Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Analyzing Federal Reserve Data
How do you assess the health of the economy? In these lessons, students will analyze data in real time by linkin…
Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Show us your #EconReady classroom for a chance to win $200!
Until September 27th, we’ll be on social media sharing how teachers have prepped their classrooms to incorporate economics and personal finance. The creators of the five posts who get the most likes/shares will receive a $200 credit for our online store (limit one prize per entrant)!
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3. Comment on your own post with a link to one of the resources from EconEdLink.org (a free lesson plan, a video, interactive, etc.).
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It’s easy to participate:
1. Take a picture or video of your #EconReady classroom (Note: Please adhere to your school’s photo/video media release policies with regards to including photos of students).
2. Post it on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn with the hashtag #EconReady, and tag @CouncilEconEd.
3. Comment on your own post with a link to one of the resources from EconEdLink.org (a free lesson plan, a video, interactive, etc.).
Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
The 58th Annual Financial Literacy & Economic Education Conference
Registration is now open for our 58th Annual Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference, October 4-5, 2019 in Los Angeles, California! Our annual conference is the country’s premier event for educators to exchange ideas while learning about opportunities to incorporate personal finance and economics into your K-12 classroom. Join us for workshops, panels, exhibits, award presentations, and more!
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Grades: 9-12
New! Financial Fitness for Life, Third Edition for grades 9-12!
We’ve updated our best-selling personal finance resource that helps you prepare your students to make sound economic decisions in the ways of income, spending, saving, borrowing, investing, and managing money!
The new Third Editions of Financial Fitness for Life (FFFL), for teachers and students grades 9-12, provide completely up-to-date content aligned to the latest personal finance and Common Core standards, including real-world situations to engage your students.
Coming soon: FFFL 9-12 lesson plan activities delivered through educational technology tools, including Kahoot! and Quizlet, free to use on EconEdLink.
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The new Third Editions of Financial Fitness for Life (FFFL), for teachers and students grades 9-12, provide completely up-to-date content aligned to the latest personal finance and Common Core standards, including real-world situations to engage your students.
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Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Investing in a College Education
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Math in the Real World
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Grades 9-12
Preparing Your Form 1040
In this personal finance lesson, students will use an IRS Form 1040 to calculate personal income tax.
Key Concepts: Taxes
Grades 6-8
Tic Tac Taxes
In this economics lesson, students will learn about taxes and the reason for taxes.
Key Concepts: Taxes
Grades 9-12
Sports Economics: To Build or Not to Build
In this economics lesson, students will examine a public-private partnership to learn about opportunity cost.
Key Concepts: Opportunity Cost, Roles of Government, Taxes
Grades 3-5
Goods and Services: Some are Private, Some are Not
In this economics lesson, students will create a bulletin board town to learn about taxes.
Key Concepts: Taxes
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Productivity Video and Quiz
In this economics video, students will learn about productivity and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization, Productivity
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On This Day in Economic History
September
20
1995
On this day in 1995 AT&T announced that it would voluntarily break itself up into three different companies. The company's divide and conquer attitude was the brunt of many jokes in the business world. But when company announced an 11 percent gain in their stock AT&T was the one laughing.