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Maquilapolis: Examining Incentives in a Market Economy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners discuss the factors that influenced them to purchase a particular item. They work together to read and identify incentives of a character. They view a video on the topic as well.
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PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND INCENTIVES

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design a web page. They include features he or she would typically like to see when visiting web pages. They title the topic of the web page "Features That Make a Great Web Site." They explain that there are incentives...
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The Economics of Voting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the voting behavior of people during a presidential election to determine costs and the benefits of voting and how this behavior is influenced by incentives.
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Incentives Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify what motive people. They will learn about both positive, and negative incentives. They will use this knowledge to make predictions about how people will behave. They will apply this knowledge to economics.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Prices: The Marketplace’s Communication System

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Explore the dual role of prices as signals and incentives, and discover how prices are determined by buyers and sellers in the United States economy.
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Council for Economic Education

Timing Is Everything

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the incentives and opportunity costs of spending vs. saving. They follow an interactive website which shows them the how much money they could end up with by saving instead of spending.
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Economics: Incentives, Profit, and the Entrepreneur

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss both positive and negative economic incentives. In this lecture-based lesson, they examine a simulation about profiteering drug companies and what might happen if the FDA controlled drug production.
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The Economic Way of Thinking - About Everything

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students write their definitions of economics on index cards and revise them as the lesson plan continues. They discuss the principles of economic reasoning and after completing a quiz, use economic reasoning to solve "real life" mysteries.
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How Can Big Business Make Money From Tariffs?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of the rise of big business in the United States. In this economics lesson, students investigate the impact of tariffs on businesses. Students also investigate the impact that incentives have on special...
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Is Capitalism Good for the Poor? | How Incentives Affect Innovation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers focus on the role played by a nation's institutions in generating creativity, invention and innovation, and analyzes how innovation promotes the economic growth that raises standards of living and alleviates poverty.
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Incentives, Profit and the Entrepreneur

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students discuss hypothetical problems associated with price and profit. They discuss the fairness of profit, how it should be measured, and the consequences of setting acceptable levels of profit.
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Ask Not What Your Government Can Do For You...Why Not?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore tax incentives that are available for businesses to locate or expand their operations. They discuss reasons entrepreneurs should be aware of the governmental incentives that are available.
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Pay to Learn?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the concept of schools paying students as an incentive for scoring higher on standardized tests. They debate the key issues of this question and write a letter to the local board of education expressing their position.
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Council for Economic Education

Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners, after evaluating different allocation methods for water, determine the costs and benefits of each method.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Ten Mile Day

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Get your class working on the railroad with this detailed and interactive lesson. After reading and discussing Ten Mile Day, learners explore division of labor, human capital, and productivity with a hands-on group activity in which they...
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Little 10 Robot

Geography Drive USA™

For Students 3rd - 6th
A trivia-style virtual road trip in which the player's car is moved from state to state as questions are correctly answered. Ideally, a player would learn about different states by reading the simple brochures available in the...
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Market Basics: Demand, Supply, and Price Determination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the concepts of supply and demand. Using the Law of Demand and Supply, they develop charts and graphic models of supply and demand. They compare and contrast the behavior of consumers and suppliers when there...
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Is the Tassle Worth the Hassle?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students analyze the costs of college education. In this economics lesson, students discuss the concept of opportunity cost as it relates to obtaining a college degree to secure a job.
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What is a Stock? or, Who Owns McDonald's?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore profit and risk. In this economics lesson, students read about McDonald's and Nabisco stock and discuss the risks and rewards of stock ownership. Printable worksheets ask questions about rights of stock owners and the...
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Lesson 11: Lowell Workers and Producers Respond to Incentives

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore concept of supply and demand and how changes in supply affect price and quantity of goods.
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In Your Own Backyard

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify entrepreneurial opportunities that exist in their own community. From this information they determine possible market niches and identify potential businesses that could be started to meet the demands of these niches...
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Share Economy At Work

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine Share Economy. In this economic studies lesson, students complete worksheets, watch videos, and have group/class discussions on the benefits and attributes of a share economy.
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Is the Tassel Worth the Hassle?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students examine the short and long term benefits of educational choices. They investigate incentives that influence student's career choices and solve and economic mystery using a web tool.
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Council for Economic Education

You Can BANK on This! (Part 4)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students assess both negative and positive incentives associated with credit card use. They identify profit as an economic incentive for banks to offer credit cards.

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