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In this economics lesson, students will examine data for buyers and sellers to learn how prices emerge in a market.
Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Supply
Grades 9-12
Margin Of Error
The lesson begins with an introduction to the use of polls in political campaigns. The students are introduced to the...
Key Concepts: Choice
Grades 9-12
Inflation and Unemployment - Is There a Correlation?
Updated! Perfect for an integrated economics and math or technology lesson. Students use Excel to create scatterplots, regression line equations,...
Key Concepts: Employment and Unemployment, Inflation
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Saving
In this personal finance lesson, students determine their monthly earned income and estimate how much they could be saving.
Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budgeting, Roles of Government
Grades 9-12
Productivity and Graphing Linear and Quadratic Functions
In this lesson students interpret key features of graphs for both linear and quadratic functions in the context of total...
Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Distribution of Income
Students will learn how productivity and government policy influences the distribution of income and create and analyze Lorenz curves and...
Key Concepts: Distribution of Income, Income Distribution, Productivity
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Who Bears the Burden When a Tax Is Imposed on a Good?
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn how to determine the function values of simple functions.
Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Roles of Government
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Rates of Change
In this personal finance lesson, students will analyze the relationship between differing costs using the concept of slopes.
Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Profit
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
The Mathematics Behind Progressive, Regressive, and Proportional Taxes
Students will explore graphs to analyze the impact of different tax structures on families.
Key Concepts: Average Tax Rate (or Ratio), Income Distribution
Grades 9-12
Exchange Rates
Students describe and identify where certain items they own come from and the approximate price of these items. They learn...
Key Concepts: Depreciation of a Currency, Foreign Exchange
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Deriving Marginalism
In this personal finance lesson, students will make a connection between derivatives and marginalism.
Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Profit
Grades 9-12
Discover How Two Way Tables Are Used To Determine Auto Insurance Deductibles and Premiums
Students collect data from a hands-on activity involving Colors Goldfish® Baked Snack Crackers to learn how to create a two-way...
Key Concepts: Insurance, Personal Finance, Risk and Return
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Using Slope to Compute Opportunity Cost
In this personal finance lesson, students will investigate opportunity cost by using slope.
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Goods and Services
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
When Graphs Mislead Us - Analyzing GDP
Students practice interpreting and drawing GDP graphs as they analyze why some data can be deceiving.
Key Concepts: Economic Development, Fiscal Policy, GDP
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
How Expensive are Payday Loans?
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn how a payday loan works.
Key Concepts: Credit, Interest
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Break-Even Analysis
In this personal finance lesson, students will use breakeven analysis formula to analyze investment options.
Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Goods and Services, Profit
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Using Systems of Equations with Supply and Demand Application
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn supply and demand by utilizing a system of equations.
Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices
Nearpod version available
Grades 9-12
Earning Credit
In this personal finance lesson, students will learn to compound interest and amortization to calculate the cost of a car.
Key Concepts: Credit, Interest, Risk and Return
Grades K-2
Forecasting Economics - Using Weather to Teach Wants
Can you learn economics from the weather? Students will be able to integrate science, math, and economics through this engaging...
Key Concepts: Consumers, Economic Wants
Grades 9-12
The 411 on College Education
One of the most important financial decisions people make is whether to go to college. The price tag of a...
Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Division of Labor/Specialization, Market Structures