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This note from one of our behavioral economics authors, William Bosshardt, Florida Atlantic University, explains how these behavioral economics lessons are linked together and where they can be used in the high school curriculum.

Can you learn economics from the weather? Students will be able to integrate science, math, and economics through this engaging lesson. The forecast predicts some percentage chance of success.

In Lesson #2 of the "Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues" curriculum, students learn about positive and normative economics and how bias in questioning can lead to ethical issues in research.

This NY1 segment features Jonathan Joseph, an economics teacher at White Plains High School (NY) and recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion Award, who created a semester-long honors course called Economics and Sports.

Shanan Riegle, an award-winning teacher from Yorktown Elementary School in Indiana, demonstrates how to use play dough to teach the concept of scarcity to her 5th grade students using a lesson from Playful Economics by Dr. Harlan Day. Playful Economics is a collection of 15 hands-on lessons…

Using play dough is a fun way to introduce new economic concepts and to keep your students engaged. In this video, Shanan Riegle, an award-winning teacher from Yorktown Elementary School in Indiana, demonstrates the Opportunity Cost lesson from Playful Economics by Harlan Day. Playful Econom…

Participants will be able to analyze the differences between traditional economics and behavioral economics through a variety of examples and resources to implement into their 9-12 social studies classroom.

In this economics webinar, teachers will understand the importance of studying economics and how scarcity impacts decisions.

In this webinar, learn how to prepare your student for the Massachusetts student competitions.

In this economics webinar, explore effective ways to teach elasticity in AP Economics classrooms in order to promote student mastery.