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Students analyze documents, create a school-funding graphic organizer, and write an email to their state representative with their plan to fund schools in the most ethical way based on their researched opinion.

Newly updated! This lesson introduces students to three basic economic indicators: real GDP, the inflation rate, and the unemployment rate. The students work in small groups to develop an economic forecast, using the three basic economic indicators. They participate in a simulation activi…

In this personal finance lesson, students will investigate opportunity cost by using slope.

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn how to determine the function values of simple functions.

Students read two online stories that introduce them to the elements of a budget and show that a successful budget balances money coming in (income) with money going out (expenses and savings). Follow-up activities point out the value of a budget. Students learn that a budget can help us mak…

Fairy tales have always been used to give lessons about life. The story of Jack and the Bean Stalk is a good lesson about the importance of knowing about money and banks. The story of Jack asks the question, "What is money?"

On this website, you can see how the frameworks and theories taught in class relate to real-world timely events.

Students follow each step of fiscal and monetary policy processes, to see the logic of how these tools are used to correct economic instability.

Getting and keeping a job often requires special education or training. While an employer may provide or pay for some additional education or training, workers often have to obtain it on their own. In this lesson, students use a weighted decision-making grid to choose a school that provides …

Using the study of the Lewis and Clark expedition students will define the term barter and give examples of bartering.