Email (username): Password:  
Sign up today!    Forgot Password?

Search

Use one or more of the pull-down menus to search for economics and personal finance lesson materials you're interested in, or use our Google search page to find lessons.

Search Tip:
Most teachers will find the drop-down boxes to be the most useful way to find a lesson because the results can be customized by concept, class, and several other categories. Alternatively, you can use our Google search page to find a lesson if you know the name of the lesson you want, for example, you are returning to review a lesson.





or more.
There are 1598 economics and personal finance lesson materials. Use the pull-down menus to narrow the results.
This Little Piggybank Went to Market
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Students will learn that work is the source of income and that banks are places in which people save and secure money they have earned. more »
Grades: K-2 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Bringing the Market to the Farm
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Students learn how community supported agriculture (CSAs) is changing the relationship between the farmer and the consumer. more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Marketplace: Back-to-School Retail
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Marketplace, a daily economics news program heard on National Public Radio, featured a story on August 14, 2001 about teenagers’ retail habits during the months preceding the 2001 school year. more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
If I Ran the Zoo - Economics and Literature
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Welcome to the Zoo! In this two-day lesson you will use Dr. Seuss' If I Ran The Zoo book to introduce the economic concepts to your students. You will also get the chance to use actual zoo criteria to help a zoo "choose" new anima... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
How Much is that Doggy?
  • Currently 4.00/5
 
Students will investigate the concept of total cost of ownership. They will brainstorm the costs of owning a dog or a cat. Students will calculate the total cost of ownership to help determine which might be the best pet for t... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Economic Incentives in Our Community
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Students will identify positive and negative economic incentives used in their communities to encourage people to make CHOICES beneficial to the community. Students will recognize that not all incentives convince all people, s... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Competition: Pizza!
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Students will learn about competition in the market place. They will understand that competition takes place when there are many buyers and sellers of similar products. They will discuss how competition among sellers results ... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Where Did You Come From?
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
In this multiple intelligences lesson the students figure out why the United States imports some goods that we can grow right here! more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
All In Business
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
This is the third in a series of lessons on entrepreneurship. "Entreduction" and "Improving on the Original" help students understand what innovations are, and what it takes to get an idea off the ground. This ... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
To Market To Market
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
This lesson will help students become good consumers and producers by taking turns buying and selling things in a classroom-created market. Students will establish prices for items and observe what happens during the sale of ... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Focus on Economic Data: The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - May 29, 2003
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
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 Unemployment Rate - April 2003
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
The unemployment rate for the month of April was 6.0 percent, an increase from the 5.8 percent in March. Total employment fell by 48,000 in April. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Fill 'er up, Please
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Americans drive more than 2.6 trillion miles per year, that's 14,000 round trips to the sun! And for the most part, these vehicles are all running on gasoline. For many of us, we watch the price of gas as closely as the price ... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Banks, Bankers, Banking
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Students will demonstrate understanding of the processes associated with banking by role- playing as customers, tellers, and guards. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
When Gas was a Quarter!
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Why do things cost so much more now than they used to? Students will find out about inflation in the United States. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Car Loan Project
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Each student will buy (hypothetically) a car that will need to be financed. The student will need to look at different options and decide which will be the best choice for his situation. The student will need to find an adver... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Destination: Mars
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Look up! Can you ever imagine standing on another planet and looking down at earth? We've been to the moon - now lets launch an expedition to Mars. Imagine all the preparation you will have to go through in order to have a sa... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Show Me the Money!
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Students will investigate unforseen costs of car loans and/or house loans. They will then evaluate the economics of decision making, the ramifications of their choices, and options available to them. Students will compute cost... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Clean Land - Thanks to US!
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
In this lesson about the EPA, students will find out that their government pays for goods and services by taxing people and companies. more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
One is Silver and the Other's Gold
  • Currently 0.00/5
 
Students learn about the money supply and that it can affect the value of money. Students investigate this in the 1896 presidential election (Bryan vs. McKinley, Free Silver vs. Gold Standard) and examine a political cartoon ... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson

«60616263646566676869707172»