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In this economics lesson plan, students conduct their own employment survey to calculate an unemployment rate.

COMPELLING QUESTION Can arbitrary numbers stick in our minds and affect our decision making? Students will participate in a trading game in which students are either a buyer or seller in a market. In this market students will be exposed to a particular number to serve as an anchor…

Why would people choose to spend a fortune on a single tulip bulb? In this economics lesson, students participate in a simulation and determine their level of tolerance to risk and speculation.

In this economics lesson, students will learn key economic concepts found in children's literature.

Celebrate Women's History Month in your economics and personal finance classroom!  Use these 10 quotes by famous women to inspire discussions and writing prompts about money, work, success, and power.

In this economics interactive, students will learn about decision making while shopping for a fish.

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.

In this economics lesson demo video, teachers will learn how to model Lesson 18 from CEE’s High School Economics publication. 

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 43: Why Are Some Nations Wealthy? from CEE's Capstone Exemplary Lessons for High School Economics publication. In this lesson, students work in groups to examine data from several nations regarding size, natural resources, and population. Usi…

COMPELLING QUESTION Why don’t we always choose the best option when making a decision? The lesson presents three short illustrations of how people may not always make decisions by weighing the costs and benefits of the alternatives. The lesson emphasizes how reference points…