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Grades 9-12
Don’t Be Scammed
In this personal finance lesson, students will review tips to avoid being scammed, and learn where to report scams.
Key Concepts: Risk
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Grades 9-12
What’s the Cost of Spending and Saving?
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn how compound interest makes savings grow.
Key Concepts: Interest, Opportunity Cost, Risk and Return…
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Grades 9-12
There Is No Free Lunch in Investing
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn about five types of risk in the modern investment world.
Key Concepts: Financial Investments, Financial Markets, Risk and Return…
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Grades 9-12
Financial Investing
In this personal finance lesson, students will play a bingo game to learn about short and long term investments.
Key Concepts: Financial Investments, Financial Markets, Interest…
Grades 9-12
Economic Institutions Video and Quiz
In this economics video, students will learn about economic institutions and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Economic Institutions, Economic Systems
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Benefits of Trade Video and Quiz
In this economics video, students will learn about the benefits of trade using comparative advantage and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Benefits of Trade, Comparative Advantage, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence
Grades 9-12
The Economics of Income: The Rich Nations Mystery
In this economics lessons, students will examine why some nations are economic successes and some countries struggle.
Key Concepts: Economic Growth, GDP, Human Capital
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
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
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 9-12
NAFTA: Did Jobs Get Sucked Out of the United States?
In this economics lesson, students will analyze data to learn if jobs have increased or decreased since NAFTA was implemented.
Key Concepts: Barriers to Trade, Benefits of Trade
Grades 9-12
National Budget Simulation
In this economics lesson, students will revise a federal budget to understand its contents.
Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Roles of Government
Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Scarcity Video and Quiz
In this economics video, students will learn about scarcity and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Economic Systems, Goods and Services, Scarcity
Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
The Business Cycle Video and Quiz
In this economics video, students will learn about business cycles and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, Business Cycles
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Saving and Investing Video and Quiz
In this economics video, students will learn about saving and investing and play a Kahoot! game.
Key Concepts: Budgeting, Interest, Saving and Investing
Grades 9-12
Money is What Money Does
In this economics lesson, students will research the cryptocurrency Bitcoin to learn about the functions and characteristics of money.
Key Concepts: Money
