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Focus on Economic Data: Gross Domestic Product - March 2005
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Real gross domestic product (GDP) during the first quarter (January through March) of 2005 increased at an annual rate of 3.1 percent. This is an advance estimate of the change in real GDP for the first quarter. The increase in re... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Inflation Rate - April 20, 2004
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The consumer price index (CPI) during the month of March increased by .6 percent (six-tenths of one percent). The rate of increase in the consumer price index over the past twelve months has been 3.1 percent. In March, the core co... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Agent Pincher: P is for Penny or Where did money come from?
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Over time everyone has had a pocketful of pennies, it’s not something we think about very much. But what if we woke up tomorrow and found that there were no more pennies? Or what if we found that money had disappeared al... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Take a Risk on Investor Island (Part I)
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Although many people use the words saving and investing interchangeably, they have different meanings. To save money is to put money aside for use in the future. Investing is using one's money to try to make more money. Students t... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Take a Risk on Investor Island (Part II)
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Part II of a three-part series, this lesson provides students with an overview of popular investment options in terms of risk, return and liquidity. Students also take a trip to Investor Island on the imaginary Planet Orange where... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
The South's Decision to Secede: A Violation of Self Interest?
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Essential Dilemma Your students will consider the following questions: In deciding to secede from the Union in 1861, did the South violate its own self-interest and thus disprove the basic economic principle that people seek to f... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: Gross Domestic Product - February 2005
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Real gross domestic product (GDP) during the fourth quarter (October through December) of 2004 increased at an annual rate of 3.8 percent. The increase in real GDP for the entire year of 2004 was 4.4 percent. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Unemployment Rate - February 2005
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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: Productivity - March 3, 2005
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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 Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - February 2, 2005
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The Federal Reserve continued a pattern of gradually increasing its target for short-term interest rates. It was the sixth consecutive increase of .25 percent. The Federal Reserve is steadily reducing the monetary stimulus which i... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Collecting for Fun . . . and Profit?
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Art, baseball cards, coins, comic books, dolls, jewelry and stamps are just a few examples of the many things people collect. While some people collect for fun — others hope to profit. In this lesson, students explore ho... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
The Economics of Voting: What Do You Mean My Vote Doesn't Count?
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This lesson explores the costs and benefits associated with voting in national elections. Specifically, the concepts of rational apathy, rational ignorance and expressive voting are explained. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
A Perfect Pet
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The introduction to this lesson is a brief online story about a little girl’s visit to a pet store with her father. She considers several pets before choosing a “cute and cuddly” dog. Students are reminded that p... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Entrepreneurship
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In this lesson, students will learn how to assess the life and work of an entrepreneur from the list of famous entrepreneurs provided, and a list of entrepreneurial traits and characteristics that foster self-worth and individuali... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
College: Where am I going to go?
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Students will use a PACED decision making grid to help them decide where they would like to attend college. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Price Elasticity: From Tires to Toothpicks
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Students gain an understanding of price elasticity of demand and why different goods have different degrees of elasticity. Students learn how to calculate price elasticity of goods. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Little Bill the Producer!
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This lesson teaches the most basic vocabulary about production. People who make goods and provide services are called producers. This lesson only deals with the student making something (not identified with being a good), and... more »
Grades: K-2 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
To Buy or Not To Buy
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While precise numbers are not known, it is believed the number of boycotts has grown markedly in the past fifty years. Consumers seem to be besieged by requests from special interest groups to refrain from buying certain good... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Timing Is Everything
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In the first part of the lesson students examine the incentives and opportunity costs of spending and saving in a teacher directed lesson. The remainder of the lesson is an interactive web site. Students work through problems... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Trade in Colonial America / NAFTA
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Often teachers and students are able to internalize historical and economic concepts through a more recent event that has occurred within their time frame. This lesson is an extension for the lesson, "Understanding the C... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson

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