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Why do people work so hard? Why aren't you just assigned a job that you are interested in and get paid as much as the next guy? This lesson will show you why employers want the best workers that their money can buy!
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Grades: 3-5, 6-8
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Banks are important to Americans. We use banks to save money and earn interest, or borrow money and pay interest. This lesson introduces the concepts of banking to children.
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Grades: 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Wind energy is becoming a viable alternative to more traditional forms of energy generation. In this lesson, students will determine the feasibility of wind generation in different areas of the United States. Finally, students wil...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Students learn the meaning and measurement of six important economic indicators and use the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank National Economic Trends website to assess the current state of the economy.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Students follow each step of fiscal and monetary policy processes, to see the logic of how these tools are used to correct economic instability.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The lesson will help students to discover the importance of the Crusades to the expansion of many European countries. Students will also be introduced to new products and find out why explorers were willing to risk all to l...
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Grades: 6-8
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
In this lesson students will make a decision making chart and use it to help them in deciding which flavor of Jelly beans to buy.
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Grades: 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The unemployment rate for the month of January was 5.7 percent, a decrease of 0.3 percent from December. Total payroll employment increased by 143,000, as compared to a decline of 156,000 in December.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
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 in the nonfarm business sector--for the fourth quarter of 2002. The seasona...
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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 fourth quarter (October through December) of 2002 increased at an annual rate of 0.7 percent. For the entire 2002 year, real GDP increased at a rate of 2.4 percent. This is the advance ...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate unchanged at 1-1/4 percent.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The United States takes a Census every 10 years. How does the country use those statistics?
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Grades: 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The Little Red Hen is a classic story for nearly all adults, and many children. Here it is retold and enhanced in order to provide a framework for illustrating and reviewing the concepts of productive resources and incentives...
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Grades: K-2, 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Everyday countries trade their goods because they have the comparative advantage in making that particular good. In this lesson, you will read through an interactive story problem to learn about trade and specialization and th...
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Students will understand that incentives are used to encourage them to make good choices. After identifying incentives offered at home and in school, the students will distinguish between positive and negative incentives.
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Grades: K-2, 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
In World War II pennies were made of steel and zinc instead of copper and women were working at jobs that men had always been hired to do. Why? Because during war times, scarcity forces many things to change!
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Grades: 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
After reading about a problem, students identify alternative solutions, trade-offs made in choosing each alternative, and the opportunity cost of selecting each option.. Students describe trade-offs and create a graphic.
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Grades: 6-8
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Source: EcEdWeb |
Type: Lesson
Class discussion and small group task identifying the six characteristics of a market economy and the provisions in the constitution that support a market economy.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: EcEdWeb |
Type: Lesson
Class discussion and small group task identifying six economics functions of government and examples of these functions using current events.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: EcEdWeb |
Type: Lesson
After discussing the concept of comparative advantage, students in small groups engage in a simulation on the economic costs and benefits of trade.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: EcEdWeb |
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