C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Economic Choices
A learning module on choices people make with their money. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will learn how families get...
University of Missouri
University of Missouri St. Louis:wise Pockets: Kermit the Hermit
This is an elementary level lesson that deals with spending, saving, income, and interest. Requires the book Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet. Includes detailed lesson plan along with procedures and activities.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Using "Good Guide" to Create Better Consumers
This learning activity helps educators and students use a valuable web resource that ranks products based on three sustainability criteria: personal health, environmental impact, and social equity.
Other
The Consumerist
The Consumerist, a subsidiary of Consumer Reports, accepts tips from consumers to cover stories people want to hear or should become aware of based on consumers interests.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Making Decisions
Notes and a video clip provide students with an introduction to the idea of marginal analysis and of how consumers and producers make decisions.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Are the Best Things in Life Free?
Young scholars use economic reasoning to analyze the costs and consequences of choice. The idea that the best things in life are free is widely expressed as a maxim by people who know nothing of its origin. They know it's true through...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: College: Where Am I Going to Go?
Students will use a PACED decision making grid to help them decide where they would like to attend college.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Car Loan Project
Each student will buy (hypothetically) a car that will need to be financed. The student will need to look at different options and decide which will be the best choice for his situation. The student will need to find an advertisement for...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Break a Leg
In this lesson, students will learn about the basic components and terminology of individual health insurance. Students will make decisions about the value of insurance protection and you will identify trends in the cost of medical care...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Do You Have a Yen to Go to College?
Help Carlos determine his financing options for college based on his current level of investment and the financial packages offered by several different schools. Evaluate these options, and then recommend which path Carlos should take to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Decisions Within a Budget Constraint
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.