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Developing a Financial Investment Portfolio
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Students are given brief descriptions of three individuals. They act as financial advisors and develop a financial investment portfolio for each client using internet references as they analyze various saving options. The inte... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Economic Sectors and International Development
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Using poverty rate as a measure of development, students select countries five at a time to compare how resources are allocated to three economic sectors (agriculture, industrial, service). After making comparisons, students ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
What Do You Get for Your $1,818,600,000,000?
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Using MS Excel and data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis web site on federal government spending, students will compare the amounts spent on various sectors and programs over a range of years. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: Gross Domestic Product - May 2004
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Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the first quarter (January through March) of 2004 increased at an annual rate of 4.4 percent. This is a .2 percent increase over the initial announcement one month ago. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Cost/Benefit Analysis:Three Gorges Dam
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This lesson will allow students to evaluate the costs/benefits of the Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River in China. The purpose of this lesson is to encourage students to look at a complex issue from differing viewpo... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
U.S. farmers and the Cuban embargo
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This lesson explores trade barriers in general and why some U.S. farmers want one specific trade barrier, the Cuban embargo, completely eliminated. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Marketplace: Corporate Leap Frog
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This lesson will focus on competition among sellers and the factors that can make one company more successful than another in the same market. Competition between K-Mart, Wal-Mart, and Target will be examined to see what kinds of ... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Inflation Rate - May 14, 2004
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Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Lowell Workers and Producers Respond to Incentives
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In this lesson students learn about supply and demand and how changes in supply affect price and quantity of goods supplied. In part 1, the students are presented with a hypothetical story about a high school's policy on concessio... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Unemployment Rate - May 7, 2004
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Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - May 4, 2004
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Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
How E-Commerce Influences Consumer Choice
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In this lesson students learn decision making skills that will help them become better consumers. As consumers they have a variety of alternatives from which to choose. They learn about the importance of price information in ... more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: Gross Domestic Product - April 29, 2004
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Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Where did All the Money Go? The Great Depression Mystery
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In this lesson, the students read a brief passage that poses the mystery, "How did the Great Depression happen?" As detectives, they gather clues using the Internet to investigate the mystery through a series of clue... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Business Ownership: The Franchise Option
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Students explore an alternative to starting a business from scratch – investing in a franchise. They begin by considering the pros and cons of a franchise and whether this form of business is an option that would fit th... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Toys for Me: A Lesson on Choice
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Students encounter the concept of scarcity in their daily tasks but have little comprehension as to its meaning or how to deal with the concept of scarcity. Scarcity is really about knowing that often life is 'This OR That' n... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
The Entepreneur in you?
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Throughout this lesson students take note of the role of risk and incentives as factors found in all entrepreneurial pursuits. They will analyze, compare and evaluate personal characteristics of entrepreneurs. They will also ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Three Types of Business Organizations
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In this lesson, students research the three basic types of business organization: sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. Considering the advantages and disadvantages of each, they function as consultants offeri... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Those Golden Jeans
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This lesson is designed to review the three types of productive resources-natural resources, human resources, and capital resources-needed to produce goods and services. Students use the internet to identify examples of each ... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Demand Shifters
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In this lesson students learn about demand and factors that cause demand for a good or service to change. They also learn to recognize factors that influence their behavior as a consumers. more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson

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