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In this economics lesson, students will learn about Rhetoric and how it effects the economy. 

In this personal finance lesson, students will use breakeven analysis formula to analyze investment options.

In this economics lesson, students will identify factors influencing wages.

In this economics lesson, students will complete a simulation to learn why certain industries get bailed out.

Compelling question: Are the presidential candidates telling the whole story about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?

This lesson introduces regulation and information as two tools used by government to promote fair competition and complete information in a market economy. Using the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act as a case study, students explore the reasons buyers and sellers asked the federal governme…

In this lesson, students access a website to research the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, which is a hoax. The initial (false) premise of the lesson is that students are learning to use online research to gather evidence, formulate an opinion, and take steps to contact elected officials. …

Students will use a Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) data dashboard to calculate budget deficits, surpluses, how much federal budgets in certain budget years added to the total public debt, and gross federal debt as percent of GDP. Using the information they have collected, students w…

In this personal finance lesson, students interpret charts and graphs to analyze home buying trends, and then use a mortgage calculator to find out how the size of the down payment, length of the loan, and interest rate affect the cost of a mortgage.

In this personal finance lesson, students will participate in insurance pools to learn how car insurance markets deal with risks.