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Students learn about various types of trade restrictions and their effects by applying a model to determine who will benefit and who will be hurt by a tariff.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: EcEdWeb |
Type: Lesson
Students calculate the US GDP and various examples from South America. Using this information, they make inferences about per-capita income.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: EcEdWeb |
Type: Lesson
Students will explore the fundamentals of stock ownership. They discuss how stock owners share the risks and rewards of purchasing stocks.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: EcEdWeb |
Type: Lesson
Students learn how to determine the costs and benefits of using credit cards and identify ways and criteria to establish and obtain credit.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: EcEdWeb |
Type: Lesson
Students examine the difference between fixed and variable costs, make predictions and recommend actions for a hypothetical business.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: EcEdWeb |
Type: Lesson
Students investigate the impact of tariffs on businesses and consumers during the 1880s by looking at a political cartoon, solving a short math problem, and comparing protectionism between time periods.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: EcEdWeb |
Type: Lesson
Students read short histories of Prohibition and MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and work in small groups to evaluate the consequences of these policies on consumers' behavior.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: EcEdWeb |
Type: Lesson
Students will hear Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McClosky, a story about two mothers and their offspring who wanted blueberries for the coming winter for themselves and their families. Then students will explore their own wants. ...
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Grades: K-2, 3-5
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Source: EconFun |
Type: lesson
This lesson was inspired by an article in "Fortune" magazine, "Why Companies Fail," May 27,2002. Its focus is on the relationship of business ethics to business bankruptcy or near failure. Students particip...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Students explore the LEGOLAND theme parks and demonstrate an understanding of how new markets can be created and that cultural and social differences can affect these markets.
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Grades: 3-5
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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
The seasonally adjusted rate of change in the consumer price index (CPI) during the month of November 2002 was 0.1 percent (an increase of one-tenth of one percent). The rate of increase in the consumer price index over the past t...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the third quarter (July through September) of 2002 increased at an annual rate of 4.0 percent. This is described as the preliminary release and is a more rapid rate of increase than the pre...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services decreased by $0.3 billion to $38.0 billion in September from a revised $38.3 billion in August as exports decreased (-$0.3 billion) and imports decreased as well (-$0.6 bi...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
This lesson will show students the importance of keeping track of their savings.
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Grades: 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Credit cards are convenient, user friendly, and at times dangerous. In this lesson students learn the joys and dangers of using credit as they help Credit, the main character in this activity, solve her credit problems.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The Industrial Age has also been called the Age of Edison. Edison patented more than 1000 inventions and gave rise to three industries: electric utilities, phonograph and record companies, and the film industry. This lesson w...
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Grades: 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
In this lesson students will learn about the impact that efficient markets have on attempting to correctly time the stock market, as well as how investing in stocks should have long-term investment goals. Part I begins by hav...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
In Part II of this lesson, students will have the opportunity to complete an interactive exercise that will take them on a historical tour of the stock market from 1920 until just after WWII. Students will learn the difference...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
In Part III of this lesson, students will have the opportunity to complete an interactive exercise that will take them on a historical tour of the stock market from Post WWII through the year 2001. Students will learn the dif...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
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