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Tic Tac Taxes!
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This lesson will assist students in identifying various taxes and the services they help governments provide. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: Productivity - November 7, 2002
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor today reported preliminary productivity data--as measured by output per hour of all persons--for the third quarter of 2002. The seasonally-adjusted annual rate of prod... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - November 6, 2002
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The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 1 1/4 percent. In a related action, the Board of Governors approved a 50 basis point reduction in the discount ra... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Unemployment Rate - November 1, 2002
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The unemployment rate for the month of October was 5.7 percent, an increase of .1 percent from September. The number of individuals employed decreased by 5,000 this month. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: Gross Domestic Product - October 2002
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Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the third quarter (July through September) of 2002 increased at an annual rate of 3.1 percent. This is the advance release and will be updated in the November 26th release of the GDP data. ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Marketplace: Let's Go Euro!
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With the start of the new year in 2002, the 12 members of the European Union launched a single currency across their borders, replacing individual country currencies and singling out the Euro as their one shared monetary deno... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Constitution Costs
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This lesson helps students understand the basic services provided for Americans in the United States Constitution and the necessity of a system of taxation to fund those services. Students will debate the pros and cons of hav... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Improving on the Original
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What makes something worth marketing? This lesson focuses on the distinction between marketing a new product or licensing it to someone else to market. more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: United States International Trade in Goods and Services - August 2002
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The U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services increased by $3.4 billion to $38.5 billion in August from a revised $35.1 billion in July as exports decreased (-$1.0 billion) and imports increased (+$2.3 billion). more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Inflation Rate - October 18, 2002
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The seasonally adjusted rate of change in the consumer price index during the month of September 2002 was 0.2 percent (an increase of two-tenths of one percent). The rate of increase in the consumer price index over the past twelv... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Build Your Community
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Students will learn about a variety of businesses and the service they provide to a community. They will build a town selecting seven business they feel would be the most important to have in order to live in this community. more »
Grades: K-2 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Exchange Rates: How Money Affects Trade
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Students learn how currency values are set by supply and demand, and how changes in the value of currency affect international trade. Students then find the value of the Brazilian Real in 2000 and 2002, determine whether the ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Who Get's More than Their Fair Share?
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This lesson has students continue to explore a variety of ways to share, particularly when an obvious solution is not apparent. more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard
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Ben & Jerry are producers of ice cream. Even if they produce ice cream for the entire nation, they still must make choices on which flavor to produce! Scarce resources force them to make a choice! more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Unemployment Rate - October 4, 2002
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The unemployment rate for the month of September was 5.6 percent, a decrease of .1 percent from August. The number of individuals employed decreased by 43,000 this month. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: Gross Domestic Product - September 2002
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Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the second quarter (April through June) of 2002 increased at an annual rate of 1.3 percent. This is the final release of the number and was revised upward from the preliminary rate of 1.1% ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - September 24, 2002
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“The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate unchanged at 1 3/4 percent. "The information that has become available since the last meeting of the Committee suggests that... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
National Budget Simulation
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Students serve as an Economic Advisor to the President, who must increase military spending out of political necessity, but needs to reduce spending in other programs to limit the deficit. Conflicting goals create a need for ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Interactive National Budget Simulator
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Adjust the numbers in this interactive to see if you can balance the budget. more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Focus on Economic Data: United States International Trade in Goods and Services - July 2002
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The U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services decreased by $2.2 billion to $34.6 billion in July from a revised $36.8 billion in June as exports increased (+$1.1 billion) and imports decreased (-$1.1 billion). more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson

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