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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Case Study on Productivity (Part 2) – Henry Ford and the Model T

In economics lesson, students will research Henry Ford’s innovations to find strategies that improve productivity.

Key Concepts: Human Capital, Incentives, Productivity

60 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Case Study on Productivity (Part 1) – Henry Ford and the Model T

In this economics lesson, students will create an assembly line to learn how specialization increases productivity.

Key Concepts: Division of Labor/Specialization, Productivity

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

Where did All the Money Go? The Great Depression Mystery

In this economics lesson, students will identify conditions in the economy to learn about the Great Depression.

Key Concepts: Financial Markets, Markets and Prices, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

90 mins

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Grades 9-12

Coming to America 2018: Economic Implications of Immigration

Three streams of foreigners seek entry into the USA. Only one stream can be termed immigrants on a legal path…

Key Concepts: Roles of Government

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Grades 9-12

Federal Reserve and Banking System for Macroeconomics, American History and Personal Finance

The Federal Reserve, created in 1913, is an important but often overlooked institution in the macro-economy and American History. Topics…

Key Concepts: Federal Reserve, Money, Roles of Government

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Grades 9-12

The “Not So Great” Depression

This webinar demonstrates how popular works of historical fiction, set during the Great Depression, can be used to teach economic…

Key Concepts: Business Cycles, Employment and Unemployment, Scarcity

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Grades 9-12

Policy Perspectives on the Federal Budget

In Policy Perspectives on the Federal Budget, a digital interactive activity, students think critically about Federal Budget policy choices from…

Key Concepts: Balanced Budget, Economic Functions of Government, Federal Budget

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Grades 9-12

Policy Perspectives on Medicare

In Policy Perspectives on Medicare, a digital interactive activity, students think critically about Medicare policy choices from the perspectives of…

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Grades 9-12

UFR Balancing the Federal Budget

Balancing the Federal Budget -- When I first started teaching economics in 2010, the U.S. national debt was around $13.5…

Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Fiscal Policy

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Avoiding Implicit Bias in the Classroom

Leith Thompson that Economics is the language of power, public policy and change and so it is essential that not…

Key Concepts: Economic Development

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Grades 9-12

US History and C3 Framework: World Trade after WW II

The post-WWII era brought a vision of economic cooperation between the countries supporting free trade. However, recently, there has also…

Key Concepts: Barriers to Trade, Benefits of Trade

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Grades 9-12

US History and C3 Framework: Why Are Sweatshop Workers Usually Young Women?

That workers in textile factors are usually young women has been a surprisingly consistent phenomenon throughout the history of industrialization.…

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Human Capital

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Grades 9-12

Economics, U.S. History and the C3 Framework: Why Did the Colonists Fight When They Were Safe, Prosperous and Free?”

This webinar will show teachers how to use the Economic Way of Thinking along with colonial-era data to unravel history’s…

Key Concepts: Decision Making, Division of Labor/Specialization

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Grades 9-12

The Economics of Jim Crow – Engaging Students in the African American Green Books through Document-Based Essay Question

In 1936, an African American mailman living in New York City published the first ever Negro Motorist Green Book. The…

Key Concepts: Economic Growth, Goods and Services

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Grades 9-12

The Economics of Jim Crow – Engaging Students in the African American Green Books through a Lens of Industrialization

In 1936, an African American mailman living in New York City published the first ever Negro Motorist Green Book. The…

Key Concepts: Economic Growth, Goods and Services

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Grades 9-12

The Economics of Jim Crow – Engaging Students in the African American Green Books through Jigsaw

In 1936, an African American mailman living in New York City published the first ever Negro Motorist Green Book. The…

Key Concepts: Goods and Services, Income Distribution

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Grades 9-12

Let Them Eat Cake: Economics and the French Revolution

Critical thinking skills used in economic analysis can allow kids to interpret history in new and exciting ways. Using the…

Key Concepts: Economic Growth, Fiscal Policy, Income Distribution

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Grades 9-12

Is the Information Revolution as Big as the Industrial Revolution?

How has the information revolution and technology advancements of the past two decades transformed the production, employment, and consumption landscapes…

Key Concepts: Human Capital, Technology

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Grades 9-12

UFR: President Jackson & Veto of 2nd Fed

During this webinar, teachers will learn how to incorporate an EconEdLink lesson on President Andrew Jackson's Veto of of the…

Key Concepts: Federal Reserve

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Grades 9-12

Policy Perspectives on Social Security

In Policy Perspectives on Social Security, a digital interactive activity, students think critically about Social Security policy choices from the…

Key Concepts: Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Scarcity

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