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Grades 3-5

One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference

The picture book One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference, written by Kate Smith Milway, takes place...

Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Entrepreneurs 2, Money 1…

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Grades 9-12

Traditional Economies and the Inuit

The Inuit people of northern Canada provide an example of a traditional economy. For thousands of years, Inuit parents have...

Key Concepts: Allocation 1, Allocation 2, Allocation 3…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

The Family Vacation

Students will take a surprise trip around the world. As they travel, they will use clues to discover where they...

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Grades 6-8

The Civil War: A War of Resources

The North won the Civil War in large part due to its superior resources. In this lesson students will learn...

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Grades 3-5, 6-8

Work, Earnings, and Economics: "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

This updated lesson is based on the novel, Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson. Set mainly in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s,...

Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Externalities 3, Scarcity 4

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Grades 9-12

What Happened to Railroads?

Between the Civil War and World War II, railroads were one of the nation's most important businesses and an integral...

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Grades 6-8

The Higher you Climb, The More You Pay

Students will take a "Virtual Tour" of the Eiffel Tower in Paris France and locate the price of a bottle...

Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis 1, Foreign Exchange 1, Marginal Analysis 2

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Grades 3-5

The Color of Resources

This lesson will demonstrate the making of Crayola products to introduce natural, capital, and human resources as well as touching...

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Grades 9-12

China - Where will they fit in the world economy?

With its, emerging middle class, its new markets, and a new emphasis on increasing its technology base, where is China...

Key Concepts: Goods and Services 1

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Grades 9-12

Education: Weigh Your Options

Getting and keeping a job often requires special education or training. While an employer may provide or pay for some...

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Grades 9-12

Satisfaction Please! (Part 3)

Even the savviest consumer has a problem with a good or service on occasion. It is a consumer’s right to...

Key Concepts: Economic Institutions 1, Financial Institutions 1

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Why do we need money? Think about Ebay!

The students investigate money--its purpose and functions. They complete an exercise, using the online acution site Ebay, to learn why...

Key Concepts: Exchange Rates

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Grades 6-8

There is Something in the Water

The United States is losing 60,000 acres of wetlands each year. Is this good or bad? Does anyone really want...

Key Concepts: Externalities 3, Goods and Services 1, Scarcity 4

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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

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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...

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Grades 9-12

The Economics of Voting: What Do You Mean My Vote Doesn't Count?

This lesson explores the costs and benefits associated with voting in national elections. Specifically, the concepts of rational apathy, rational...

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