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Sand Dollars

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students debate the issues of economic prosperity, cultural preservation and environmental preservation by examining the development of land in the Bahamas.
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Bang for Your Buck

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore reasons for making a particular purchase and examine one strategy Wal-Mart stores used to keep prices low. They research and compare two companies that make similar products using different business philosophies.
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SOS: Save Our Ski Slopes

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students defend downhill skiing as an Olympic Games event by creating a presentation that graphically proves the economic impact and popularity of this event.
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Leading Economic Indicators

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders collect the data of the leading economic indicators over the last six months and create graphs plotting the data. They analyze/evaluate the data collected in order to predict economic trends for the next six month period.
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What is Economics? An Economic Board Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn the fundamental concepts of economics as it relates to government.
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Frozen Price Game

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students participate in an economics game which demonstrates the advantages of price allocation over other methods.
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Business Lesson Describing Trends

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students practice their skills using business English. After a lecture/demo, students interpret economic graphs which are imbedded in this lesson. Then, they create their own graphs and describe them to the class.
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Money Simulation (mini economy)

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students participate in a local, classroom economy in both the resource and products market. They track all transactions and learn economic principles and concepts.
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Power House

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students reflect, speculate, identify, research, and create a blueprint for renewable energy sources.
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Introduction to Economics

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners discover the basic economic problem: scarcity; examine how "there is no such thing as a free lunch" (opportunity costs); and define economics. They act out a play demonstrating basic economic principles.
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Fitness Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop skills and a comfort level in interpreting economic concepts through graphic analysis.
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Lesson on economic value of education

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use economic reasoning to analyze both the short-term and long-term benefits and opportunity costs of educational choices, identify incentives that may influence students' career decisions and solve an "economic mystery"
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Where in the World is Rubber?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research countries where rubber is naturally produced. In this geography lesson, students create a poster from their researched information. They present their poster in class.
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Microeconomics Summary

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders study microeconomics.  In this Economics lesson plan, 12th graders draw graphs on government taxes.  Students decide if these graphs are true or false.
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GDP and Standard of Living

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss the GDP and Middle Eastern nations. In this standard of living lesson, 7th graders complete a worksheet during a lecture on the GDP. Students identify the impact of the GDP on a country and reasons for wanting to...
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Economics Discussion

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this economics discussion worksheet, young scholars respond to economics ideas and defend their opinions with facts and examples.
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NAFTA Trade Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research the geography, economics and government of Canada and how that affects US/Canadian trade relations. In this NAFTA lesson, students play a game, read about Canadian history, and creat a graph.
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Turning Brain Drain into Brain Gain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the PACED system as it relates to making good decisions. In this economics lesson, students define brain drain and its effect on the community. They use the PACED idea to come up with a solution to the problem.
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The Labor Force and Unemployment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars calculate employment and unemployment rate. In this economics instructional activity, students investigate the labor market and make predictions based on collected data. They also calculate unemployment rate in the class.  
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Ayiti Lesson 1: Play the Game

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students participate in an economics role-playing video game demonstrating social responsibility  In this economics lesson, students play "The Cost of Life" game which requires students to think critically to make decisions, identify...
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Where Does It Come From?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research agricultural commodities. In this agricultural commodities activity, students read background information about food products and commodities. Students complete worksheets with specific product information including its...
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Banking on the Future: Penny Drive

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study why philanthropy is needed and learn to complete a penny drive. In this philanthropy lesson, students learn the need to invest money for future purposes and identify a cause in the community to hold a penny drive for.
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You Can't Have it All

For Teachers 7th
In this economic worksheet, 7th graders read about the ideas of choice as well as scarcity for producers and consumers. Students then complete three activities based on economic choices.
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Running The Business

For Students Higher Ed
In this career worksheet, students are asked to look at the six stages necessary for the success of running a hypothetical new business.