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Economics is often called the "science of decision making." The decisions that economists analyze range from personal decisions such as how big a pizza to order or whether to buy or lease a new car to the decisions the federal government makes about things like the size of ou…

In this cross-curricular math and personal finance lesson, students solve word problems and then use those solutions to solve a connect-the-dot puzzle. 

Combine your economics and geography lessons in this activity that has students reviewing continental drift and the continents of Laurasia and Gondwana as they trade goods and calculate comparative and absolute advantage.

In this economics lesson, students will research the cryptocurrency Bitcoin to learn about the functions and characteristics of money.

In this economics lesson, students will use marginal analysis to optimize real life decisions.

In this economics lesson, students will learn how the value of money changes over time.

In this economics game, students will play through a board game learning about supply and demand.

In this economics lesson, students will determine the costs and benefits of hosting the Olympic games and create a poster explaining their decision to either host or not host the games.

In this economics lesson, students will use a jigsaw activity to analyze the effects of a single energy policy - a ban on the sale of gas-powered vehicles - to learn how costs and benefits affect different groups of people. 

In this economics lesson, students will analyze data to learn if jobs have increased or decreased since NAFTA was implemented.