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Grades 9-12
Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?
Economists do not operate in a vacuum. If an economist is going to suggest that the price of a good...
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Grades 3-5
Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?
Students working in cooperative groups will discuss food items they consume for breakfast, investigate elements of foreign culture, particularly food,...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services 1
Grades 3-5
Paraffin-alia
All resources are limited. It is this simple fact--scarcity--that forces us to make decisions. When we do make a choice,...
Key Concepts: Externalities 3, Goods and Services 1, Scarcity 4
Grades 9-12
The Early 1980s: A Tough Time For Home Builders and Mortgage Bankers
Have you ever thought of how much it might cost you to finance the purchase of a home? The home's...
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Financial Institutions 1
Grades 9-12
Population Growth: Friend or Foe?
The environment has recently been the focus of much research and discussion. Because productive resources are limited, it is important...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments 1, Cost-Benefit Analysis 1, Marginal Analysis 2
Grades 9-12
To Keep the Strike Going or to End It? That Was the Question
According to the Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition, the term "strike" is defined as a "temporary stoppage of activities...
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis 1, Financial Institutions 1, Marginal Analysis 2
Grades 9-12
If You Hear a Hoot, Then This Site is Kaput
Should the Endangered Species Act of 1973 be left alone so the legal system is left to decide the toughest...
Grades 9-12
The American Standard of Living - For Better or For Worse
Is the distribution of income in the United States becoming more unequal? Does the average American today have a higher...
Grades 9-12
Are the Best Things in Life Free?
Students use economic reasoning to analyze the costs and consequences of marital choice. "The best things in life are free."...
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 18, 2016 is Martin Luther King Day. Students can explore the history behind this day and this charismatic man...
