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In this economics lesson, students will design and advertise shoes to learn product differentiation and advertising in markets.
Key Concepts: Advertising, Market Structures, Monopolistic Competition
Grades 6-8
Identifying Advertising Strategies
In this economics activity, students will identify the different strategies used in commercials.
Key Concepts: Advertising
Grades 6-8, 9-12
The Basics of Productivity
In this economics activity, students will explore the basic principles of productivity.
Key Concepts: Productive Resources, Productivity
Grades 6-8
Resources for a Lemonade Stand
In this economics activity, students will identify different types of productive resources.
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Productive Resources
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
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
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Sweet Opportunities - Three Types of Business Organizations
In this economics lesson, students will learn about 3 types of business organizations using candy companies.
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Market Structures
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Do I Look Like I'm Made of Money?
In this economics lesson, students will learn the importance of money as a medium of exchange.
Key Concepts: Human Capital, Income, Money
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
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Calculating Simple Interest
In this personal finance lesson, students will use I=P(r)(t) to calculate simple interest on a loan.
Key Concepts: Credit, Interest
Grades 6-8
Staying Afloat Financially in the 21st Century
In this economics lesson, students will use a budget plan to make spending decisions.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Transportation: They Say We Had a Revolution (Part 3)
Advancements in transportation have played a key role in the growth of our nation. U.S. government policies have also had...
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Business Costs and Revenues, Economic Systems…
Grades 6-8
Agent Pincher: P is for Penny or Where did money come from?
Over time everyone has had a pocketful of pennies, it’s not something we think about very much. But what if...
Key Concepts: Money
Grades 3-5, 6-8
How E-Commerce Influences Consumer Choice
In this lesson students learn decision making skills that will help them become better consumers. As consumers they have a...
Key Concepts: Choice, Markets and Prices
Grades 6-8
Hey, Get a Job!
The second of a two-part unit on income-earning endeavors, this lesson has students choose a job or business to engage...
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Entrepreneurs
Grades 3-5, 6-8
I Can Be an Entrepreneur
In this personal finance lesson, students explore entrepreneurship by earning money and advertising their business. Learners are given advice on...
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Profit
Grades 6-8
Improving on the Original
What makes something worth marketing? This lesson focuses on the distinction between marketing a new product or licensing it to...
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Lemon Squeeze - The Lemonade Stand
Everyone has at one time or another opened a lemonade or Kool-Aid Stand. What a great place to begin an...
Key Concepts: Demand, Markets, Markets and Prices
Grades 6-8
Capital Chips (Part 3)
Through the use of a historical timeline of the capital investments made by the company the resulting benefits will be...
Key Concepts: Goods and Services
Grades 6-8
Capital Chips (Part 1)
Through the use of a historical timeline of the capital investments made by the company the resulting benefits will be...
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Credit, Goods and Services…