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Grade 9-12, Higher Education
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On-Demand Webinar

Economic Fundamentals: 6 Common Sense Principles

February 06 6:00-7:00pm ET
Time: 60 mins,
Presenter: Tawni Ferrarini
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Objective

In this webinar, teachers will be able to:

  • Utilize economic concepts to integrate within various grades 9-12 disciplines and undergraduate survey courses
  • Provide students with an economic tool bag of 6 basic economic principles to explain their and others’ behaviors

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Goods and Services, Incentives, Income, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

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Description

Explore six common sense economic concepts and identify valuable resources to bring into courses. This webinar will provide real-world examples that demonstrate to students the power of the economic way of thinking and how to use it to live more satisfying lives.

Resources

Subjects:
Business,Civics/Government,Economics,Personal Finance,Social Studies

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