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Trade is the voluntary exchange of goods and services. People engaging in trade must be willing to bear a cost (give up something). Therefore, we know that people will only participate voluntarily when they expect to gain from the...
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
Type: Lesson
A discussion activity exploring opportunity cost in several international contexts.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
Type: Lesson
Brainstorming activity about rationing, using price to ration goods
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
Type: Lesson
Understanding how markets work and the role of prices within markets is an important key to being able to explain and predict economic behavior. In true markets, prices are determined by the interaction of buyers and sellers.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
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An activity applying the Law of Diminishing Marginal Productivity
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
Type: Lesson
A short activity teaching the Law of Diminishing Marginal Productivity
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
Type: Lesson
Activity asking students to solve economic mysteries allows them to apply the skills of critical thinking and economic reasoning.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
Type: Lesson
Has a airline ticket mystery and provides steps for a teacher to create own mystery from current events.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
Type: Lesson
Activity where groups of students simulate firms producing for profit in environments of competition and cartels.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
Type: Lesson
Students role play about pressures on leaders from interest groups
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
Type: Lesson
Role play labor markets and getting a job
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
Type: Lesson
Activity and performance assessment involving the question ""should a city enact scalping laws?""
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
Type: Lesson
Students learn that many international exchanges of goods and services are facilitated by the exchange of the currencies of the trading countries, and how that works.
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
Type: Lesson / activity
Market activity using beans to simulate various environmental dilemmas
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Grades: 9-12
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Source: FTE |
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