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Competition: Pizza!
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Students will learn about competition in the market place. They will understand that competition takes place when there are many buyers and sellers of similar products. They will discuss how competition among sellers results ... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Where Did You Come From?
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In this multiple intelligences lesson the students figure out why the United States imports some goods that we can grow right here! more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
All In Business
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This is the third in a series of lessons on entrepreneurship. "Entreduction" and "Improving on the Original" help students understand what innovations are, and what it takes to get an idea off the ground. This ... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
To Market To Market
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This lesson will help students become good consumers and producers by taking turns buying and selling things in a classroom-created market. Students will establish prices for items and observe what happens during the sale of ... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - May 29, 2003
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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 Unemployment Rate - April 2003
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The unemployment rate for the month of April was 6.0 percent, an increase from the 5.8 percent in March. Total employment fell by 48,000 in April. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Fill 'er up, Please
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Americans drive more than 2.6 trillion miles per year, that's 14,000 round trips to the sun! And for the most part, these vehicles are all running on gasoline. For many of us, we watch the price of gas as closely as the price ... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Banks, Bankers, Banking
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Students will demonstrate understanding of the processes associated with banking by role- playing as customers, tellers, and guards. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
When Gas was a Quarter!
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Why do things cost so much more now than they used to? Students will find out about inflation in the United States. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Car Loan Project
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Each student will buy (hypothetically) a car that will need to be financed. The student will need to look at different options and decide which will be the best choice for his situation. The student will need to find an adver... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Destination: Mars
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Look up! Can you ever imagine standing on another planet and looking down at earth? We've been to the moon - now lets launch an expedition to Mars. Imagine all the preparation you will have to go through in order to have a sa... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Show Me the Money!
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Students will investigate unforseen costs of car loans and/or house loans. They will then evaluate the economics of decision making, the ramifications of their choices, and options available to them. Students will compute cost... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Clean Land - Thanks to US!
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In this lesson about the EPA, students will find out that their government pays for goods and services by taxing people and companies. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
One is Silver and the Other's Gold
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Students learn about the money supply and that it can affect the value of money. Students investigate this in the 1896 presidential election (Bryan vs. McKinley, Free Silver vs. Gold Standard) and examine a political cartoon ... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
A Rooster and a Bean Seed
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In this lesson, students hear a folk tale and participate in a simulation that helps them recognize problems with barter and benefits of monetary exchange. more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Folding Our Way to Productivity
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Students role-play workers producing origami cups. They participate in two production rounds, one without training and one with training. Students more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Gross Domestic Pizza
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This lesson explores how gross domestic product (GDP) is determined. The major components of GDP are described. Students create and compare GDP pie charts for the countries of Pepperonia and Anchovia. more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
What, How and For Whom to Produce?
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Students produce badges as rewards for the best economists in the class. Through this production activity, they learn how command and market economies answer the basic economic questions: What to produce? How to produce? For whom ... more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Clothes from Grain: A Miracle or a Problem?
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Students read two fables about entrepreneurs who buy grain and turn the grain into clothing or resell the grain and use the proceeds to import clothing. Students use the information from the fables to determine why people trade an... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Centuries of Economic Growth: From Feathers to Robotics
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Students read scenarios about the production of Bibles over five historical time periods. Working in small groups, students create skits and develop a retrieval chart that is used to analyze factors that impact economic growth. more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson

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