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International trade allows countries to buy and sell both domestic and foreign goods, as well as services and financial assets. A country's transactions are summarized in a set of accounts called the "Balance of Payments (BOP)." Students will learn how to record transactions in the BOP acco…

In this lesson, students will learn about current trends in student borrowing and determine a reasonable debt load for hypothetical students. College costs have escalated over the past two decades, and more and more students are relying on student loans to cover the costs.  Therefore…

This lesson focuses on the scarce and nonrenewable nature of fossil fuels in order to stimulate student thinking about energy conservation. It emphasizes the fact that saving energy can be good for the wallet as well as the earth's future. Students play a memory game that challenges t…

On January 26, 2010, the film Avatar officially topped Titanic as the top-grossing film of all-time at the box office. However, the following day, Forbes.com published an article entitled Is Avatar Really King of the Box Office? The article explains how using calculations such as the Consume…

Even the savviest consumer has a problem with a good or service on occasion. It is a consumer’s right to complain when there is a genuine problem. In some situations, it is also a consumer’s responsibility. A problem can’t be fixed if no one knows it exists. In this series …

In this economics lesson, students learn about behavioral economics to understand individual behavior.

Are you a high school teacher? Learn More about National Personal Finance Challenge (NPFC)!  Engage your students by participating in the National Personal Finance Challenge (NPFC), a fun and motivating team competition that provides high school students the opportunity to get financially sa…

Welcome to the National Personal Finance Challenge! To enter your state challenge, click your state below. At each state personal finance challenge, teams of up to four students with one teacher/coach showcase their expertise in earning income, buying goods and services, saving, using credit…

What’s available on EconEdLink? Learn how to navigate EconEdLink by viewing the classroom resources page and professional development page. How can I use my webinar certificate for professional development hours? In many states, you can use webinars to obtain professional development h…

Students collect data from a hands-on activity involving Colors Goldfish® Baked Snack Crackers to learn how to create a two-way table, find the marginal distribution, and find the conditional distribution. Students then use given data to find marginal and conditional distributions to …