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This lesson helps students understand the basic services provided for Americans in the United States Constitution and the necessity of a system of taxation to fund those services. Students will debate the pros and cons of hav...
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
What makes something worth marketing? This lesson focuses on the distinction between marketing a new product or licensing it to someone else to market.
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Grades: 6-8
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services increased by $3.4 billion to $38.5 billion in August from a revised $35.1 billion in July as exports decreased (-$1.0 billion) and imports increased (+$2.3 billion).
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The seasonally adjusted rate of change in the consumer price index during the month of September 2002 was 0.2 percent (an increase of two-tenths of one percent). The rate of increase in the consumer price index over the past twelv...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Students will learn about a variety of businesses and the service they provide to a community. They will build a town selecting seven business they feel would be the most important to have in order to live in this community.
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Grades: K-2
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Students learn how currency values are set by supply and demand, and how changes in the value of currency affect international trade. Students then find the value of the Brazilian Real in 2000 and 2002, determine whether the ...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
This lesson has students continue to explore a variety of ways to share, particularly when an obvious solution is not apparent.
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Grades: K-2, 3-5
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Ben & Jerry are producers of ice cream. Even if they produce ice cream for the entire nation, they still must make choices on which flavor to produce! Scarce resources force them to make a choice!
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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 September was 5.6 percent, a decrease of .1 percent from August. The number of individuals employed decreased by 43,000 this month.
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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 second quarter (April through June) of 2002 increased at an annual rate of 1.3 percent. This is the final release of the number and was revised upward from the preliminary rate of 1.1% ...
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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 3/4 percent. "The information that has become available since the last meeting of the Committee suggests that...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Students serve as an Economic Advisor to the President, who must increase military spending out of political necessity, but needs to reduce spending in other programs to limit the deficit. Conflicting goals create a need for ...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Adjust the numbers in this interactive to see if you can balance the budget.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Interactive Tool
The U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services decreased by $2.2 billion to $34.6 billion in July from a revised $36.8 billion in June as exports increased (+$1.1 billion) and imports decreased (-$1.1 billion).
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The seasonally adjusted rate of change in the consumer price index during the month of August 2002 was 0.3 percent (an increase of three-tenths of one percent). The rate of increase in the consumer price index over the past twelve...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
The unemployment rate for the month of August was 5.7 percent, a decrease of .2 percent from July. The number of individuals employed increased by 39,000 this month.
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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 revised productivity data--as measured by output per hour of all persons--for the second quarter of 2002. The seasonally-adjusted annual rate of product...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Governments and other financial organizations are constantly measuring trends in the economy to try to predict what will happen next. The ability to successfully economic trends has a profound effect on whether or not a busine...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
This lesson examines some of the incentive programs being offered to keep students in school
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Grades: 6-8
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
Type: Lesson
Everyone has at one time or another opened a lemonade or Kool-Aid Stand. What a great place to begin an economics lesson. Students can taste test three brands of lemonade and compare prices with taste – is the most expen...
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Grades: 3-5, 6-8
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Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) |
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