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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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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 2: Choice in a World of Scarcity: Key Concepts & Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This section focuses on the key concepts and a summary of macroeconomics covered in Chapter 2: Choice in a World of Scarcity from the TEA AP Macroeconomics.
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Other

Treasury Direct: Money Math: Lessons for Life: Wallpaper Woes [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use a real-world example to work on measurement skills and learn economic concepts such as budget constrains, trade-offs and expenses. [PDF]
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Handout
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 2: Choice in a World of Scarcity: Key Terms

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a list of key terms and definitions covered in Chapter 2: Choice in a World of Scarcity from the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Decisions Within a Budget Constraint

For Students 9th - 10th
Another approach to maximizing utility uses indifference curves (sometimes called utility curves) and budget constraints to identify the utility optimizing combination of consumption. Read about this method in this article.