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Focus on Economic Data: The Unemployment Rate - June 2003
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The unemployment rate fell from 6.4 percent in June to 6.2 percent in July. Slightly over 9 million individuals were unemployed. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: Productivity - August 7, 2003
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The preliminary second quarter productivity growth rate 5.7%, was released on August 7. This is a faster rate of growth in productivity than during the first quarter revised productivity growth rate and faster than the rate (3.8%)... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: Gross Domestic Product - July 31, 2003
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Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the second quarter (April through June) of 2003 increased at an annual rate of 2.4 percent. This is the first release of the data for the second quarter. This compares to annual rates of 4.... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
We Can Earn Money (or) Working Hard for a Living
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There are many ways for people to get money. One way most people get money is by earning it. This lesson introduces students to work activities that grown-ups do to earn money. Students also explore tasks they might do at h... more »
Grades: K-2 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Incentives Influence Us!
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Students will learn that people respond predictably to positive incentives (rewards) and negative incentives (penalties). They will identify incentives in their daily lives at home and school. Students will discuss which ince... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Who Is Working?
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This lesson teaches students what economists mean when they talk about people who are employed, unemployed, and not in the labor force. It discusses the Current Population Survey and asks students to pose as government survey... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
What Do People Want to Wear?
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To stay in business, fashion merchandisers must be able to anticipate what consumers want. By looking at different retail websites, students will look to anticipate what consumers are demanding. Students will then go through... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
You Decide!
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Think about a difficult decision you have had to make. After you decided did it work out? Why or why not? Why do you think decisions and choices are hard to make? We make personal decisions and we make decisions as groups. Th... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
A Pet For Beans from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
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After listening to a computer-read story, "Jack and the Beanstalk," the students will find out that beans were used as an exchange for Jack's cow. Jack traded his pet cow for an old man's magic beans. Were they both ... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Simple Simon Meets a Producer
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A classic rhyme, Simple Simon and the Pie-Man, introduces students to the concepts of consumer and producer. Students learn that consumers are the people who buy and use goods and services. Producers make the goods and provide the... more »
Grades: K-2 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Coming and Going: Imports and Exports Throughout the World
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Students will study various imports and exports to and from different regions in the world. They will then compare the imports and exports to determine the importance of each. more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Inflation Rate - July 16, 2003
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The seasonally adjusted rate of change in the consumer price index (CPI) during the month of June 2003 was 0.2 percent (an increase of two-tenths of one percent). The rate of increase in the consumer price index over the past twel... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
What's My Interest?
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Students explore the concept of interest by means of two activities. The first, a simple activity with jellybeans, introduces the concept of interest accruement, and the second, a practical, "real world" activity, re... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Hey Pop!
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One of the best sounds and smells is fresh popcorn! At the movies, at the fair, or at home, everyone likes to munch on popcorn. What is your favorite brand? Is the most expensive the best? You will conduct a taste test to find... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
No Funny Money, Honey....I Want the Real Thing!
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Do you know what funny money is? It's NOT the real thing! Find out how our government tries to make our money hard to copy in this lesson about real and fake money. more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
The Write Stuff
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Right now you are probably using a pencil to do your school work. But do you know where the pencil came from, or how it is made? Did you know that the Star Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key was first written in pen... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
President Obama's Allowance
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In this lesson, students will identify different expenses in the US budget and will decide on the order of importance for different expenses. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: Gross Domestic Product - First Quarter 2003
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Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the first quarter (January through March) of 2003 increased at an annual rate of 1.4 percent. For the entire 2002 year, real GDP increased at a rate of 2.4 percent. This is the final releas... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Frontier Town
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Laura Ingalls Wilder made a sketch of De Smet, South Dakota in the 1880's. This lesson will discuss the markets in De Smet and competition. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - June 25, 2003
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“The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 1 percent. In a related action, the Board of Governors approved a 25 basis point reduction in the discount... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson

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