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Grades 6-8
Agent Pincher: The Case of the UFO
Agent Pincher: The Case of the UFO--Unfamiliar Foreign Objects. That is what currency from another country may look like. Sometimes...
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Grades 3-5
You Can BANK on This! (Part 1)
Banking should not be confusing. It should be INTERESTing! Most students in the elementary grades would love to know more...
Grades 9-12
New Sense, Inc. vs. Fish 'Till U Drop or Coase Vs. Pigou
Hot debate and arguments galore whirl around this question: "Which economic approach is the most efficient and fair to resolve...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Could You Earn a Million Dollars?
This lesson is designed to acquaint students with the relationship between earnings and education. The data are very clear regarding...
Grades 3-5
You Can BANK on This! (Part 4)
This lesson deals with credit and wraps up this unit on finance.
Grades 9-12
Credit for Beginners
This lesson focuses on teaching students the basics about credit. It explains why credit is important, how to keep good...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Sand Art Brownies
In this lesson, you will learn about substitute goods. You will have choices to make in your role as a...
Key Concepts: Externalities 3, Scarcity 4
Grades 3-5
What Face do you Use?
The students will recognize that in order to facilitate the exchange of goods and services, most nations create currency for...
Grades 3-5
To Be or Not To Be?
This lesson guides students through web sites that examine careers that are typically of interest to 3rd- through 5th-grade students....
Grades 6-8
Agent Pincher: The Case of the missing Susan B. Anthony Dollar
Agent Penn E. Pincher is again called out on a case. It seems that in 1979 the U.S. Bureau of...
Key Concepts: Money 1, Money 2
Grades 6-8
Agent Pincher: P is for Penny or Where did money come from?
Over time everyone has had a pocketful of pennies, it’s not something we think about very much. But what if...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Collecting for Fun . . . and Profit?
Art, baseball cards, coins, comic books, dolls, jewelry and stamps are just a few examples of the many things people...
Grades 9-12
Economic Sectors and International Development
Using poverty rate as a measure of development, students select countries five at a time to compare how resources are...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments 1
Grades 9-12
What Do You Get for Your $1,818,600,000,000?
Using MS Excel and data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis web site on federal government spending, students will compare...
Grades 3-5, 6-8
How E-Commerce Influences Consumer Choice
In this lesson students learn decision making skills that will help them become better consumers. As consumers they have a...
Grades 9-12
Business Ownership: The Franchise Option
Students explore an alternative to starting a business from scratch – investing in a franchise. They begin by considering the...
