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Grades 9-12
Invest in Yourself
To explore the concept that people invest in themselves through education, the students work in two groups and participate in...
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Grades 9-12
What is a Stock?
The students work in small groups that represent households. Each household answers questions about stocks and stock markets. For each...
Key Concepts: Balance of Payments, Budgeting/Money Managment, Financial Institutions
Grades 9-12
U.S. Gross Domestic Product
In this interactive students will categorize statements, deciding if they should be included in the U.S. GDP or not.
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Paul Krugman's Solution to Getting Fiscal Stimulus? It Involves Aliens
Amid a tough economy, economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has probably captured as much attention -- and...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: 'What Money Can't Buy' and What it Shouldn't Buy
While most of our everyday transactions are driven by the marketplace, are there some things money shouldn't be able to...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Student Loan Debt: To Pay or Not to Pay?
In his second report this week on student lending, economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the challenges that indebted college graduates...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: The State Of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems
Americans owe $1 trillion in student loan debt. How did that happen, and what's the impact on the nation's economy?...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Man vs. Machine: Will Human Workers Become Obsolete?
Part of his series on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman has been showcasing the future of technology from...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Downloadable Gun Parts, Personalized Bioterror: the Downside of Innovation
Through innovation and technology, California think tank Singularity University aims to push the frontiers of progress. But what happens when...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Tech's Next Feats? Maybe On-Demand Kidneys, Robot Sex, Cheap Solar, Lab Meat
Optimists at Silicon Valley think tank Singularity University are pushing the frontiers of human progress through innovation and emerging technologies,...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: The Unemployment Paradox: Why Job Seekers, Employers Aren't Connecting
The U.S. job market appears to have a paradox: Many job seekers say they're desperate for work while many employers...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Author Charles Murray: Elites Should Teach Working Class How to Live REPORT
The super-educated upper class is out of touch but it could teach lower classes better ways to live, according to...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Fictional Thriller Tackles Dangers of High-Frequency Trading
Part of his series on Making $ense of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman spoke with author Robert Harris whose...
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Fictional Thriller Tackles Dangers of High-Frequency Trading CONVERSATION
Part of his series on Making $ense of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman spoke with author Robert Harris whose...
Grades 9-12
Understanding the Debt Ceiling Debate and the Budget Control Act of 2011
This lesson provides an introduction and an overview of the Budget Control Act of 2011. Students will be given information...
Key Concepts: Crowding Out, Debt, Economic Growth…
Grades 9-12
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Benefit Corporations Aim to Make a Profit -- and a Positive Impact REPORT
Seven states have passed legislation officially recognizing companies with a conscience. Called benefit corporations, or B Corps, the firms strive...
