students read two online stories that introduce them to the elements of a budget and show that a successful budget balances money coming in (income) with money going out (expenses and savings). Follow-up activities point out the value of a budget. Students learn that a budget can help us mak…

ESSENTIAL DILEMMA When, if ever, should the nation prioritize balancing the federal budget?

In this lesson, students count and graph pennies, discuss the choices that Alexander made, and give advice on how he could save his money to reach his goal of buying a walkie-talkie.

Deflationary conditions in the United States have not returned since the Great Depression. Instead, U.S. policymakers have frequently found it necessary to battle inflation over the past sixty years. While not a problem in America, concerns have been recently voiced about the economic…

Newly updated! This lesson introduces students to three basic economic indicators: real GDP, the inflation rate, and the unemployment rate. The students work in small groups to develop an economic forecast, using the three basic economic indicators. They participate in a simulation activi…

In this economics lesson, students will discuss the value we place on guaranteeing quality health care to the elderly.