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ESSENTIAL DILEMMA Were the contradictory responses political leaders had to the panic of 1893 driven more by economic/political self-interest or by differing visions of what kind of country they wanted the United States to be?

In this personal finance lesson, students will compare simple and compound interest on savings.

This lesson is designed to acquaint students with the relationship between earnings and education. The data are very clear regarding one’s earning potential and educational attainment. That is, the more education an individual has the greater his or her earning potential. This is an…

Students will apply their knowledge of economics to the analysis and interpretation of jokes, quotations, and cartoons in economics. Students will watch a Paul Solman video of an interview of Yoram Bauman, the Stand up Economist. Students will use Daryl Cagel's cartoon website, Jokes …

If you asked students what comes to mind first when they think of Labor Day, what do you think they would say? The last days of summer? A family picnic? Shopping the Labor Day sales? The purpose of this lesson is to broaden and deepen student understanding of the Labor Day holiday. Students …

The North won the Civil War in large part due to its superior resources. In this lesson students will learn the difference between capital resources, human capital, and natural resources. They will investigate and compare the resources held by the North and the South during the Civil War. …

This lesson teaches students what economists mean when they talk about people who are employed, unemployed, and not in the labor force. It discusses the Current Population Survey and asks students to pose as government survey workers to determine the employment status of 10 people give…

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn about short and long term goals in order to be a successful saver. We save money to get things we can’t afford to buy now. Saving for the future requires patience but it can be worth it when we get what we want the most. Succ…

This lesson guides students through web sites that examine careers that are typically of interest to 3rd- through 5th-grade students. By completing the steps outlined in the lesson, the students will explore careers and report their findings.

In this personal finance activity, students match terms about saving with their definitions.