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Educational Resources Information Center: Play Dough Economics
Who doesn't love to play with play dough? Imagine learning basic economic concepts by playing with play dough! The following document is a treasure trove of lessons geared towards teaching primary and elementary students economics...
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Classroom Clues: Children's Literature for Understanding Economics
How do you teach obscure economic concepts to younger elementary students? One way is through children's literature. This site has a large variety of children's picture books that teach various economic concepts such as supply and...
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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: The Economics of Pro Team Sports
Great interactive baseball game that combines your knowledge of economics and pro sports trivia. After completing the nine innings, you should have a better understanding of how economics is used in everyday life.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 3: Money in Our Community
Lesson focuses on how and why money circulated within our community. Being able to discern the difference between things we need and things we want is one of the foundational concepts for using money wisely. Goods and services are things...
University of Groningen
American History: Biographies: Adam Smith (1723 1790)
Biographical information about Adam Smith from an on-line college textbook. Links to parts of the text of Wealth of Nations.
Digital History
Digital History: The Theory of Laissez Faire [Pdf]
The economic philosophy of laissez-faire was espoused by Adam Smith in his book, Wealth of Nations. Read about the concepts of this philosophy, how it pertained to American business in the late 19h century, and what the drawbacks to...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Iron Law of Wages, 1817
Text written by David Ricardo, an English banker and an important early economist, on the nature of wages.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Serving Up Economics
This lesson plan describes how students can use a restaurant setting to study the basic concepts of economics, while they learn business, math, and even get to eat.
Econoclass
Econoclass: Resources for Economic Teachers
A site with resources for teachers teaching high school economics.
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Sukromne Gymnazium: The Study of Economics [Pdf]
An introduction to basic concepts in beginning economics.
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Women, Human Capital and Livelihoods: An Ergonomics Perspective [Pdf]
Article debates about human capital issues.
University of Arizona
Family Economics & Financial Education
Explore these ready-to-teach economics lessons designed in a modular format. Reach all students by allowing them to learn about financial literacy through a variety of methods.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Improving Our Understanding of Productivity
An article that will help you understand productivity. The article discusses ways to improve it as well as why it is important.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Old Ideas at Work in the New Economy
This article from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis discusses how some old ideas at that time were helping the new way of running the economy. It also tells why a change was made. (Published June 1, 2000 )
Ohio Test Prep
Ohio Test Prep: Module 7: Economics Skills
Learning module on economic skills prepares students for Ohio state tests in Social Studies by provides specific information on comparing data sets. Includes video tutorial, interactive review games, and module assessment.
Ohio Test Prep
Ohio Test Prep: Module 8: Economics Concepts
Ohio Test Prep on fundamental concepts teaches about supply and demand, scarcity, and trade. Includes video tutorials, interactive practice and review, and assessment.
Social Security Administration
The Social Security Admin.: Social Security Publications
This site from the Social Security Administration provides numerous publications on the subject and debate of social security and retirement benefits.
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National Endowment for Financial Education
Learning resources centered around financial decision making for individuals and families through every stage of life.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Financial Markets
Video [4:11] teaching the concept of Financial Markets and the buying and selling of financial assets, such as bonds, stocks and mutual funds.
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Pricewaterhouse Coopers: Financial Literacy Curriculum
A supplemental curriculum composed of easy to follow lesson plans, accompanied by interactive handouts and dynamic multimedia components. The goal is to provide students and educators access to financial literacy education.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
The picture book One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference, written by Kate Smith Milway, takes place in Africa. Here in a Ghanan village, young Kojo cannot afford to go to school after the death of his father. His resourceful...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Competition Pizza
A lesson that teaches about competition in the marketplace that uses student-gathered information about businesses where they live. Includes student activities and links to national standards in economics and personal finance.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Why It's Important to Understand Economics
This article discusses the importance of understanding economics. Has three main sections: economic education, the evidence, and the consequences.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Writing Roulette: Walmart Sells Everything!!!
As a part of the study of Economics, the students will cooperatively write an essay using terms associated with the basics of economics. In cooperative learning groups of four students will use a word list and prior knowledge to...