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Agent Pincher: The Case of the UFO--Unfamiliar Foreign Objects. That is what currency from another country may look like. Sometimes when people first try to use money from another country, they feel like they are playing with toy...
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Grades: 6-8
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
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 th...
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Grades: 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by .5 percent in July. The annual rate of inflation for the last three months has been 1.9 percent and over the last 12 months was 3.2 percent.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The preliminary second quarter productivity growth rate 2.2%, was released on August 9. This is a slower rate of growth in productivity than the first quarter revised productivity growth rate. The next productivity lesson will be ...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
One of the most common replies given by parents when their children ask for money is “Do I look like I’m made of Money?” This lesson is designed to educate students about the need for money as a generally accept...
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Grades: 3-5, 6-8
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Hot debate and arguments galore whirl around this question: "Which economic approach is the most efficient and fair to resolve utility issues surrounding the use of common or public property?" This lesson will explore, ...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The unemployment rate remained at 5.0 percent in June. Approximately 7.5 million individuals were unemployed. Employment increased by 207,000 during June.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
How does a market economy determine prices? Students graph supply and demand curves for pizza in the fictional town of Pizzaville using two data sets and learn that consumers are willing to buy more pizzas at lower prices while se...
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
This lesson is designed to acquaint students with the relationship between earnings and education. The data are very clear regarding one’s earning potential and educational attainment. That is, the more education an individu...
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Building on the first two lessons in the series, this lesson deals with savings and interest.
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Grades: 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained the same in June. The annual rate of inflation for the last three months has been 1.9 percent.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained the same in June. The annual rate of inflation for the last three months has been 1.9 percent.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The unemployment rate remained at 5.0 percent in June. Approximately 7.5 million individuals were unemployed. Employment increased by 207,000 during June.
Unemployment Update – June
The unemployment rate fell from 5.1 p...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Economic freedom is freedom from government intervention in the production and distribution of goods and services. After World War II, governments were trying to rebuild their economies from the ground up. They looked to the idea...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
This lesson deals with credit and wraps up this unit on finance.
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Grades: 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
This lesson focuses on teaching students the basics about credit. It explains why credit is important, how to keep good credit and several of the terms that are associated with credit.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
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