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Council for Economic Education

Econedlink: Government Failures/public Choice Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This video teaches the concepts of Government Failures and Public-Choice Analysis. In the real world, government failure may occur so that government decisions do not represent the majority. Public-choice analysis is the branch of...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Opportunity Cost

For Students 9th - 10th
Website with short video [0:20] and quiz teaches the concept of opportunity cost. Links to related material and lessons.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Marketplace: Doing Business in Afghanistan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In May 2002, delegates from governments, international companies, and financial institutions met at a United Nations conference in Tehran to discuss the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Afghanistan's officials say that to create a viable...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Babysitter Shortage in Washington, d.c.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What is responsible for the shortage of babysitters in Washington, DC? Identify the parts of the article which indicate a decrease in supply and an increase in demand.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Every Penny Counts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson that helps learners understand that people must make choices about the goods and services they purchase. Students recognize the prices indicate what people pay for goods and services, learn to compare prices, and understand that...
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Read Works

Read Works: News Debate Cash Courses

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether students should or should not get paid to attend class. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Pizza Problems

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the problem with reading programs that reward students with unhealthy food. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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National Association of Manufacturers: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the home page of the National Association of Manufacturers and is a great starting point to learn more about modern manufacturing.
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Englishbiz: The Structure of Narrative: Freytag's Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Teaching the plot structure of narratives is made easy with this diagram of Freytag's Triangle (also known as the plot pyramid).
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Be All You Can Be for Minimum Wage? (Educator Page)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity ask students to calculate the percentage change in military strength over the last two decades, hypothesize economic (and non-economic) explanations for these changes, test hypothetical explanations by reading...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Are the Best Things in Life Free?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: You Can Bank on This! (Part 3)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Building on the first two lessons in the series, this lesson deals with savings and interest. This is the Teacher Version. There is also a link to the Student Version.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Us History: Inventors & Entrepreneurs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will learn the difference between inventors and entrepreneurs. From talking with adults they will learn some of the benefits inventors and entrepreneurs have provided for society in the last 40 years.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Dumptown, Usa: Making a Ton of Difference

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The amount of trash produced in the United States is mounting with each passing year. Communities are finding it increasingly difficult and costly to handle trash disposal. Recycling is considered a key solution to the garbage problem....
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Work, Earnings and Economics: Using Lyddie by Katherine Paterson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In reading and discussing Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson, students examine basic economic concepts and explore the growth of labor unions and the role of government in a market economy.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: All in Business

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This instructional activity on entrepreneurship can be used to help students understand what innovations are, and what it takes to get an idea off the ground. This instructional activity will take students through the process of...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: To Buy or Not to Buy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
While precise numbers are not known, it is believed the number of boycotts has grown markedly in the past fifty years. Consumers seem to be besieged by requests from special interest groups to refrain from buying certain goods and...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: What Causes Inflation?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan explores different types of inflation and terms associated with this economic concept. You may have heard relatives talk about the good old days when a dollar would buy something. What happened to that dollar? Why won't...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Satisfaction Please! (Part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Even the savviest consumer has a problem with a good or service on occasion. It is a consumer's right to complain when there is a genuine problem. In some situations, it is also a consumer's responsibility. A problem can't be fixed if no...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Satisfaction Please! (Part I)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Even the savviest consumer has a problem with a good or service on occasion. It is a consumer's right to complain when there is a genuine problem. In some situations, it is also a consumer's responsibility. A problem can't be fixed if no...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Economists do not operate in a vacuum. If an economist is going to suggest that the price of a good needs to be increased, he or she needs to consider who will bear the increase in costs. Will the costs be distributed equally or will one...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Trouble Is Brewing in Boston: "Colonial Voices Hear Them Speak"

For Teachers K - 1st
It's December 16, 1773 and many of the citizens of Boston are furious with King George's new tax on tea. Young Ethan, a printer's errand boy, has been given the task of conveying information concerning an upcoming protest meeting. As he...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Clipping Coupons

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, students will calculate savings for different products when using coupons. They will also decide what factors will influence the choices they make when choosing products.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Be All You Can Be for Minimum Wage? (Student Page)

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson ask students to calculate the percentage change in military strength over the last two decades, hypothesize economic (and non-economic) explanations for these changes, test hypothetical explanations by reading an economic...

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