6-8 Archives - EconEdLink

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Valentine's Day Greeting Card Production

Working in small groups, students participate in a production simulation (making Valentine's Day greeting cards) to determine the effects of...

Key Concepts: Costs of Production, Diminishing Marginal Utility, Productive Resources…

60 min

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Continental Drift and Comparative Advantage

Combine your economics and geography lessons in this activity that has students reviewing continental drift and the continents of Laurasia...

Key Concepts: Absolute Advantage, Benefits of Trade/Comparative Advantage

60 min

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Product Differentiation: Design and Advertise a Shoe

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

90 mins

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Grades 6-8

Dinner Discussions at Maggie Walker's House

Students study historic objects, photographs and documents, research influential members of the African American community and role-play a dinner party...

Key Concepts: Banking, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship…

3 class periods

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Stock Prices and the Super Bowl

Harness the excitement of the Super Bowl with this lesson from the SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education. Students analyze the...

Key Concepts: Advertising, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Investing

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Grades 6-8

Using Percentage Allocation to Create a Basic Spending and Savings Plan

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn to create a spending and savings plan using order of operations.

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Income, Money

60 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Making a Budget - It Is All Spending!

Students discover that all elements of a budget are essentially spending on goods and services.

Key Concepts: Decision Making, Goods and Services, Income…

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Grades 3-5, 6-8

Costs and Benefits of Beans' Decisions

In this economics lesson, students will make decisions using a cost-benefit analysis.

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

45 mins

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Grades 6-8

Wealthy Relations and Net Worth, Part 2

In this math lesson, students will use net income & net worth equations to learn about wealth and equality (math).

Key Concepts: Income, Money

45 mins

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Grades 6-8

Wealthy Relations and Net Worth, Part 1

In this math lesson, students will use net income & net worth equations to learn about wealth and equality (math).

Key Concepts: Income, Money

45 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 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 3) - Henry Ford and the Model T

In this economics lesson, students analyze shifts in supply and demand in the auto market and related markets.

Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Supply

60 mins

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Grades 6-8

Sandwich Supply and Dessert Demand

In this economics lesson, students will form a human demand and supply curve.

Key Concepts: Demand, Price Ceilings and Floors, Supply

90 mins

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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

60 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Time Value of Money

In this economics lesson, students will learn how the value of money changes over time.

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Interest, Money

60 mins

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Grades 3-5, 6-8

Learning Economics with Minecraft: Choices, Costs and Benefits

In this economics lesson, students will use cost-benefit analysis to build their own Minecraft shelter.

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost

90 mins

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Grades 6-8

The Supply and Demand of Toy Fads

In this economics lesson, students will examine the market responses to two different toys.

Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Supply

60 mins

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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

45 mins

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Grades 6-8

What Is Money? Why Does It Have Value?

In this economics lesson, students will learn about the history of money and its 5 characteristics.

Key Concepts: Money, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

90 mins

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