Teaching The News

CNBC

Oil prices vulnerable to 'super spikes' again as geopolitics heat up

The long era of too much oil sloshing around the world and low prices is coming to an end, just as global events are heating up crude prices. That could make for a new dynamic as the peak summer season for oil demand approaches, keeping oil prices in a ...

Grades 3-5

All About Prices

In this economics lesson, students will explain how prices are set for goods and services.

Key Concepts: Markets and Prices

45 mins

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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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

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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Grades 3-5

Competition Pizza

In this economics lesson, students will identify and evaluate market competition using pizza shops.

Key Concepts: Competition, Consumers, Markets and Prices

45 mins

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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Grades 9-12

Balancing the Federal Budget | Activity

Use this Image Annotation Tool to enable your students to creatively comment on political cartoons, and to share their annotated...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budgeting, Credit…

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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Grades 9-12

Curriculum Tackles Economics Through the Lens of Sports

This NY1 segment features Jonathan Joseph, an economics teacher at White Plains High School (NY) and recipient of the Alfred...

Key Concepts: Demand, Markets and Prices, Roles of Government

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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Grades 9-12

Who Decides Wage Rates? | Lesson Demo

This video models Lesson 13 from CEE's High School Economics publication in the classroom. It discusses lesson objectives and provides...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization…

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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Reuters

Trump says US will only rejoin Pacific trade pact if terms are improved

In his Twitter post, which came during Asian trading hours, Trump said the United States would â€œonly join TPP if the deal were substantially better than the deal offered to Pres. Obama. We already have BILATERAL deals with six of the eleven nations in ...

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

60 mins

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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Grades 9-12

Exchange Rates: How Money Affects Trade

In this economics lesson, students will compute exchange rates to learn their impact on international trade.

Key Concepts: Markets and Prices, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

60 mins

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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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

10 mins

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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Grades 9-12

US History and C3 Framework: World Trade after WW II

The post-WWII era brought a vision of economic cooperation between the countries supporting free trade. However, recently, there has also...

Key Concepts: Barriers to Trade, Benefits of Trade

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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Grades 9-12

Balancing the Federal Budget | Activity

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Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Budgeting, Credit…

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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NBCNews.com

Data breach at Saks, Lord & Taylor compromises customer payment data

... but it said they would not be liable for charges and would be offered free identity protection services. The cyber security firm that says it uncovered the breach, Gemini Advisory, said in a post Sunday that more than 5 million credit and debit ...

Grades 9-12

Financial Institutions and Services

In this personal finance lesson, students will look into financial institutions to learn about personal investing.

Key Concepts: Credit, Economic Institutions, Saving

135 mins

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Hands on Banking You and Money

A budget is not a dirty word. Learn how to help students embrace the budgeting process by framing the topic...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Credit

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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CNBC

Here's how Amazon wins the tax war with Trump

However, the expansion of sales taxes to remote sellers will benefit Amazon. Amazon has already capitalized on the sales tax advantage it had during its start-up phase. Amazon's low-cost sales tax collection system, coupled with Amazon's extensive and ...

Grades 9-12

The History of Social Security 2

In this economics lesson, students will examine the creation of Social Security.

Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy, Income Distribution, Roles of Government

90 mins

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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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

60 mins

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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Grades 9-12

Uncle Sam

In this economics activity, students will creatively comment on political cartoons.

Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy, Income Distribution, Roles of Government

15 mins

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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Grades 9-12

Rise of the AARPs

In this economics activity, students will creatively comment on political cartoons.

Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy, Income Distribution, Roles of Government

15 mins

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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Grades 9-12

Lost and Found

In this economics activity, students will creatively comment on political cartoons.

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Fiscal Policy, Roles of Government

15 mins

Jan 01 3-3am UTC

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NPR

China Hits Back On Trade Dispute, Slapping Tariffs On 128 US Products

China announced late Sunday that it would retaliate for the Trump administration's tariffs on steel and aluminum by imposing its own import charges on a list of 128 U.S. goods, including agricultural products ranging from fruit to frozen pork. The new ...