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Jonas, a twelve-year old, lives in a seemingly perfect futuristic world. His community protects him from all harm and in doing so has taken away his opportunity to make decisions. Will Jonas ever be able to make a choice on his ow...
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Grades: 6-8
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Though economists predicted a month of strong hiring, only 142,000 positions were added to the market in August. Paul Solman explains why the growth disappointed many.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
As employers seek more control over labor costs, the number of part-time jobs has soared in the post-great recession period. But increasingly erratic work schedules -- an attempt to squeeze maximum efficiency from every part-timer...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Explanation of the different roles of retail banks, commercial banks, credit unions, and central banks.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: Colorado Council for Economic Education |
Type: Support Material
How the Supply and Demand for funds affects the rate of interest that you're likely to receive on savings.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: Colorado Council for Economic Education |
Type: Support Material
How many students would demand a cell phone that costs $3,995? That was the price of the first cell phone available to the public, the DynaTAC8000X, in 1983. By 2011, the average price of a smartphone was $135, and more people we...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
This engaging lesson gives students the opportunity to identify risks and rewards of entrepreneurship and distinguish between entrepreneurs who start a business to produce a good or provide a service.
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Grades: K-2, 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
One of the major causes of the financial crash of 2008 was the insularity of the "good old boys" network on Wall Street, says Sallie Krawcheck. The former Citigroup CFO has started a socially responsibly stock mutual fund that pro...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
What's the best engine to drive the economy? More money for the rich, or better wages for the working class? Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the debate between those two lines of thought with billionaire venture capit...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Frozen ginger slushies, tea-based pro-biotic drinks, a bed bug-killing steam machine -- these are just a few of the locally-grown products coming out of Brooklyn’s burgeoning artisan economy. But as popular as these start-ups ma...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
The unemployment rate in the U.S. dropped to 6.1 percent in June, its lowest point since just before the financial crisis of 2008. Moreover, a strong hiring report is lifting hopes that momentum is building in the jobs market. Eco...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Year Up, a career development program for urban young adults, starts with a six-month crash course in job skills like accounting and the value of self-presentation, followed by a paid internship designed as entree to a secure, wel...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado and Washington state, and though it's still illegal under federal law, more states are considering the move, setting the stage for a potential gold rush that could conceivably rival the ...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
The BMW factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is luring workers with a program that offers part-time work, an all-expenses paid associates degree and near guarantee of a job and future education down the road. Economics correspo...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Watch this webinar to hear from Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, one of the authors of CEE's bestseller, FOCUS: Understanding Economics in U.S. History. You will learn how economics provides the best framework for thinking about the policies...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Washington state has the highest minimum wage in the nation at $9.32. Can the state’s low-wage workers can meet their basic needs without assistance? Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the quality of life for a baggage...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
On a recent U.S. press tour for his bestselling book "Capital," French economist Thomas Piketty spoke to standing-room-only crowds about his examination of growing, global economic inequality. Economics correspondent Paul Solman i...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
In most of the country, child care is the most expensive part of the family budget. Infant care now costs more than state college tuition in many places. But while it might demand a luxury price, offering important advantages to k...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
The jobs report released Friday finds that employers added 288,000 jobs in April and the unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent. However, the dip in unemployment was driven by a sharp decline — more than 800,000 — in the number...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
Seattle’s push to raise the minimum wage to $15 has left owners and workers in the city’s restaurant industry conflicted. Caught between moral pressure on the one hand, and market pressure on the other, many businesses warn th...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
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