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Shifting Curves: Demand and Supply Shifts in the Gasoline Market
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Students create a graph of gasoline supply and demand and identify the market-clearing price. Students learn about the determinants of supply and demand. They graph a decrease in demand for gasoline and a decrease in supply of gas... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
Monopoly's Might
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This unit is designed to teach students about entrepreneurship and the effects of competition and monopoly on price, output, and profit. Prior to undertaking this problem, students should be familiar with the concepts learned in... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Buck Institute of Education | Type: lesson
The President's Dilemma
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Problem Based Lesson: Following increasing oil prices, high inflation and unemployment, the President has asked a Special Task Force of the Council of Economic Advisers to recommend a policy to deal with the crisis without increa... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Buck Institute of Education | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Education: Gross Domestic Product - June 28, 2007
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Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the first quarter (January, February, and March) of 2007 increased at an annual rate of .7 percent (seven-tenths of one percent). This is the third estimate of the rate of change for the fi... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Education: The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - June 28, 2007
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Following Federal Open Market Committee announcements, newspapers across the country have front-page stories about Federal Reserve actions to change the target for interest rates with a goal of either boosting spending and employm... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: U.S. Gross Domestic Product - June 28, 2007
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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 U.S. Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - June 28, 2007
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Following Federal Open Market Committee announcements, newspapers across the country have front-page stories about Federal Reserve actions to change the target for interest rates with a goal of either boosting spending and employm... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
The Choice is Us: Monopolies
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This lesson introduces the concept of monopoly. It calls upon students to consider how monopoly power might affect the quality and price of goods and services offered to consumers. In light of what they learn about the history of ... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The U.S. Inflation Rate - June 16, 2007
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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
What Happened to Railroads?
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Between the Civil War and World War II, railroads were one of the nation's most important businesses and an integral part of people’s lives. In this lesson, students assume the role of detectives investigating why the rail c... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Education: The Unemployment Rate June 1, 2007
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The unemployment rate for the month of May was 4.5 percent. Total employment rose by 157,000 in May. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The U.S. Unemployment Rate June 1, 2007
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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: U.S. Gross Domestic Product - May 2007
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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
Banks & Credit Unions (Part I)
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Students learn about banks and credit unions, identifying similarities and differences between the two types of financial institution. They also evaluate a local bank and credit union to determine which one would be better suited ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
It's a Not So Wonderful Life
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In this lesson students learn about banks and banking. The study the fractional reserve system, and the role the Fed plays in the money creation process. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
The Higher you Climb, The More You Pay
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Students will take a "Virtual Tour" of the Eiffel Tower in Paris France and locate the price of a bottle of water at each viewing platform. They will need to problem solve how to pay for admission, buy the water and be ... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The U.S. Inflation Rate - May 15, 2007
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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: U.S. The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - May 9, 2007
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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 U.S. Unemployment Rate May 4, 2007
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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
Eminent Domain: Should Private Property Be Taken for Public Use
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Students will examine three Supreme Court rulings and analyze possible positive and negative impacts of the Court\'s decision on eminent domain. The lesson covers: benefits, costs, eminent domain, public good and trade-offs. From ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson

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