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Grades 9-12

I'll Trade You a Bag of Chips, Two Cookies, and $60,000 for Your Tuna Fish Sandwich

Okay, so your tuna fish sandwich probably isn't worth a couple grand. It's most likely made with a type of...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Demand, Markets and Prices…

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Grades 9-12

The Economics of the Family Farm

Learn about the status of farming as a career, investigate the management of a family farm, and examine one recent...

Key Concepts: Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization, Goods and Services…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Trish and Scott's Big Adventure: An Investigation of Regional Housing Costs

This lesson has students explore differences in regional housing costs, determine the percentage of gross income spent on housing, assess...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economic Institutions…

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Grades 9-12

The Wizard of Oz Visits Japan

Deflationary conditions in the United States have not returned since the Great Depression. Instead, U.S. policymakers have frequently found it...

Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy

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Grades 9-12

National Parks: Only You Can Prevent the Coming Crisis

What do you think of when you think of the National Parks System? Do you think of the majesty of...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Demand…

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Grades 9-12

Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?

Economists do not operate in a vacuum. If an economist is going to suggest that the price of a good...

Key Concepts: Demand, Incentive, Markets and Prices…

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Grades 3-5

Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?

In this lesson students working in cooperative groups will: 1.Discuss food items they consume for breakfast. 2.Investigate elements of foreign...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Goods and Services, Producers

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Grades 3-5

Paraffin-alia

All resources are limited. It is this simple fact--scarcity--that forces us to make decisions. When we do make a choice,...

Key Concepts: Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Goods and Services…

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Grades 9-12

The Road to Emerald City Is Paved with Good Intentions

'The Wizard of Oz' is perhaps the most popular film ever made. Generations of families have enjoyed this classic tale...

Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy

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Grades 9-12

The Early 1980s: A Tough Time For Home Builders and Mortgage Bankers

Have you ever thought of how much it might cost you to finance the purchase of a home? The home's...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Credit, Economic Institutions…

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Grades 9-12

Economic Freedom, Political Freedom: Their Meaning, Their Results

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the first ten amendments to the Constitution (the Bill of Rights) reflect the...

Key Concepts: Economic Systems, Incentive

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Grades 9-12

Population Growth: Friend or Foe?

The environment has recently been the focus of much research and discussion. Because productive resources are limited, it is important...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Grades 9-12

Economic Indicators

How do economists make their forecasts about the U.S. economy? What are the economic indicators that help forecast economic activity...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Economic Institutions, Financial Markets…

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Grades 9-12

Rationing Transplants: An Ethical Problem

On November 1, 1999, Walter Payton, former Chicago Bears running back, died waiting for a liver transplant. Payton's death re-opened...

Key Concepts: Demand, Incentive, Market Structure…

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Grades 9-12

To Keep the Strike Going or to End It? That Was the Question

According to the Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition, the term "strike" is defined as a "temporary stoppage of activities...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economic Institutions, Incentive

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Grades 9-12

If You Hear a Hoot, Then This Site is Kaput

Should the Endangered Species Act of 1973 be left alone so the legal system is left to decide the toughest...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Grades 9-12

The American Standard of Living - For Better or For Worse

Is the distribution of income in the United States becoming more unequal? Does the average American today have a higher...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Business Costs and Revenues, Consumers…

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Grades 9-12

Are the Best Things in Life Free?

Students use economic reasoning to analyze the costs and consequences of marital choice. "The best things in life are free."...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Incentive

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Grades 9-12

$16 Billion to Host the Summer Olympic Games: Is it worth it?

Students learn about costs and revenues related to the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. Discussion questions about estimated...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Public-Choice Analysis, Roles of Government

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 18, 2016 is Martin Luther King Day. Students can explore the history behind this day and this charismatic man...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Division of Labor/Specialization

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