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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Deceptive Advertising: Crossing the Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Businesses use advertising to tell consumers about the goods and services they are selling. Businesses hope that their advertisements will convince people to buy their products. In this lesson, students examine the ground rules for...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Inscribing a Circle in a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students bisect the angles of a triangle and find the incenter of the triangle. They find the distance from the incenter to the side of the triangle and use it as radius. With the incenter as the center, they inscribe a...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Centers of a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The centroid, circumcenter, orthocenter, and incenter are the four classic centers of a triangle that are studied in geometry. In this activity, you will construct these center points and discover their properties. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Lesson Plan
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Ten Mile Day [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Using the book, Ten Mile Day, by Mary Ann Fraser, this lesson helps children understand division of labor, competition, and incentives in the workplace.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Clipping Coupons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Explore this website to find out how and why consumers make choices on what products to buy. Learn how producers entice consumers into buying their products. This is a very informative lesson plan.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Rationalizing Transplants

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson encourages students to explain the consequences of a non-market rationing process, to evaluate the consequences of restricting organ transplants to U.S. citizens, and to suggest alternative policies to reduce the scarcity of...
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Handout
Auburn University

Auburn University: A Glossary of Political Economy Terms: Public Goods Defined

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an excellent explanation of the economic concept of public goods. The Auburn University site is part of a dictionary of political economic terms.
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Iran Upbeat on Nuke Incentive Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
Determines the possible outcomes if Iran continues to enrich uranium. Discusses the UN security council's reaction to stopping Iran from gaining enriched uranium and why they believe it will not be used peacefully. 6/2006
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Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Ongoing Support

For Admins Pre-K - 1st
Principals need support, not only in their early years, but throughout their careers. Support and encouragement can come from networks of principals who meet regularly to share problems and solutions and reflect on their practice....
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eBook
Other

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: The Energy Report: Solar Energy [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 10 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It examines solar energy, its history, and how it is used. The solar power industry in Texas is described, its economic importance, methods of producing it, and how it is...
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eBook
Other

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: The Energy Report: Ocean Power [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 20 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at power generated from the ocean, its history, and uses. This is a source that has been minimally developed in Texas and is unlikely to develop in the near future. It...
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eBook
Other

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: The Energy Report: Geothermal [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 21 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at geothermal energy, its history, and uses. The economic impact of geothermal energy in Texas is described, and its production, transmission, and availability. Also looks...
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eBook
Other

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: The Energy Report: Hydrogen [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 22 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at hydrogen as an energy source, its history, and uses. The economic impact of the hydrogen energy sector in Texas is described, the consumption of hydrogen, methods of...
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eBook
Other

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: The Energy Report: Wind Energy [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 11 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at wind energy, its history, and how it is used. The wind power industry in Texas is described, its economic importance, how it is produced and transmitted, and its...
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Website
Other

Foundation for Teaching Economics: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The Foundation for Teaching Economics is committed to excellence in economic education. The Foundation offers free workshops for high school educators and students. This site includes workshop dates, locations, and registration...
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Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Clean Air Markets Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Market-based regulatory programs designed by the EPA, with information for consumers and industry cap-and-trade policies, Clean Air Act, and other government-sponsored efforts to reduce air pollution.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The 411 on College Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What are the costs and benefits to getting a college degree? Use this lesson plan to get your students thinking about the options they have for higher education and how to pay for it.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Did You Get the Message?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Advertising is the primary tool used by businesses to tell consumers about the goods and services they sell in the marketplace. Businesses also use advertising to try to convince consumers to buy what they are selling. Advertisements do...
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Poster as Portraiture: Victory Begins at Home!

For Students 9th - 10th
A poster featuring Admiral "Bull" Halsey in an industrial incentive poster, urging workers to do their part for victory in World War II.
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Website
Wessels Living History Farm

Living History Farm: Crop Rotation

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of crop rotation in the United States. Once an incentive from the New Deal, farmers were paid to plant certain crops or let the soil lie fallow.
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 18: Improving Countries' Standards of Living

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Analyze the growth policies of low-income countries seeking to improve standards of living; Analyze the growth policies of middle-income countries, particularly the East...
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Activity
Econoclass

Econoclass: The Law of Unintended Consequences

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this series of short "headlines", each has a direct goal, but each also has an unintended externality or spillover.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Entrepreneur in You

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This website is a valuable resource in finding out more about being an entrepreneur. It contains a comprehensive lesson plan detailing what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
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Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Point of Concurrency

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the point of concurrency. This lesson targets the point of concurrency of perpendicular bisectors, the point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of a triangle, and has interesting solved examples and practice questions.

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