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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: How Individuals Make Choices Based on Their Budget

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to calculate and graph budgets constraints, explain opportunity sets and opportunity costs, evaluate the law of diminishing marginal utility, and explain how marginal analysis and utility...
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Activity
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Making Decisions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Notes and a video clip provide students with an introduction to the idea of marginal analysis and of how consumers and producers make decisions.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Dumptown, Usa: Making a Ton of Difference

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The amount of trash produced in the United States is mounting with each passing year. Communities are finding it increasingly difficult and costly to handle trash disposal. Recycling is considered a key solution to the garbage problem....
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Utility

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Can happiness be measured? Students will learn how utility relates to economic decision making and the law of diminishing marginal utility.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Utility Maximization

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice applying the utility maximization rule in this exercise.