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Your Credit Card
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Students will compare credit cards by looking at the amount of interest they will incur when paying off the balance on their purchases. Students will discuss times when they will need to use a credit card, rewards programs, and di... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Understanding and Analyzing an Income Statement
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The income statement is one of the most important financial statements used in making business decisions. The income statement is an analytical tool that can be used in business and personal finance that summarizes business and pe... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
How Expensive are Payday Loans?
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Students will learn how a payday loan works by watching a video. They will learn that payday loans are an expensive form of borrowing and then calculate the total cost of a payday loan using several methods (table, graph, and form... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
When Graphs Mislead Us
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Students view a video and answer questions about Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Graphs of real GDP per capita are used to demonstrate that the same set of data can be shown in different ways. Students are introduced to the concept ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
When Graphs Mislead Us
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Graphs and charts can easily be adjusted to reflect a specific viewpoint. This can lead to such visualizations sometimes telling only part of a story. Use this interactive to experiment with different chart constraints to see how ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: The new sharing economy can enrich micro-entrepreneurs but at what cost?
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The growing American "share economy" makes use of people's preexisting and underutilized assets and time. Hospitality website Airbnb helps turn empty guest rooms into makeshift hotel rooms. But what happens to actual hotels and be... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Break-Even Analysis
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Students participate in a group activity in which they are assigned a business. They use breakeven analysis to calculate the number of units that must be sold or at what price each unit needs to sell in order to recover the variab... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Using Systems of Equations with Supply and Demand Application
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Students are introduced to the concepts of supply and demand. They will construct a supply and demand graph, compute the equations of the lines, utilize a system of equations, and solve the system by the substitution method to con... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Profit Maximization
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In this lesson students solve an optimization problem based on the real-world example of profit maximization. Students analyze a revenue and profit report for Apple, Inc. to explore profits and profit maximization. They view a vid... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Earning Credit
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Students participate in a series of activities that provide them with a simulated credit score and an auto loan interest rate based on their credit score. Then they learn to use compound interest and amortization schedules to calc... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Earning Credit
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Students take an online survey and their responses to the survey are used to calculate a simulated credit score. Students learn that in order to obtain credit from a lender, applicants must provide a credit history, which includes... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Broad-based jobs growth signals stronger U.S. economy, but wages still lag
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For the first time since 2008, the unemployment rate has fallen below 6 percent. The latest jobs report depicts a better rebound in the labor market than last month's report predicted. For an in-depth analysis of the figures, econ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Is the traditional taxicab an endangered species?
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Increasingly popular ride-sharing services have attracted customers at a rate that some say endangers the cab industry. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on the new surge of unregulated competition on the road. Octobe... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: How engaging diversity made Xerox a company to copy
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Xerox, a $22 billion company, is the first Fortune-500 corporation to have a female CEO. Its commitment to a diverse workforce began in the 1960s, when the founder pledged job opportunities for the African-American community. Econ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
"The Giver": Jonas Makes a Choice
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Jonas, a twelve-year old, lives in a seemingly perfect futuristic world. His community protects him from all harm and in doing so has taken away his opportunity to make decisions. Will Jonas ever be able to make a choice on his ow... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: New job growth doesn't indicate a strong labor market
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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. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: More part-time workers suffer instability, long hours to make ends meet
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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... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool
Would You Demand It?
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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 $135, and more people we... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Open for Business!
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This engaging lesson gives students the opportunity to identify risks and rewards of entrepreneurship and distinguish between entrepreneurs who start a business to produce a good or provide a service. more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Women's fund seeks share of prosperity for female-focused firms
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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... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Interactive Tool

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