Election Lessons
We have provided you several EconEdLink lessons and interactives that you can use with your students as you discuss the elecition issue of the national global-interests. These resources are at no cost to you and can be accessed from any computer. Note that there is a teacher version, a student version and a mobile version for each one of the lessons.
This lesson introduces the concept of monopoly. It calls upon students to consider how monopoly power might affect the quality and price of goods and services offered to consumers. In light of what they learn about the history of trusts and the Sherman AntiTrust Act, the students write editorials, s...
Marketplace: Economy of Architecture
In March 2004, Andrew Haeg reported that in this age of globalization, great cultural centers have become essential to a city's economic survival. The arts can even put cities like Milwaukee on the map.
This engaging lesson challenges students to connect economics and geography as they investigate global companies in the stock market.
Focus on Economic Data: Consumer Price Index and Inflation, July 2012
This lesson focuses on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and rate of inflation in the U.S. for the month of July, 2012, reported on August 15, 2012, by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Students read the BLS report, analyze the meaning of the CPI data, determine the change in consumer prices, and ex...
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Greek Prime Minister: Debt Recovery is DauntingINTERACTIVE
Paul Solman talks with Greek Prime Minister George George Papandreau about the country's debt crisis and its impacts on the global economy.
Globalization - Lesson 1: Why is Globalization So Controversial?INTERACTIVE
Included in this interactive are two videos on globalization, which are based on one of the lessons from the Focus: Globalization publication. Lesson 1: Why is Globalization So Controversial? provides an overvi...
In her new book, "The Accordion Family," sociologist Katherine Newman examines why more young adults in the world's wealthiest countries are returning home to live with their parents -- a phenomenon that Paul Solman has come across repeatedly in his reporting on global economic problems as part of h...