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Stock Prices Tumble
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Some events change the demand for a stock so that people are willing to buy more or less at every possible price. Some events change the supply of a stock so that people are willing to sell more or less at every possible pri... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Do You Always Own Your Own Private Property?
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Students learn about the film taken of the John F. Kennedy assassination by Zapruder. The US Government claims the film should be turned over but the Zapruder family claims it is their private property and will lose revenue fr... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Airline Mergers, Software Industry Monopolies: Contestable Markets?
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Mergers within industries such as banking, telecommunications, and airlines have created a stir among consumers who charge that economic freedom and efficiency are being sacrificed in favor of corporate profits. The theory of ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Bank Mergers Lead to Greater Business Concentration
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The recent merger between NationsBank and BankAmerica will create the USA's largest bank by the end of the year. This was the third merger in the banking industry within a week, and more are rumored to come. Includes the co... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Clinton Focuses on Environmental Issues in Botswana
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In any economic system, people must decide what to produce, how to produce it, when to produce it, and who will get it. This lesson looks at the "when" question. In particular, if society has only a finite amount of... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Sinking Feeling about The Titanic
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Students examine the reasoning behind, and the implications of, the change in the CPI calculation. News reports are touting the "Titanic" as being the leading box office hit of all time. But is it really? Students u... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Changes to the CPI Index
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Students examine the reasoning behind and the implications of the change in the CPI calculation. The government computes indexes of the prices of a collection or market basket of goods and services. It measures the prices of ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Are the Best Things in Life Free?
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Students use economic reasoning to analyze the costs and consequences of marital choice. "The best things in life are free." This idea is widely expressed as a maxim by people who know nothing of its origin. They know it's true th... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
$16 Billion to Host the Summer Olympic Games: Is it worth it?
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Students learn about costs and revenues related to the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. Discussion questions about estimated benefits and costs to the host city are presented. Monetary and intangible costs and benefits are als... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Mad Cattlemen Sue Oprah
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A lawsuit has been filed by a group of Texas cattlemen who charge that a 1996 Oprah Winfrey show about mad cow disease drove down cattle prices by misleading and frightening consumers. The suit was brought under what are known a... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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January 18, 2016 is Martin Luther King Day. Students can explore the history behind this day and this charismatic man by following the links below. By completing the lesson which follows, students will learn that Civil Rights legi... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
If you Give a Mouse a Cookie
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A little mouse shows up at the house of a young man. The young man gives the mouse a cookie and starts a chain of events. Learn about unlimited wants, and goods and services. Note: opens directly in your pdf reader. more »
Grades: K-2 | Source: EcEdWeb | Type: Lesson
The Real McCoy
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Elijah McCoy was an African-American inventor who successfully designed an automatic oil cup that may have inspired the popular phrase, ""the real McCoy."" Learn about increasing productivity and patents. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: EcEdWeb | Type: Lesson
Beanie Baby Prices Soar
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During December 1997, The Washington Post published an article about the debut of the Princess Beanie Baby. A Beanie Baby retailer, interviewed by the Post, indicated there was strong demand for the new stuffed animal. more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
San Francisco Area Transit Strike
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This lesson is about the San Francisco Bay transportation system and how the employees were on strike. The lesson brings up topics such as How are people getting to work while BART is on strike? Make a list of all forms of tr... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Why We Save
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Students will learn why people save, the opportunity cost of saving, and how savings can grow. more »
Grades: K-2 | Source: EcEdWeb | Type: Lesson
Why Do I Want All This Stuff?
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Students will identify two factors that determine consumer demand, identify substitutes and complements, distinguish between fact and opinion in advertisements, and use economic reasoning to better understand the factors behind co... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: EcEdWeb | Type: Lesson
M and M Interesting.
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Students will use the economic concepts of trade-offs and opportunity cost to decide between savings accounts with simple interest and those with compound interst. more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: EcEdWeb | Type: Lesson
The Goat in the Rug
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Geraldine, a goat, tells the story of a Navajo weaver who produces a rug using the goat's mohair. Learn about economics: producers, resources (natural, human, capital), intermediate goods. more »
Grades: K-2 | Source: EcEdWeb | Type: Lesson
Homer Price (the Doughnuts)
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The doughnut machine goes on a rampage making hundreds of doughnuts. Learn about capital resources, increasing productivity, law of demand, quantity demanded, and for Language Arts, using reference materials, oral expression, orga... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: EcEdWeb | Type: Lesson

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