Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Student Loan Debt: To Pay or Not to Pay?

Updated: May 31 2012,

Author: barrel fan

Standards

Grades 9-12

Businesses use advertising to tell consumers about the goods and services they are selling. Businesses hope that their advertisements will...

Key Concepts: Advertising, Business Costs and Revenues, Economic Institutions…

Lesson

Grades 9-12

In this economics activity, students will examine workforce safety issues for teens.

Key Concepts: Employment and Unemployment, Roles of Government

20 mins

Activity

Grades 9-12

In this economics activity, students will analyze a political cartoon to examine how beliefs influence economic decisions.

Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy, Roles of Government

20 mins

Activity

Grades 9-12

In this lesson students explore the concept of “net worth” and how it is calculated. They practice using integers while...

Key Concepts: Credit, Earned Income, Net Worth

60 mins

Lesson

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