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In this lesson, students evaluate income inequality in the United States and play a short board game to understand the difficulties of tackling this issue.

Why do people work so hard? Why aren't you just assigned a job that you are interested in and get paid as much as the next guy? This lesson will show you why employers want the best workers that their money can buy!

Students will define and identify human resources and capital resources workers use in their jobs.

This lesson demonstrates a method for teaching students about inflation and the Consumer Price Index, using baseball players' salaries for purposes of illustration. Babe Ruth's salary from 1931 is adjusted to account for changes in the price level and is then compared to the salaries of tho…

Banking should not be confusing. It should be INTERESTing! Most students in the elementary grades would love to know more about checking accounts, ATMs, credit cards and all the ways in which their relatives buy the stuff that they want. This lesson provides the students with information on…

In this personal finance lesson, students will analyze the value of a stock to a long-term investor.

The picture book One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference, written by Kate Smith Milway, takes place in Africa. Here in a Ghanan village, young Kojo cannot afford to go to school after the death of his father. His resourceful mother takes out a small loan and with a few leftover co…

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In this lesson, students learn about the importance of energy costs when considering household budgeting decisions. They also consider the role of US government agencies like the FTC and the EPA in providing information to consumers.

In this elementary lesson, students focus on the economic concepts of price, goods, and services. Knowledge is applied by comparing the pricing of a good (pizza) and a utility service (electricity), highlighting how prices can vary for essentially the same goods and services based on differe…