Grades: 3-5, 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: 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!
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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.
Coming soon: FFFL 9-12 lesson plan activities delivered through educational technology tools, including Kahoot! and Quizlet, free to use on EconEdLink.
Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
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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
July
18
1996
On this day in 1996 car seat manufacturer Johnson Control Inc. made a bid to become the leader in luxurious car interiors by bidding $1.35 billion to acquire Prince Holding Corporation. Prince Holding Corporation was known for their "surprise and delight" attitude when it came to car luxuries. In a statement shortly after the merger it was estimated that the two companies combined muscle would raise Johnson's annual sales from $850 million to $6 billion.