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Why Adopt a Highway?
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Students learn about the successful Adopt-a-Highway program and how it can save governments and taxpayers money. more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Multipliers and the Mystery of the Magic Money
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Students learn about the purpose of the reserve requirement, how money is "created" in the economy through fractional reserves, and how the Federal Reserve uses the reserve requirement and loans to correct economic ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Inventive Incentive
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There are many ways in which people are rewarded or penalized for doing, or not doing, their work. These are known as “incentives.” more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Market-Ability
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Marketplace, a daily economics news program heard on National Public Radio, featured a story on January 8, 2002, titled "Microsoft Invades the Kitchen." In this segment, reporter Aaron Schachter describes consumers' ... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
The Penny Problem
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Students will research the cost of making the penny and the use of the penny. They will come up with reasons why the penny should or should not continue to be made and used. more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Does the Crocodile Hunter Hunt Crocs?
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We make choices to use our natural resources. This lesson lets the students make choices that protect the wildlife of Australia from poachers. more »
Grades: K-2 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Music, Maestro, Please: Show Business and the Factors of Production
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The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania recently opened a $300 million dollar center for the performing arts, the Kimmel Center. This lesson was developed for a special teacher workshop to incorporate economics and the arts to ... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Capital Chips (Part 1)
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Through the use of a historical timeline of the capital investments made by the company the resulting benefits will be examined. The benefits from the capital investments of Herr Foods, Inc. will be related to their effect on... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Capital Chips (Part 2)
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Through the use of a historical timeline of the capital investments made by the company the resulting benefits will be examined. The benefits from the capital investments of Herr Foods, Inc. will be related to their effect on... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Capital Chips (Part 3)
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Through the use of a historical timeline of the capital investments made by the company the resulting benefits will be examined. The benefits from the capital investments of Herr Foods, Inc. will be related to their effect on... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Economic Spotter: Supply and Demand at the Gold Rush
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During the Gold Rush, people paid exorbitant prices for ordinary objects. Why? Because of the laws of supply and demand, that's why! In the lesson, students will see how these laws fit into this great historical time. more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Unemployment in My Hometown
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Students use the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to track unemployment rates for their community, and after researching information about the industrial makeup of their community, explain whether their local unemployment ra... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
It's a Matter of Power
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Students examine tradeoffs and profit- maximization decisions in the case study of Kaiser Aluminum, which decided to shut down aluminum production in favor of reselling electricity. more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
What Does A Dollar Really Buy?
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Students will describe the purpose of a price index, and how it is calculated. Then students will describe the weaknesses of the CPI, and interpret CPI data as a measure of economic health. Finally, students will identify who ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
The Need for Money that Everybody can Use
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The U.S. Currency currently has two faces. The old bills are being replaced with new designs. The study of the look of the bills will lead into a discussion of their usefulness for a segment of our population: the visually im... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
From Butterflies to Buffaloes
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Nature tourism, also known as ecotourism, is a fast growing segment of the tourism industry. In this lesson, students learn what ecotourism is and explore how conservation of our natural resources can be profitable. more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
That's Not Fair! How Do We Share?
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This lesson has students explore a variety of ways to share, particularly when an obvious solution is not apparent. more »
Grades: K-2 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Comparative Economic Systems
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Students research the economic systems of a communist country and a third-world country and compare them to the US, guided by questions and using information from the CIA World Factbook website. more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Economic Spotter: Money in Revolutionary Times
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Students take a trip back in time and spot economic concepts in a historical fiction tale. This time frame features Valley Forge in 1778. Take a look at the money used by the patriots and find out why some money couldn't buy a... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Making Cents out of Centimes
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Students will learn that most countries create their own currency for use as money. In most of Europe that money is now the Euro. Students will discover the use of Euros in this simulation and learn a little about exchanging ... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson

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